<p>I'm not sure at this point whether I want to go to med school or study engineering for my PhD. So I'm looking for a major that would be effective for either. I'm thinking about majoring in Mathematics. I'm pretty sure that would be fine for engineering, but I'm not sure with med school. So that's my question. Would majoring in math be alright for applying to med school?</p>
<p>Sure, why not? My friend's cousin got into a good med-school as an art history major.</p>
<p>Math would be good. Engineering's also pretty good. Med schools like engineers because they know that engineering students are good problem solvers and understand how things work... Just watch that GPA like a hawk... =</p>
<p>Physics would be a much better major than math for Engineering grad school.</p>
<p>How would one go from physics ugrad to engineering grad?</p>
<p>I asked a similar question in another post and these were the replies I got.</p>
<p>"You can certainly major in a pure science and do engineering for grad school. A lot of my aerospace engineering professors majored in Physics as undergrads."</p>
<p>"I know one person who majored in biology in undergrad at Harvard and is now getting a master's degree in Civil Engineering at MIT. That's a pretty extreme change, you must admit."</p>
<p>"I know one person who majored in Philosophy in undergrad at Chicago and got into PhD Mechanical Engineering programs at UIUC and Northwestern."</p>
<p>So, apparently you don't have to major in engineering in undergrad to get into engineering grad school. Physics would be an excellent undergrad major to prepare for grad engineering since engineering is basically applied physics.</p>
<p>although this thread has kinda died down....i have one more possibilty. how would a specialty of physics such as biophysics be for engineering? same story? (i want to keep med school an option)</p>
<p>Yeah, I think biophysics may be a good option. Biology and Physics integrated together will give you a good background whether you want to do engineering or medicine.</p>
<p>misterme2009, biophysics is a good option, but just to throw this out there, you can still keep med school as an option if you're an engineering major... Bioengineering is a pretty popular pre-medical school major at Rice, which doesn't have a specific pre-med track. Incidentally, med schools also really like engineering majors because they're problem-solvers, so majoring in engineering wouldn't rule out the possibility of applying to medical school. Even something like mechanical engineering would give you a good understanding of how things work... you'd be surprised at how similarly engineers approach mechanical systems as compared to how doctors approach the human body.</p>
<p>If you're not sure, then just do Engineering and take the pre-med classes. Biophysics is not simply a mix of biology and physics classes, and it won't have enough physics to give you good preparation for an Engineering PhD. Even if it is possible to get into Engineering PhD programs without an Engineering background, it definitely is not advisable, since you will spend a lot of time and energy trying to catch up.</p>
<p>aibarr....At Rice, i applied to the wiess school of natural sciences. how hard is it to get over to engineering though?</p>