<p>Just a random debate I was having with my friend. If you're going to add to this, please explain yourself and backup you're reasons.</p>
<p>I would say med students simply because they have to go to school longer. However, it comes down to the students themselves. A hard-worker in any field is a hard-worker.</p>
<p>Med school is extremely stressful with having to do those 'long-shifts'... It can really wear you out</p>
<p>Well, to be more specific, we're considering undergrads only and the factors are amount of work, accuracy of work, hours not slept, etc, etc. I don't know about pre-med students, but I know that engineers work emtremely hard and have a lot of stamina. Maybe the two just can't be compared though because they are both so vital to society (Engineers make the tools Doctors use, Doctors use the tools that will saves said engineers lives when they get sick). But then again, that is why this is limited to pre-meds v engineers, so all we have to take into account is who has the hardest courseload/requirements. I can speak for engineers but not for pre-med students, which is why I hope some people that know about pre-med can contribute.</p>
<p>There are engineer pre-meds you know...</p>
<p>which really sucks for them</p>
<p>i'm biased, but i think pre-med...after all, through all the work in college, they have to study for mcat's and stay extra-involved to ensure admission to a med school</p>
<p>Not necessarily Ameechee, it all depends at which point you want to start working hard. If you start earlier, you get used to it a lot sooner.</p>
<p>i say pre-med, and med students definetly harder than anything else period. Talk to any med school student</p>
<p>Med students, yep. Don't even talk about residents, that's just way over the top
Pre-meds ehhh... not really. Aside from fulfilling basic requirements and doing a bit of MCAT prep, there's not much to do besides brownnosing the professors. </p>
<p>And then there's the engineering pre-meds.</p>
<p>It depends on what your actual major is =p</p>
<p>engineering pre-med <em>shivers</em> that's scary. It's like getting burned (engineering pre-med) and then going back to get burned again, except this time you know how it hurts, but you still go back (med school)</p>
<p>Pre-med students usually pick some easy major so they can get a high GPA. All they need to do is test prep, volunteering, and some ECs. I don't think it gets harder than engineering until they're actually in medical school.</p>
<p>Engineering without question. The only difficult course pre-meds take is O-chem, and even that is not terribly difficult. Mostly rote memorization, like Med school courses. Physics, calculus, inorganic chem are all courses that engineers take anyway and should rule at if they wish to be an engineer. Pre-meds usually take a wussy physics course to get a good grade and then the rest of their courses are all easy if you plan it right. Engineers have no such luxury in choosing easy courses as they have to take other math/physics related courses in order to get their degree. You can major in ANYTHING you want as a mere pre-med, you just have to take math, physics, inorganic/organic chem, and introductory bio. Engineering is not the same cakewalk.</p>
<p>So I should fear my next four years of college as a BME major that wants to go to med school???</p>
<p>Don't major in BME. Lotsa people might major in it because it sounds so interesting but the recruiters/people who are responsible for hiring have no idea what BME is yet. If you want to get a BME PHd, then go for it. If you are pre-med don't even consider the BME major as your grades will suck. BME majors are typically the smartest kids, who needs the competition? Pre-med +engineering is academic death. Unless you are uber-intelligent.</p>
<p>Oh lord. Hopefully I'll get into UCB, that's the only school I put undecided. Human Biology it is!</p>
<p>So, in terms of when an undergraduate, engineers work hardest. </p>
<p>(I know med students have to go to med school after and so on and so forth, but I'm just wonderin' for undergraduate).</p>