[MissAbi]

BandChick,
Your plans sound very cool and normal to me. I'm starting at U of Mich. this fall as a mechanical engineering major and I plan on going on to dental school. I eventually want to be an orthodontist so I figure the skills I learn working with my hands and the tools I use will carry over from engineering (yes, my orthodontist used a Dremel). Also, the physics and calculating forces will help alot too. Come to think of it, that could be useful when working on broken bones. I don't know what advice I can give class wise, but to make yourself stand out I suggest intering and voluteering at a hospital or even at the medical school. That could come in handy for retaining your people skills. If you spend your entire day with engineers you tend to lose touch with the normal world. But, best of luck to you and remember the engineering and medical fields do go hand in hand. Just look at most of Dean Kamen's inventions.