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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MD here. The only successful ones I knew at my T10 undergrad were the BME students because there were some overlap in the course requirements. That said, I wouldn’t recommend it as it is a lot harder to get a 4.0 as an engineering major. Med schools care about the GPA, MCAT score and clinical experience. So don’t have your kid make it any harder to get into med school by taking harder classes and overloading their schedule. [/quote]

This really depends on the undergrad institution. Kid's ivy tells them the data and the premeds in Engineering have a 94% acceptance rate to MD schools in the US with a GPA over a 3.7, which is higher than the % for a 3.7 in arts/sciences. However, 3.7 is around average in the E school, 3.8 is average in arts/sci majors. A 4.0 is not needed from top schools, engineering or not. In fact, AMCAS has a gpa vs mcat chart that lists 61% acceptance for ALL mcat scores for those with GPA over 3.79. 79% with Gpa over 3.79 from any college and above 517 MCAT, which is around the average mcat at most T15/ivy undergrads. Makes the 94% above 3.7 for engineers from this ivy look pretty impressive. [/quote]

Ivy doesn’t tell me how good or difficult the engineering program is at that school. Is it a top 5 engineering program?[/quote]

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