<p>Hi, I'm a high school senior deciding what field in engineering I want to go in.</p>
<p>I'm also a pre-med that has to take all the pre-reqs for med. school (english, bio, chem, physics, calculus, and organic chemistry)</p>
<p>I'm interested in computers and learning everythign there is about them, and I'm a quick learner using operating systems but I never really understand the codes and statements a lot of these programs/systems/etc. I'm also interested in the hardware aspects of computers but once again i don't really understand the terminology with computers (like buses, the CISC architecture, RISC architecture, compiling kernels, whatever).</p>
<p>I'm also interested in automobiles, and electronics in general and was wondering what type of major would be best for me?</p>
<p>One more thing, engineering is probably the toughest major out there, I was wondering how hard it is to maintain a great gpa like 3.6/4.0 (med. school requirements), especially at an enginering school like Case Western or RPI?</p>
<p>It seems from your post that you don't really have a good idea of what you want to do with your life. My best advice to find something that you really love. It seems as if being a doctor is secondary to all of your other interests. If you are really set on being a doctor, I don't think it would be such a hard decision to choose your future major. I came into college thinking that I would be an engineer too, but half way through the year I came to the realization that engineering wasn't really what I wanted to do with my life, so I switched from Bioengineering to molecular and cell biology. For the computer relalated major, I would try either electrical engineering or computer science, but I have to warn you that a lot of people who think they like computers end up switching out. For the automobiles, try mechanical engineering.</p>
<p>well i like medicine but the great thing about med school is that all i have to do is complete my pre-reqs in undergrad, and i can major in anything i want. that said, most people major in biology, but a lot of people major in fields that they like, such as anthro., oplitics, english, chem, engineering.</p>
<p>some reasons why I want to do engineering 1) i excel in the sciences and maths 2) i don't want to study bio or chem extensively in college 3) it seems practical in real-life 4 )</p>
<p>go to the top bar on this page, and pull down the "search" one. Type in "premed engineering" and you can find plenty of posts in which this has been discussed extensively.</p>
<p>Engineering pre-med is excessive and unnecessary, in my opinion. Pick one or the other. Why do an insane engineering courseload and then have to do a hard courseload at med school? Right now I'm debating whether to do a 7 year accelerated dental program or go to RPI as an undeclared engineering major. I'm leaning in favor of RPI.</p>
<p>no, i think you should for the combined program for dentistry</p>
<p>why?
1) you got a guarantee to be successfull and you can be confident about that
2) in those 3 years you will be taking pre-dent requirements (which are the same as pre-med requirements). If those grades are high (3.6+), then drop out of the program and go m.d. you wil get the m.d. if you meet this</p>
<p>rpi on the other hand will be harder, because you have to work your ass off as an engineer.</p>
<p>now that i think of it, engineering would be nice and all, but I am interested in neuroscience and anthropology.</p>
<p>perhaps i can major in computer science and minor in anthro?</p>