<p>when i told someone i was thinking about majoring in EE with bme concentrations instead of BME they told me this would be a bad idea because medical schools think you do not really want to be a doctor if you major in EE. this sounds dumb to me, but they insisted. does anyone know if this actually holds true?</p>
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when i told someone i was thinking about majoring in EE with bme concentrations instead of BME they told me this would be a bad idea because medical schools think you do not really want to be a doctor if you major in EE. this sounds dumb to me, but they insisted. does anyone know if this actually holds true?
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<p>Well, I'll put it to you this way. I've known people with humanities majors (i.e. English, Art) who have gotten into medical school. It seems to me that if anybody could be accused of not really wanting to be a doctor, it's the humanities majors.</p>
<p>Its bunk but there is a different issue. To get into med school requires high GPA, completion of required courses for med school admission, and high MCAT. It is the first requirement, high GPA, that creates the issue you may face. At most universities, it is more difficult to get and maintain a high GPA as an engineering major than it is for majors in Arts & Sciecnes.</p>
<p>thanks for the input everyone.</p>
<p>im going to be forced to keep a 3.5 to keep my scholarship as it is so im not too worried about the gpa aspect. i just dont want to be screwing myself over just because of my major.</p>
<p>rumors. not true. difficulty of major can play into subjective factors (deciding between two equally viable candidates), but wont compensate for lower gpa.</p>
<p>though i did hear from a former adcom that majoring in business may lead them to suspect you're just interested in money...</p>
<p>Just to re-iterate..</p>
<p>This is ENTIRELY untrue. In fact some Medical Schools <em>might</em> even favor engineers with <em>slightly</em> lower GPA than the Pre-Med norms due to their rigorous curriculum.</p>
<p>some perspective here: my brother applied to med school as a cornell chemical engineering grad a few years back....had a solid 3.3 gpa, pretty good mcat scores and decent activities....applied to 15 places and got 10 interviews....ended up going to a top 20 med school.</p>