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5 hours ago, Damor said:

Thanks, y'all!

He will actually get in-state tuition because he's a member of a Native American tribe with historical ties to CO on my wife's side.  We had actually thought that only applied at CSU since it's the land grant university, but it's any CO state school.  Somehow we missed that for the first year his brother was in school at Western.  A niche situation to be sure, but worth pursuing if you think your kid could possibly be eligible.

He wants to go to medical school, so his options for a major are pretty wide open.  My guidance has been to be sure he picks a major he both enjoys and could find an alternate career pathway in if he decides not to go the med school route.  That would probably be biomed engineering (whatever that means) if he goes to Mines.  He wouldn't really be taking advantage of the things they're best at unfortunately, although I keep pointing out to him that he could get a minor in Space Mining.  Chicks would dig that.

I know multiple MDs that pursued engineering degrees at UT.  Two orthopedic surgeons, one a urologist.  Both think it's excellent preparation for a doctor as the practice of evidence-based and other aspects of medicine line up pretty well with engineering analysis and thought.

Chem E tends to line up best with the premed requirements, but probably the newer biomedical degrees also.  Guess it depends on the school.

It is, however, a pretty brutal way to do premed.

Also, it's my opinion that a kid that's not actually interested in some type of engineering probably isn't going to like it or do well, no matter how good their math/science aptitude.  By that I mean has some demonstrated curiosity as to how things work, how they're made, etc.

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Posted (edited)
3 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

I know multiple MDs that pursued engineering degrees at UT.  Two orthopedic surgeons, one a urologist.  Both think it's excellent preparation for a doctor as the practice of evidence-based and other aspects of medicine line up pretty well with engineering analysis and thought.

Chem E tends to line up best with the premed requirements, but probably the newer biomedical degrees also.  Guess it depends on the school.

It is, however, a pretty brutal way to do premed.

Also, it's my opinion that a kid that's not actually interested in some type of engineering probably isn't going to like it or do well, no matter how good their math/science aptitude.  By that I mean has some demonstrated curiosity as to how things work, how they're made, etc.

 

any advantage of going small school and dominating ?

mcneese / lamar / am kingsville / ut rgv, first three are old and established. rgv is booming, doing great work 

 

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1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

any advantage of going small school and dominating ?

mcneese / lamar / am kingsville / ut rgv, first three are old and established. rgv is booming, doing great work 

 

Anecdote from a former colleague whose kid went to UT.  The kid said that, if he had to do it again, he'd have considered going to a slightly less prestigious university for undergrad, crushed the GPA, and spent more time preparing for the MCAT.  That said, he graduated w/ high honors from UT and went to UT Southwestern before specializing.

EDITED to add: IIRC the med schools are now taking the rigor of the undergrad university into account.  Something like Lamar (~400 nationally) or McNeese (unranked) might lack rigor for serious consideration to a top med school, regardless of GPA.

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4 minutes ago, boilerhorn said:

Anecdote from a former colleague whose kid went to UT.  The kid said that, if he had to do it again, he'd have considered going to a slightly less prestigious university for undergrad, crushed the GPA, and spent more time preparing for the MCAT.  That said, he graduated w/ high honors from UT and went to UT Southwestern before specializing.

Yeah, I think GPA and MCAT are neck and neck for number one considerations.

Rigor of undergrad program and institution are lower priority but not irrelevant.

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