<p>I was wondering if it is possible to major in Mechanical Engineering while completing the requirements for Pre-med. Is this totally impossible? </p>
<p>Also, is Bioengineering a more conceivable route in completing the courses required for Med school? If so, can someone explain what bioengineering is and what kind of jobs bioengineering involves? (My research has just left me confused)</p>
<p>Thanks in advance to all responses.</p>
<p>Possible?? maybe....Feasible??? errrrr probably not... and if you replace Mechanical with biomed.... go ahead and dig your own grave...make it deep so you will have room for the perfect swan dive youll be wanting to stick...</p>
<p>My advise would be for you to pick one or the other...If you were to dare attempt that, you would not have a life. Plus, you'd probably fail. Not because you're a bad student, but because that is completely insane...</p>
<p>If you are willing to consider taking an extra semester or two, and or summer school, it is possible. Again, if it's a realistic and goo idea depends on who you are.</p>
<p>Doesn't BME fulfill all the premed requirements in most programs?</p>
<p>It is hard to go pre-med engineer. Med schools care about your science and math gpa. these are the classes you take freshman year as an ENG so they usually aren't your best grades. if you were a science major (biology, chemistry, biochemistry, physics etc..) you'd have a lot more classes to pad your gpa.</p>
<p>It is possible to do Mech E and complete med school requirements. You will get the math requirements and basic chemistry requirements done with Mech E but will need to pick up bio and orgo-chemistry requirements outside of your normal schedule for Mech E; thus, it can be tight to do in four years absent doing something in a summer session or coming in with a number of AP credits. If you do Chemical or Bio E, you can pick up those other required pre-med courses as part of the curriculum (required or elective) for those majors, making it easier to do in the four years.</p>
<p>One of the MIT bloggers (Melis) is a pre-med engineering major. Ask her, or read her blog:<a href="http://www.mitadmissions.org/Melis.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.mitadmissions.org/Melis.shtml</a></p>
<p>MechE to med school is actually quite a popular route that people take. There are only a few requirements to be pre-med (at least from Cal): 2 semesters of higher math (calculus or above), general chem, 2 semesters of O-chem, I think 3 semesters of biology, 2 semesters of Reading/Composition (ie English), 2 semesters of physics, and sometimes a semester of stats. Since MechE's already take the math, physics, English, and often the general chem/stats, there are only a few courses required to be qualified for pre-med.</p>
<p>Also, bioengineering, as I've heard it, is quite new. Some fields in it revolve around cell mechanics, biomedical imaging, nanotechnology, tissue engineering, bioMEMS, robotics, and bioinformatics. Most bioE programs fulfill every pre-med requirement, so it is probably the best option for going pre-med (along with ChemE, but ChemE's have terrible GPA's =P). Some jobs for bioengineers right now...hrm, mainly pharmaceuticals (Amgen, Genentech, etc) and medical research.</p>