Med School - bioengineering undergrad?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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I’m going to the University of Washington this fall and can’t decide what I want to major in. I’m currently considering medical school after graduating, but I’m not sure what I should major in for that. Right now, I’m considering a biomedical engineering major. I don’t want to major in just biology because I don’t think that will help me stand out to top med schools. I’ve heard that it’s hard to earn a high GPA with a bioengineering major. However, wouldn’t it be just as hard to earn a high GPA in any STEM major?

UW has a top 10 undergrad bioengineering program which is one of the reasons I’m really interested in it. Should I major in bioengineering or something different?

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Major in whatever you want. Medical schools don’t care about your major. They only thing they care about is your GPA and whether you have completed all med school pre-reqs.

Majoring in bioengineering will not make you stand out in any way to med school admissions officers. Nor will having a “difficult” major get you any forgiveness if you have a low GPA.

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Your major should be based on what you want to work in if not medicine.

A majority of freshman premeds end up not going to medical school.