<p>That’s a tough choice. I’ve met a few MIT undergrads that turned down an assured spot in medical school and regretted it when they later couldn’t get in one.</p>
<p>I’ll warn you that engineering can be very different from science even in the way you think (i.e., in science you generally can derive something from the ground up whereas engineering the algorithms you are using may not be derivable.) If you find you don’t like it, get out quick. Often freshman have this preconceived idea that physics and math would be too tough for them so they major in engineering and do worse. They are “hard” in different ways.</p>
<p>Also, be forewarned that some of the top medical schools demand your “hidden” grades from your pass/no record semester.</p>
<p>One advantage to BME at MIT is that they have some great HST (Harvard Medical Scientist Program) classes that are open to undergrads. Like tissue engineering, designing artificial organs using heat and mass transfer and stuff like that…</p>