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great pre-professional counseling and med/law school placement.
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Many schools have very good pre-professional counseling. However, undergrads don’t “place” students into med or law school. The student has to have the stats and apply thru the regular app process.
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If your kid wants to target med school, then construct your plan based on that. You can always pursue the law track.
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This is true. The other way around won’t work.
ChemE as a premed is a rough gig. It’s one of the hardest majors out there. Med schools do NOT give you a pass for GPA just because you had a “harder” major. It’s not unusual for strong students to find that they get their “first B” (or C!!) as an eng’g student. It’s not unusual for them to end up with a few Bs or a few Cs.
My son is in med school and he was a ChemE major with Bio, Chem and Math minors, so I’m not saying that it can’t be done. It’s just a hard row to hoe. It’s hard for a ChemE premed major to have an active social life. I’m not saying that you have to live like a monk, but I know that my son’s GF was often annoyed when son just wasn’t often available for dates, etc.
My son chose ChemE as his major so that he’d have a Plan B in case he decided against med school. Your son needs a Plan B if he decides against med or law school. What would he do with a Chemistry degree? Grad school for research?
I must say I’m impressed that with four sons you’re willing to be full pay for both undergrad and med school. You’re talking about $500k+ for just ONE son. Wow. I didn’t know Bill and Melinda had 4 sons. 