<p>So, here is what happens. I am currently a community college student at Harold Washington college (chicago). With a current GPA of 3.91. I can speak spanish fluently and I wanna go Med school at John Hopkins (yeah yeah, seems impossible but that’s my dream school) Now, i recently got accepted into a research internship. And my instructor told me that, going to UIC (University of Illinois at chicago) or even UIUC (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) is not gonna help me get into Med school at John hopkins or harvard because of something called academic pedigree. Well, then I realized that getting a biochemistry degree at UIC or UIUC was not gonna help me since these two school aren’t “top schools” for that degree, so i changed my major. I wanna go to Civil engineering at UIUC with a minor in molecular and cellular biology. The Civil engineering program at UoI is considered the second best program in the US (and perhaps in the world). So i thought that getting a degree in a school where the program is considered to be one of the best in the world would give me an advantage. And since is not a science major, I would be considered a well-rounded student. I don’t mind dealing with physics or math, i like both of them. I heard that going into any engineering program for a pre-med stundent is a risky decision because of the GPA. I don’t know what that means. Please, i need help here. In order to get into those schools like harvard or john hopkins, do i really need to go to a prestige school? also, is engineering a good way to persuade a carrer in medicine? What are the pros and cons? What would you recomend me.</p>
<p>PS: I love chem and biology. I like physics and math. I hate english and writing.</p>