Non Auto-Admit into UT Fall 2020 Chances

GTAustin
Sun, 23 Jun 2019 18:53:24 +0000

You can get into medical school with any undergraduate degree as long as you take the required biology/chemistry requirements but I think medical school is easier if you have a more comprehensive background in biology/chemistry. My nephew majored in CS and is now in medical school. He is finding that he has to study harder than the other students who are more familiar with the material. Another advantage for majoring in bio/chem is doing research as an undergrad.

You are right about being concerned with taking those majors and not making it into medical school. Your statement that “I’ve been thinking of engineering, since I know I’d be much more interested in that over something like biology” brings up a question. The medical profession is biology and chemistry and you do need to have a passion for it and it is a long process to get there.

I’m going to put in another plug for UTD. The advantages that UTD has over UT and maybe TAMU (I’m not as familiar with A&M) is flexibility. It is easier to change majors. UTD does have a good results in medical school admittances, www.utdallas.edu/pre-health/results, good pre-health advising, and lots of undergrad research opportunities. UTD does allow changes in majors, as long as your GPA is good. It allows you to explore a bit before making a final decision.

To answer your question about GPA and medical school, you do need to have close to a perfect GPA to get in. It is really hard to get that type of GPA in engineering.