Good Engineering AND Medical schools

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm looking for a college that is strong in BOTH engineering and pre-med. I'm a junior right now, and I'm having trouble deciding between which major I want to pursue. While I love anatomy and physiology, I don't know if I can survive an additional 8 yrs. of schooling for a medical degree.</p>

<p>If I were to study medicine, I would probably want to be an optometrist.</p>

<p>my stats:</p>

<p>4.0 gpa (unweighted)
APs: bio (5), chem (currently taking), and calc (currently taking)
all other academic classes are honors
PSAT: 214 this yr, 201 last yr</p>

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2003 Delaware Life Science Process Lab 6th place
2003 Delaware Metric Estimation 6th place
2002 Delaware Mystery Architecture 6th place
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<p>American Chemical Society
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2003 6th place individual score in the region
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<p>Business Professionals of America (BPA)
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<p>Perfect attendance 2001-2005</p>

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<p>Are there any good schools offering both? I understand that it would probably have to be a public school to offer so many different degrees.</p>

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<p>Stanford is excellent in both engineering and pre-med, with a renowned Medical School and Hospital. And you do not have to declare a major until the end of your sophomore year, so you would have some time to decide.</p>

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<p>I was looking into UNC when I wanted to study pharmacy (my major changes every month, but at least it's always science/technology related). Is that a good school? I know it's really hard to get in...</p>

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<p>Just a technicality, but optometrists are not medical doctors, so you wouldn't be going to medical school, but rather a 4-year optometry school.</p>

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<p>So, tell me, DETSAzn, what do you do in your spare time? JK</p>

<p>opthamology - MD degree eye doc
agree about Stanford
Johns Hopkins is just down the street from you. Can't beat that for the eng/premed combo.</p>

<p>Cornell, U Penn, Princeton, Columbia, Swarthmore, all the public Ivys, Lehigh, Bucknell, U of Rochester, the private techs (e.g. MIT, Cal Tech, Carnegie Mellon), Northwestern, Rice, Case Western, Syracuse</p>

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<p>You are probably male... but if not, Smith has a nice engineering program, and it's not too shabby for pre-med either.</p>

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<p>Rice strong in each and cheaper!! If you're intent on grad school and not wealthy give some thought to the total cost.....state school for undergrad may be prudent...particularly in state if you have a good one.</p>

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<p>I would also like to recommend Stanford. Their engineering is second only to MIT's, and they have an excellent pre-med program. Also, Stanford has its own hospital and a great medical school, although it's not as good as Johns Hopkins medical school. BTW Johns Hopkins is pretty good too, but only its biomedical engineering is considered top.</p>

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<p>
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opthamology - MD degree eye doc

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yes, but she said optometry, they are different.
if you want to be an OPTOMETRIST you do not have to go to medical school at all, that's all i'm saying.</p>

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<p>Opthamology is a very rare field. Only 30 or so universities in the US offer such a specialization.</p>

<p>Anyway there are schools that are tops in Engineering and have a good pre-med record. Here are a few:</p>

<p>Cornell University
Johns Hopkins University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Northwestern University
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>

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<p>This discussion has gone waaaaay off course.</p>

<p>First, since med school is postgraduate and engineering is undergrad, why would one want to go, as an undergrad, to a college with a good medical school? You want strong pre-med, and that's mostly a function of advising, not curriculum, which any school can provide.</p>

<p>To throw in considerations of opthamology, which is 9 years out (1 year HS, 4 years undergrad, 4 years med school) is just silly, particularly when you realize that ophthamology residency programs are hospital and clinic based, not med school based.</p>

<p>So, advice to OP is pick a school for its undergrad focus. A med school is irrelevant at this point. </p>

<p>You should further note that a number of schools have outstanding biomedical engineering, either as a formal program, like JHU, or informal, like MIT (which has a joint center with Harvard Medical School). Many of the better programs are at engineering schools with no med school.</p>

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<p>Hi! I think the list provided by Collegehelp is quite complete and would be a great way for you to begin your college search. I would also add Re: the University of Rochester (which is also on the list and has engineering & a fine Medical school) -they also have an Institute of Optics which is part of the Engineering Division. Rochester also has a fairly flexible curriculum so it may allow you to experience a wider array of courses and interests than your typical engineering program allows. They're also pretty good with Merit Aid. It may be too late, because I think nominations are due by mid February, but check with your guidance counselor to see if your HS nominates kids for the U of Rochester -Bosch and Lomb Award. You'd probably be a fine candidate for this Honor. Good luck with your search.</p>

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<p>Thank you everyone for your input. I'll take all the colleges into consideration.</p>