<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I'm applying to College of Engineering in Cornell, but I also hope to get into medical school if i decide Engineering is not right for me. Is it possible for me to go into med school with Engineering undergraduate degree?</p>
<p>Or is it better that I take Biology, Chemistry or a liberal arts course?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Yes, its possible. In fact, you can major in anything you want and go to medical school. The only majors that I hear are discouraged are highly vocational majors (nursing, business, etc).</p>
<p>With regards to what’s “better,” I don’t know. Engineering is a very rigorous major. Don’t get me wrong, bio is too. However, I think most people agree engineers have to work harder to maintain the same GPA as your normal bio student. Med schools don’t seem to care, however, what your major was. They just want a good GPA and MCAT score. So, in some ways engineering may not be the best choice for a premed. There is a benefit to engineering too, though. Engineers can still get great jobs if they don’t get into medical school whereas bio majors may have a harder time. So, there are perks to both of those majors.</p>
<p>Yes you can, but from what I hear, engineering is a tough major.</p>
<p>Engineering at Cornell? I can only suspect that it will be stress & anxiety galore for a prospective pre-med (40+ hours studying/week (that’s almost 6 hrs/day) if you want a “good” GPA? not “great” (see below))</p>
<p>GPA for 90th percentile at my school for engineering is 3.5-7. Tough luck, tough love. Note that the 90th percentile in ANY field are the people working their asses off. GPA for 90th percentile in Physics as well as Biochemistry at my school is 3.8-9. Go figure.</p>