A few of us having this conversation tonight in the dorms, the EE majors are saying that Electrical Engineering is a considerably harder major than whatever one on a Premed track is taking. Opinoins? I realize there may be a bias here. 
Undergrad Major Difficulty: Premed track vs EE.
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Is the material in EE harder than premed? Debateable. Is EE more demanding with labs and projects and other useless hours of work? Absolutely.
Just think of how many EE's have fun during the week vs PreMed.
Just think of how many EE's have fun during the week vs PreMed.
My g/f has more fun in premed than I had in EE. Although, now that I'm not in EE, I don't have to worry about that any more.
most premed students that have a lot of fun during the week are the ones that aren't going to get into med school... ee has a lot of work, but you have to memorize a bunch of crap for your chem, ochem, and biochem classes as a premed.
With the possible exception of Recreation Management and MBA programs, I think that most undergrad majors are about the same in difficulty. It just depends on the person... Some people are just more suited towards some majors than others. If you're in a major that you're not particularly suited for or studying in a field that you don't have a passion for, you're going to find it a lot more difficult than someone who does have a passion for the field.
I agree that it depends on the person and the work ethic. As an EE, I've known people who stress over the smallest homework assignment, to people who just want to get a D and pass.
However, in my experiance, the amount of CONSTANT WORK is much greater for EE than Premed. I know that 3 days before the test PreMeds have all sorts of stuff to memorize, but its the little mundane details which make an EE's life hell.
However, in my experiance, the amount of CONSTANT WORK is much greater for EE than Premed. I know that 3 days before the test PreMeds have all sorts of stuff to memorize, but its the little mundane details which make an EE's life hell.
EE is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy worse. i went through all the premed requirements and i can tell you that they are a pieace of motherfvkcing cake. my brother is in EE and is getting the sh!t kicked out of him.
edit: and just for clarification purposes, premed is not an undergraduate course of study, it's just a list of classes that are "recommended" (well, really they're required) before going to med school, simply because they will be on the mcat.
bio w/lab
chem w/ lab
orgo chem w/ lab
physics
calc 1 (calc 2 recommended for top tier schools)
alot of people take biochem, but it's aboslutely not required.
5 (or 6) sh!tty classes, that's it.
an EE program requires a hell of a lot more than just this.
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edit: and just for clarification purposes, premed is not an undergraduate course of study, it's just a list of classes that are "recommended" (well, really they're required) before going to med school, simply because they will be on the mcat.
bio w/lab
chem w/ lab
orgo chem w/ lab
physics
calc 1 (calc 2 recommended for top tier schools)
alot of people take biochem, but it's aboslutely not required.
5 (or 6) sh!tty classes, that's it.
an EE program requires a hell of a lot more than just this.
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Remember that EE has way more math than Pre-med majors. If you're not a math person, then EE would be much harder.
agree to an extend though engineering degrees usually are more difficult, if only because of the course load. as a comp e student our course load (same as ee) is significantly heavier than other majors. it's very demanding and time consuming.
i'd hope those premeds you all say "do nothing" are amazing geniuses since the admission rate to med school is insane.
bio, chem, ochem, biochem, are mostly all year long sequences, at least as required by the UW med school.. so we're talking a lot more than 5-6 classes...
I am a Biology major at UK and the Physics classes are the easiest classes I have taken so far. However I am very "math" minded, maybe EE would have been easier for me.
I'm not a EE, but I can safely say that the undergraduate program EE at most university will be more difficult than a pre-med track program. There is one exception... You can typically go "pre-med" in most any discipline. There are some programs that lend themselves to pre-med (chem, bio, biochem, micro bio, etc). However, you can go pre-med in a chemical engineering program, and that, I think, would be more difficult than a EE program.
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It all depends on the person and how their brain works.
Engineering in general (not just EE) requires a student to have very good problem solving skills. You could stare at a problem for hous and not get anywhere, the other engineers here know exactly what I'm talking about.
Typical classes in a premed sequence (biology, microbiology, biochem, etc) are more about reading and memorization. All the answers are right in front of you in the book...definitely not the case with engineering.
In my opinion, engineering requires much more natural ability and logical thinking skills to be successful in than premed, but as others have mentioned, it's a hell of a lot harder to get into med school than it is to get an undergraduate engineering degree.
Also, like theNEOone said, premed isn't a major (at least it isn't at my school). It's just a list of classes that people take so they can prepare themselves for the MCAT, so there are always those crazy people that will do engineering/premed; I've known a few. Typically though, I've found that people who choose that route aren't very successful in either due to the work load and the fact that the classes don't parallel eachother at all except with biomedical engineering and maybe a little with chemical engineering.
Engineering in general (not just EE) requires a student to have very good problem solving skills. You could stare at a problem for hous and not get anywhere, the other engineers here know exactly what I'm talking about.
Typical classes in a premed sequence (biology, microbiology, biochem, etc) are more about reading and memorization. All the answers are right in front of you in the book...definitely not the case with engineering.
In my opinion, engineering requires much more natural ability and logical thinking skills to be successful in than premed, but as others have mentioned, it's a hell of a lot harder to get into med school than it is to get an undergraduate engineering degree.
Also, like theNEOone said, premed isn't a major (at least it isn't at my school). It's just a list of classes that people take so they can prepare themselves for the MCAT, so there are always those crazy people that will do engineering/premed; I've known a few. Typically though, I've found that people who choose that route aren't very successful in either due to the work load and the fact that the classes don't parallel eachother at all except with biomedical engineering and maybe a little with chemical engineering.
yes, i took a year of chem, and year of lab at cornell (probably what you would call 4 classes). i consider it to be one class for the purposes of this conversation.Originally posted by: gopunk
a year of chem (3 courses at a quarter school like the UW), is one class?
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technically you can go premed form an EE program as well. EE, Chem E, and NUC E are IMHO the hardest engineering majors to go through. I'm a EE, my roomie is a NUC E, and my best friend is a Chem E. We hardly see each other except for on the weekends, and early late at night. We're at lab or wherever that much. I'm not complaining, I just HATE it when business majors complain about their multiple choice tests.
They can be exactly the same. You can be an EE major on a premed track.
Getting accepted to medical school is hard. However, some predmed tracks would be easy and some would be more difficult. While the 'track' might be easy, that doesn't mean that the final goal is easy to attain.
Getting accepted to medical school is hard. However, some predmed tracks would be easy and some would be more difficult. While the 'track' might be easy, that doesn't mean that the final goal is easy to attain.
Originally posted by: theNEOone
yes, i took a year of chem, and year of lab at cornell (probably what you would call 4 classes). i consider it to be one class for the purposes of this conversation.Originally posted by: gopunk
a year of chem (3 courses at a quarter school like the UW), is one class?
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no i call it 3, i took a year of chem + labs at the UW as well... i think you need to offer more of an explanation before you make that assertion
and again, this is personal... obviously you think chem is easy, at least easier than EE, whereas it would be the other way around for me
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