I’m a future Biomedical Engineering/Bioengineering major, not sure whether I want the medical or engineering path yet, but I’d love to know what are the best schools to attend for this major. I’ve already been accepted into UCLA, UCSD, Harvie Mudd, most likely UCB (coming out tomorrow!), WashU, and Duke University. I’ve also applied to Cornell, Stanford, JHU, CMU, and a few others. I was wondering what schools I should attend for the Bioengineering major. Since money is a bit of an issue, I was looking at UC Berkeley … but is that a good school for this major?
I was also wondering about the whole undergraduate/graduate school thing, that does it really matter for what undergrad school you go to in order to get into a really good grad school? That matters a lot, because then I can decide whether I want to attend a private university (at the expense of a lot of money) or go to a UC school and still have a good chance at the top grad schools (assuming, of course, that I get good grades and such )
Thanks for your help, all, its greatly appreciated!
<p>If money is an issue I'd go to UCSD given its location in the heart of biotech central which provides great reach opportunities and internships. Money no issue Duke for the excellent program and a much more fun college experience.</p>
<p>Could someone give me an updated list of the top 20 schools for bioengineering/biomedical engineering? I tried looking for one, but couldn't find it :(</p>
<p>I wouldn't choose Berkeley over SD in bioengineering. Although Berkeley engineering ranks much higher in general, its bioengineering can't compare with SD. And have you ever done a campus visit to UCB? Also cannot compare to SD. However, I am probably choosing Berkeley over SD because I am majoring in EE, and many of my friends said that Berkeley EECS was an awesome experience. But in terms of bioengineering, UCSD is much more pleasant than UCB.</p>
<p>I guess what my real question is, is that if I went to Berkeley over SD, would I still have a good chance at getting into a good grad school? I mean, SD is ranked 3rd for biomed, and Berkeley is ranked 16th. Thus, SD has a really good specializiation, but Berkeley has overall a much much better reputation as a school than SD. Nonetheless, would an undergrad bioengineering at Berkeley over SD affect my grad school chances much, assuming I get good grades and do lots of research and such?</p>
<p>if your leaning towards grad school, probably doesn't really matter where you go becasue ucb and ucsd are both good. however if you go to ucsd , you'll be near the booming bioeng companies if you don't happen to pan out to grad school.</p>
<p>Dru2k: I actually hope to go to UCSD for grad school in Biomed :) But thanks a lot for the response, its very helpful. Anyone else? </p>
<p>Also, the whole L.A. vs. Berkeley thing: what do you guys think? I wanna know how they compare with regards to academics, social life, diversity (lots of asians? :)), community (lots of stuff to do in the areas? are there lots of food adn grocery places near the apartments of each area?)</p>
<p>If you going on to gradschool, UCSD is a good pick. Its ranked #2 in terms of grad level bioengineering. The weather and location cant be beat. I think the biggest advantage UCSD has is that its not only close to the biotech/biz-friendly area but its also close to the salk institute, scripps etc.</p>
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