<p>Hey, it's boiled down to these two schools for me.</p>
<p>I am majoring in bioengineering/biomedical engineering and looking for which school would be the better choice. Although Duke is premier for biomedical enginnering, I don't want to be in a cutt-throat, competitive environment where it's a free-for-all. That is why I decided not to consider Cal because of its overly competitive environment and frequent all-nighters for many engineering students. I plan on attending medical school and I want to know the percentage of undergrads that enter med school from each university. Social life and extracurriculars are very important (there needs to be life other than academics). Also, the financial situations for both schools are relatively the same. Any replies/suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.</p>
<p>first, if you want to attend med school, you might want to reconsider biomed engineering (especially if you're more interested in practice vs research). not saying it can't be done, and isn't a good path for the right people, but it's by far the hardest of the common majors taken by premeds</p>
<p>second, duke engineering has more grade inflation than standard state schools (although probably less than a&s at duke, obviously). if finance isn't an issue, go to duke</p>
<p>Do you think I would have a better chance of getting into med school by majoring in regular science than in engineering? Are gpa's generally higher in regular sciences?</p>