<p>Greetings...</p>
<p>This is my first post on CC, so please bear with me. :)</p>
<p>I recently graduated with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. Thus, this is NOT a question about the viability of ChemE as a potential pre-med major. What's done is done. </p>
<p>So given the information below, what do you suppose my chances are of a career change into medical school (pediatrician)?</p>
<p><em>Freshman and Sophomore years</em> (Junior college)
Calculus math series: 3.9
Calculus Physics series: 3.9
General Chem series: 3.9
Organic Chem series: 3.9
Biology series: Not taken yet
Junior college GPA: 3.9</p>
<p><em>Junior and Senior Years</em> (University college)
ChemE department GPA: 2.9 <== This is considered average
University GPA: 3.2</p>
<p>Combined junior/university college GPA: 3.6</p>
<p>As you can see, my ChemE major basically crashed my GPA after keeping it pristine for 2 years due to the difficulty. Quite a pity to watch it destroyed in less than 2 years. I learned the material well; it's just that curve is brutal to anyone who's not an elite prodigy.</p>
<p>Bottom line: It's definitely a red flag that my grades dropped at the university level, but that's because it was ChemE. If/when I take the biology series to complete my prerequisites, I'm confident I could get a 3.7+ GPA in those courses as the natural sciences are much easier for me as opposed to engineering.</p>
<p>So if I do exceedingly well in completing my remaining med school prerequisites at the university level, is there any chance it might "vindicate" my "poor" department GPA??</p>
<p>Based on what I've provided so far, would I just be wasting my time in a futile effort, or is there a <em>reasonable</em> chance at getting accepted??</p>
<p>Does the difficulty of my major get factored into my application at all?? My OChem professor recalled to me his experience that ChemE's have an edge in getting into med schools---is this true??</p>
<p>Any other input you have would be fantastic! Thanks in advance!</p>