<p>Because pre-med is not an actual major, but a set of prerequisites for med school, you have a choice about whether you choose a STEM major or not.</p>
<p>Majoring in engineering as a pre-med program is not typical; mostly because engineering is demanding all by itself and adding pre-med to it makes it even harder.</p>
<p>Lot of pre-med students major in biology or microbiology, but also often chemistry.</p>
<p>Personally, I think mathematics is a hugely overlooked major for pre-med. Math could be particularly helpful to a pre-med student who specialized in statistics. This would help in truly understanding the effectiveness of various pharmaceuticals and other treatments. A person who deeply understands statistics cannot be bamboozled by numbers. Statistics is also essential for any serious research.</p>
<p>Oddly enough, students who major in Classics – ancient Latin and Greek literature – do very well in medical school. Maybe this is because so much medical and biological terminology uses words derived from Latin or Greek.</p>
<p>Anyhow, there are lots of ways to pursue pre-med.</p>