Help please! College of Engineering & SAT scores (UCB, Cornell, Stanford, etc)

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@rdeng2614

Do med schools look at your overall GPA or just the GPA of pre-req courses such as biology, chemistry and physics?

Both overall and BCPM GPAs are important for pre-med purposes.

@rdeng2614

Because if they look at the overall GPA, your GPA will be much lower than people majoring in science which will hurt you when you apply for med school. Engineering has a much lower average GPA than science.

Really? http://www.gradeinflation.com/tcr2010grading.pdf (page 4) says that science GPAs tend to be lower than engineering GPAs on average, though individual schools can certainly vary.

Of course, a given student’s GPA will likely be highest in the subject that s/he is strongest and most interested in. The fact that humanities tends to have higher GPAs than engineering, social studies, or science does not mean that a pre-med should expect that loading up on humanities courses will help his/her GPA if s/he is not that strong or interested in humanities.