<p>accepted stats for the health science honors program? are healthcare related EC’s necessary to get in?</p>
<p>I want to go to medical school but wanted to major in biomedical engineering for undergrad. Then I heard about the College of Natural Sciences’ Health Science Honors program and wanted to do that too (because it has good research opportunities, internships, advising, etc)…so now I have to decide whether to put engineering or natural sciences on my app so I want to know if I even have a chance at getting into Health Science Honors.
Also, if I apply to the college of natural sciences and don’t get into Health science honors, would it be super hard to switch to biomedical engineering?</p>
<p>I’m sorry I probably won’t be much help, but I can shed some light on your last question. From I’ve been told in orientation and by advisors, Biomedical Engineering is a new major that pretty darn hard to get into as there isn’t that many spots and is quite competitive. They only accept applications to change majors into it for the fall semesters (so no new people in the spring). The major is a 4-year program, so there is a chance that if you do change majors, say your second-year, you might end up staying for longer than 4 years, due to how the sequence of classes work (which is also why they only accept applications for BME in the fall semesters). If you do well enough in college, like with a 3.8-4.0
range and take classes required of the major (like any biology chemistry or so on classes that the major requirements ask for), it shouldn’t be that difficult to transfer in.</p>
<p>I don’t know if it’s possible to do Health Science honors and BME, but I can’t help you there as I’m only an incoming freshman.</p>
<p>I am an entering freshman that is doing the Health Science Honors (now called Health Science Scholars program). You can look at my previous threads to see my stats. From the people I have talked with and what I have noticed, it seems like they are looking more for medically related extracurricular activities, along with an interest in the sciences. A good SAT score and GPA is needed, but because it is a selective program (around 50 students/year) volunteering experiences and extracurricular activities really need to stand out.</p>
<p>Transferring into biomedical is really hard. The classes are really tough and will most likely hurt your GPA. I say apply for the school of engineering and hopefully you get in. I heard physics kills at UT.</p>
<p>According to people working in the industry biomedical engineering with only Bachelor level has very bad job prospective (you can always sell some medical equipment though), and the major is a GPA killer.</p>
<p>CNS is much better choice for future medical career.</p>
<p>@chok24299. I have also been admitted to HSS program in UT this year. I was wonderng if u could share your experiences regarding this program. How would it be possible to know the success of this program in to medical schools. I also hear that the success rate for DS is 100 %. Would you think DS would have been a option. Would really appreciate your feedback</p>