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I'm going to be a freshman in the next school year at the engineering school. I am undecided if want to became an engineer or go to medical school. As a result, I plan on getting a degree in some field of engineering and taking the extra classes I need for medical school during the summer. The extra classes I need are organic and inorganic chemistry, 1 year of biology, and english. I scored a 7 on my IB exam, so I believe I test out of english. I am not certain which field of engineering would make most sense for me to study. Im leaning towards Mechanical engineering and applied mechanics or biomedical engineering. Of these 2, I am not certain which would make more sense in preparing me for medical school, should I choose to go to medical school. Thanks in advance

Excavalier

Bioengineering is easier for pre-med in terms of fitting in the proper classes because the curriculum has more overlap with the med school requisites than the MechE curriculum

commserver

I have gotten the required courses as below

Coursework
The commonly accepted coursework requirements for medical school include a minimum of 1 year of:

•General biology
•Physics with lab
•General chemistry (inorganic chemistry) with lab
•Organic chemistry with lab
•Calculus
•English
•New - Sociology
•New - Psychology
If you are planning to do your premedical coursework after you get your undergraduate degree, you can take these courses at nearly any four-year college.

You need to plan your undergrad studies accordingly.

asdf098

No, you probably don't. You should check with the med school you're applying to, but most do not accept AP/IB credits for pre-reqs. If the school requires 2 semesters of English (which is common) then you first-year WRIT class may likely be used as one, but you will need to take another class.