<p>Hello there. I am a Junior in High School, looking to find the best college in Michigan for a genetics degree, or some variant of one. I am aiming to be a genetic engineer, of some sort or another; for this, a degree in Genetics or Biotechnology would be most useful.
I have a 4.0 GPA and I earned a 33 on the ACT, so admission shouldn't be a problem. However, out of state colleges tend to cost a lot more than Michigan colleges for me: as such, I would prefer to hear about colleges in Michigan... but if you really think it would be worth it, to go somewhere else, PLEASE speak up!
I am thinking about an undergraduate degree, of course, and I intend to then get a graduates degree; I don't have to get both at the same college, so feel free to not worry about graduate programs (but if you know anything about them, then please mention it: I want to know everything I can!).
Thanks for all of the help!</p>
<p>The blatantly obvious choice is the University of Michigan.</p>
<p>Definitley look at University of Michigan, they have an amazing bioenginnering program.</p>
<p>Thank you for the help, but I am still uncertain about something: What, exactly, do bioengineers do? From what I have read online, it seems that they learn about how bodily systems work, and then develop machinery and such to aid the human body, doing things like making prosthetic limbs. That is important, of course, but it doesn’t seem to have much to do with changing the body itself- is there something about bioengineering that I am not understanding?
Thanks again!</p>
<p>Biomedical engineers develop technologies that aid your body. Like pacemakers, artificial hearts, and stuff like that. I’m not sure if that’s different from Bioengineers. It seems like you’re more interesting in genetic engineering, like making genetically modified foods?</p>
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<p>lol, that’s what i was guessing :p</p>
<p>kevycanuck: Yes, that is precisely what I am talking about. I wish to be doing research towards making better crops, creating new vaccines, and so on. Bioengineering doesn’t seem to be that kind of field; it is similar, but it seems to rely more on physical apparatuses, not cellular manipulation. Thank you for understanding.</p>
<p>I recommend Hope College. It’s quite cheap for a private college ($36K for tuition + room/board), and I think you’d be in the running for one of their $15K merit scholarships, especially if you could get that ACT score up a bit. </p>
<p>Although it’s not discussed much here or elsewhere, Hope is fantastic for the sciences and has excellent grad school placement. It used to boast the highest publication rate among undergrads of any college in the country, although I don’t know if that’s still the case.</p>
<p>Check out the honors freshman course sequence in viral genetics funded by HHMI, for example. Pretty neat stuff for a freshman.
[Phage</a> Genomics Research | Hope College Biology](<a href=“Biology Department | Hope College”>Biology Department | Hope College)</p>