<p>so,
i'm thinking of doing either biological or chemical engineering
and then see if i can go to med school afterwards
is this even humanly possible while having a decent social life?(i'm not a genius)
what would be the sufficient gpa for most med schools(im assuming it is more lenient for engineers?)</p>
<p>A) It’s not any more lenient for engineers.
B) You need at the VERY LEAST a 3.5, You should be getting a 3.75+ to be competitive.
C) I know chemical engineer pre-meds who are absolutely dying. Biological engineering is slightly more lenient in its courseload. But good luck not letting P-chem screw your GPA to hell.</p>
<p>It is not impossible but it will be a pain. Med schools don’t give a sh** whether you were a philosophy major that was grade inflated or an engineer that is grade deflated. They want their 3.8s and 3.9s.</p>
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<p>If you were going to pick a liberal arts major to grade inflate, I wouldn’t have picked Philosophy. The two Philosophy classes I took, one intro and one higher level course, were both significantly harder than any Econ or Government or Math class I’ve been in. (Just saying I’d probably rank Philosophy on the harder end of CAS majors, in my own opinion.)</p>
<p>Getting back on topic, I do know engineers that are pre-med, but it’s rough. Engineering has no mercy on your GPA, and neither do Med-Schools for accepting it as a “harder” major. You might get around a .05 GPA boost for being an engineer when comparing you to another major (3.7-> 3.75), and that’s being very giving. Notice I said might, and it’s probably less. </p>
<p>As far as actual major within Engineering, from who I’ve talked to Bio Engineering is slightly more do-able than Chemical Engineering, which is (also in my opinion) one of the hardest majors GPA wise at Cornell.</p>
<p>Here are the stats for Cornell pre med acceptance rates by GPA and MCAT. </p>
<p>[Accepted/Applied</a> Charts for Health Careers](<a href=“Career Services | Student & Campus Life | Cornell University”>Career Services | Student & Campus Life | Cornell University)</p>
<p>Will help you draw your own conclusions.</p>
<p>It’s possible. My RA is an engineer in a sorority and ROTC who is doing pre-med and she is applying to top med schools (that’s not saying she will get in though). It’s something nice to fall back on if med doesn’t work, but yes, you won’t get any leniency.</p>
<p>crap…but isn’t avg GPA for engineering ALOT lower? i cant believe med-schools don’t take this into consideration…
happy new years btw.</p>
<p>Med schools expect you to excel at the top of your class no matter what your chosen field.</p>
<p>Median Engineering GPA is like 3.2-3.3. It’s not a hard stretch to imagine that if you are at the top of your class your GPA averages 3.7 or above</p>
<p>Would you guys say doing either Bio or Chemistry in CAS is alot easier than engineering majors to get into med school while managing a decent social life(I don’t expect amazing one)? although engineering interests me alot, i can’t say with resounding confidence that it is what i want to do for the rest of my life. if possible, would i be able to transfer to CAS really early in my college career?</p>
<p>"It’s not a hard stretch to imagine that if you are at the top of your class your GPA averages 3.7 or above "</p>
<p>But then, what percentage of students actually have a GPA in the 3.7+ range? 10~20%, maybe? (According to DUE over 80% of students don’t graduate with any Latin honors at all.)</p>
<p>A lot of colleges don’t offer Latin honors so that’s not really an accurate measure.</p>
<p>And I would only expect the top 20-30% who have GPAs in 3.5+ to be applying to med school.</p>