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I’m a junior, I’ll be a senior in four weeks, I’ll be applying to college in four months, and I have no idea what to do. I have the scores to go almost anywhere I want (3.94 UW, 4.8 W, 33 ACT, 1/379 class rank; the list goes on) and that stresses me out more than anything. “The world is my oyster”, as they say, and that means I have no merit-based criteria to narrow things down.</p>
<p>I’ve wanted to be a doctor for the longest time, probably 7-8 years, but lately I’m not sure if that’s what I want. I have a passion for the human body, medicine, and especially cancer, but I’m not sure if I would be happy doing that. After taking advanced math classes and physics/engineering courses, I’m beginning to realize that I love applied sciences and complex math. Now I’m all kinds of confused. I wanted to major in engineering as they generally do well on the MCATs and a few years into college I should know what to do, but I don’t think that is the best idea. I want to be able to pick what I want and dedicate all I can to it. </p>
<p>If I did premed along with engineering I wouldn’t be able to focus on engineering as much as I want to. What I would love to do is double major in EE and physics, but doing this would mean little to no time to study for the MCAT and might stretch me too thin. I’m also very good in the humanities, specifically history, and I’m not sure if I want to do something with that.
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<p>I dont know why you think that if you did premed along with engg you wouldnt be able to focus on engg. the premed prereqs are done frosh and soph years, and are common with many pre-engg classes.</p>
<p>My son was a premed chemical engineering student…so it can be done.</p>