<p>^I beg to differ. I know first hand of an "easy" engineering school. I've studied at several schools and I can tell you that this school is easier both relative to the other schools and independently. Of couse, it is a subjective matter...some people might find all the schools impossible.</p>
<p>What kind of engineering degree do you have? I am familiar with electrical engineering. You would need very solid and extensive math background for this one. However, there are software "engineers", who have really nothing to do with engineering and it is not clear why they are called engineers, while the proper name would be IT professionals. I agree with you that this is not very hard.</p>
<p>If you research average statistics at some schools you can find schools where average engineering GPAs are nearly equivalent to university wide avg GPAs, they do exist. And I can see tremendous benefits to getting a degree in engineering and going to med school.</p>
<p>I totally agree that engineering degree has huge advantages. I am not sure that GPA comparison would be an indication that engineering field of study is as difficult as others (business, IT, English majors, etc.) There are a lot of people who started in engineering and realized very quickly that they simply do not have enough math background to continue, particularly in comparison to very many foreign students. So they end up switching to different majors, leaving engineering to people who are well above average students in math and sciences. I have met good number of them in IT profession.</p>
<p>As a current 3rd year biomedical engineering student who plans on going to medical school I can say that its very possible and plenty of students do it. I'd say almost half of the people in biomedical engineering at my school plan on going to medical school. The requirements are a part of the curriculum (except for organic chem. which is an optional elective but fits in nicely to the curriculum). The toughest part is maintaining a high gpa. To have an above 3.5 gpa in engineering is hard at any school you go to and you really need something around that to be competitive for medical school. Benefits of engineering (especially BME) are easy access to research which will look good and overall a very very strong background. I feel as though I will be more prepared than most others when I get to med school in terms of being used to the workload and just a stronger problem solving background. I say go for it but only if you're very interested in engineering because you will have to be to make it through it alive!</p>
<p>I am a rising senior in high school looking to do computer engineering and pre-med in college. I read your post and you said that you were a electrical engineer. I was wondering, in your opinion, if doing computer engineering and pre-med was doable? And also what colleges would you recommend I go to to be able to accomplish this?</p>