<p>They said their logic behind it was that engineering is a difficult major and that it would look impressive to do so</p>
<p>Ok…med schools are not “impressed” by majors. Eng’g majors USUALLY end up with a lower GPA, so that HURTS their med school chances.</p>
<p>To be honest, my son majored in Chemical Eng’g and is in med school, BUT…I wouldn’t recommend that UNLESS…you LOVE eng’g (which my son did) and you’re VERY confident that you’ll end up with a very high GPA (my son had a 3.99 cum and a 4.0 BCMP GPA). </p>
<p>Major in what YOU LOVE, so that you’ll be dedicated and do super well!!!</p>
<p>to others reading this thread and wondering the same… Do not choose a major because you think it will impress. In the premed forums here and on that “other” premed site, there are a number of kids who think med schools will be impressed with sexy sounding majors, like BioMedE…as if you’ve cured cancer…lol. Med schools don’t care.</p>