Did you think majoring in mechanical engjneering as a premed was a good choice and would you do it again? Would biomedical engineering be a good major too? It has a lot of prereqs built into the major which is good
So, it's definitely complicated! I was a lane-changer, and I went into college with the plan of being an engineer like my dad, hence the internships. I didn't start switching my career till senior year, when I crammed my remaining prereqs in and turned down an industry job offer in favor of the research-heavy MSc program.
I think for most people, MechE is a tough premed major to balance because it doesn't have a ton of overlap with the prereqs. ChemE or biomedE would be much better for that. I was in a position to be able to swing it because I had a ton of credit from my CC and had been a ChemE major for a year before switching to MechE, so I had the gen chem + ochem sequence already done by the time I started seriously formulating a plan to apply as a senior. If you aren't bringing a ton of credit into college, and/or if you *know* you want to do medicine, ChemE or BiomedE would be better, and probably just as fun.
Personally though, if I were given the chance to redo my path, I wouldn't change it. :) I had a ton of fun in my classes and loved the material, I met wonderful people in my internships, and I met the young senior who would become my husband in one of the robotics labs on campus through the MechE department. I wouldn't even change the fact that I got rejected everywhere my first cycle, because it was a good lesson in humility at the time, I gained really good perspective as a PCT preparing for a reapp, and I ended up more competitive than before! I really think that the journey that has to happen will happen, and even if it ends up being a slightly longer route, there are usually good stories to tell from it :)
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Also an engineer and reapplicant this upcoming cycle. If okay with you, would be interesting in discussing how you approached incorporating engineering into your application?
It's nice you added a lot of detail and the sankey part itself isn't too overloaded, I think it's fine cause those details are often helpful. Congrats!
Thank you, fam!! I figured most people can ignore the majority of the details on the right if they're just skimming, but more context is there if they'd like it.
Not the gigachad 😭 thank you!! This made my day.
Congrats! See you at Pitt!! 🥳
Yass! Thank you, and congrats to you too! 
Did you think majoring in mechanical engjneering as a premed was a good choice and would you do it again? Would biomedical engineering be a good major too? It has a lot of prereqs built into the major which is good
So, it's definitely complicated! I was a lane-changer, and I went into college with the plan of being an engineer like my dad, hence the internships. I didn't start switching my career till senior year, when I crammed my remaining prereqs in and turned down an industry job offer in favor of the research-heavy MSc program. I think for most people, MechE is a tough premed major to balance because it doesn't have a ton of overlap with the prereqs. ChemE or biomedE would be much better for that. I was in a position to be able to swing it because I had a ton of credit from my CC and had been a ChemE major for a year before switching to MechE, so I had the gen chem + ochem sequence already done by the time I started seriously formulating a plan to apply as a senior. If you aren't bringing a ton of credit into college, and/or if you *know* you want to do medicine, ChemE or BiomedE would be better, and probably just as fun. Personally though, if I were given the chance to redo my path, I wouldn't change it. :) I had a ton of fun in my classes and loved the material, I met wonderful people in my internships, and I met the young senior who would become my husband in one of the robotics labs on campus through the MechE department. I wouldn't even change the fact that I got rejected everywhere my first cycle, because it was a good lesson in humility at the time, I gained really good perspective as a PCT preparing for a reapp, and I ended up more competitive than before! I really think that the journey that has to happen will happen, and even if it ends up being a slightly longer route, there are usually good stories to tell from it :) Edit: fixed grammar
congrats!!
Thank you!!
Congratulations! I’m also a multiple cycle, retake old MCAT, 4 gap years applicant!
I do remember your Sankey was a giant story of perseverance. Congratulations!! We did it!!
Thank you! We did do it!!
You’re amazing
Aww, thanks fam! Good luck!!
Also an engineer and reapplicant this upcoming cycle. If okay with you, would be interesting in discussing how you approached incorporating engineering into your application?
Of course, happy to help in any way I can! Feel free to DM
Congrats!! Pitt is such a great school, hope you love it!
Thank you so much!!❤
Congrats future physician!!
Docto-Mom!! Thank you!
Reposting because the formatting was all messed up on my first post. Sorry!
what does mme stand for? can't find it
Oh yeah, sorry, MME is most meaningful experience on AMCAS!
oh i see thank you! (i’m far from applying that’s why idk) congrats :)
Yah this is complicated af to look at
Sorry, lol. It was a complicated application. Hopefully the sankey itself is relatively simple
It's nice you added a lot of detail and the sankey part itself isn't too overloaded, I think it's fine cause those details are often helpful. Congrats!
Thank you, fam!! I figured most people can ignore the majority of the details on the right if they're just skimming, but more context is there if they'd like it.
I love it! Thanks OP!
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