MechE ChemE and Pre-Med

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<p>Is it a good idea? I absolutely have fallen in love with mathematics since I have been in college and I am looking at one of these two degrees. Now the college I am transferring to has a build in each that is considered Pre-Med by that college and it covers all of the Pre-Med requirements of many medical programs. </p>

<p>I am curious if this is a good way to go about it. I really like math and engineering, but I also have this urge to attend medical school and study medicine. </p>

<p>Thanks for any feedback. </p>

<p>Here is a link to the course page... they are both on there.</p>

<p>Undergraduate</a> Degree Requirements</p>

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<p>Might I ask why you want to do medicine if you are really that fascinated by math and engineering?</p>

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<p>I thought I said that… I guess not. </p>

<p>I want to go into medicine because I want to learn it. I want to practice it and research in it. I want to cure diseases that are currently considered incurable. </p>

<p>On the other side I also want to make this world a better and easier place to live through engineering and physics. I have considered a physics degree and that really appeals to me, but I think I would be happier doing something with engineering or medicine where I can apply what I learn and what I research.</p>

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<p>Hmm I just don’t know.</p>

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<p>Great passion & interest. Sounds like this would be the perfect (and probably best) path for you to do. Just remember to go all in and more. As a prospective pre-med you still need a pretty GPA and extracurriculars, which will be difficult with an engineering degree even if you go hard. You’re gonna have to go hardest. </p>

<p>You may find more love on the pre-med forum. And advice.</p>

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<p>As someone who has considered doing that before and knowing people attempt to try it now, thats usually not a good idea because Engineering by itself is really hard and so is Pre-Med, but if that is your passion, I would say be careful and put 200% into it (I mean 200% seriously). If you can do, more power to you</p>

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<p>Correction: it’s not a good idea for the ignorant.</p>

<p>Now, I assume magnetic to be someone who knows his passions & interests very well and in such case it indeed would be wise to do this (see below) but then I read his previous posts and he’s also asking about economic majors and such. The main goal as a pre-med no matter what is to major in what you like, and if that’s an economic majors then do it.</p>

<p>For instance, depending on the way your brain functions and your passions, it might actually be an easier major to pursue. My friend is double majoring in biochemistry and chemical engineering and she feels that her engineering major courses were easier than her biochemistry major courses. Granted, biochemistry is indeed extremely difficult regardless, but the point is they both approach different styles of learning and problem solving and if one suits better for you then you’ll in turn likely be performing better in it.</p>

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<p>I don’t understand this advice. If you’re a chemical engineer, all pre-med requirements should fit into your ChE program.</p>

<p>The real caution against pre-med engineering is, as other have said, GPA. At Georgia Tech, a 90th percentile GPA (top 10%) in chemical engineering is between 3.30 and 3.40 every year. At UGA, a 90th percentile GPA in chemistry is between 3.85 and 3.95. Also, consider that engineering schools tend to have higher entrance requirements, so a top 10% student at Georgia Tech is probably a top 3% student at UGA and a member of the honor’s college.</p>

<p>While med schools do consider the college you attended, that consideration doesn’t counteract the GPA disparity between engineering and non-engineering or a #35 university and a #50 university.</p>

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<p>not necessarily. thats totally dependent on the school’s program. But what I mean by what I said is that both engineering and Pre-Med are difficult by themselves and to add one or the other is even more difficult.</p>

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<p>I’ve never seen a ChE program that did not include the chemistry, physics, and Math requirements of pre-med, which are the difficult courses.</p>

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<p>^ dont forget biology</p>

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<p>It’s all relative. If the General Bio class at your school is treated as a weed-out, that could easily be the hardest of all of them.</p>

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<p>The chemE program at my school did not have biology as a requirement.</p>

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<p>I have also never seen a ChemE program require genetics, which is, from everything I have heard, a BRUTAL course at most schools.</p>

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<p>Genetics is not a pre-med requirement, but for some schools biochemistry is and that class is also a killer.</p>

<p>Biochemistry programs are the only ones that complete the pre-med requirements within the curriculum.</p>

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<p>I received a degree in chem and bio. I also got accepted to medical school. Now, I am going back for an engineering degree. Make sure you shadow some doctors and REALLY understand what you are getting into. How bad do you want 700k a year?</p>

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<p>700k a year? Go into business for that, you’re not going to be making 700k a year as a doctor.</p>

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<p>700K a year? is that even possible even with an engineering degree and MD?</p>

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<p>500kis very doable as an MD. Salary reports will not show this, as doctors are business owners and do not report their “physician’s salary” in surveys.</p>

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<p>You might want to reword that and also take out “very.”</p>