<p>Does Harvard have ANY kind of bioengineering or biomedical engineering program? I put down BME as my major on common app, and I thought I saw somewhere on the Harvard undergrad site that that was one of the majors...but now I can't find it? I got rejected from Stanford SCEA, so now I have to shift my efforts elsewhere..</p>
<p>im not sure about harvard, have you looked at Duke though? they apparently have the top BME program in the country</p>
<p>Well, actually I think Johns Hopkins is the top, but Duke is definitely second (I'm a BME major, and was looking into all this stuff last year). </p>
<p>As far as I know, Harvard has a small (but well-funded) engineering program, so you will find BME there. However, don't expect it to be as prominent as some of their other majors. If you really want to do BME, try a place like MIT, or most of the other top engineering schools.</p>
<p>Yes, I'm considering those as well, but I am glad to know that Harvard offers a program like that. Why don't they put more $ into their engineering program? I'm guessing they don't get too many applicants for engineering if their school is small...</p>
<p>umm...because all the top engineering students go to MIT</p>
<p>Well, if I do go to Harvard, can't I cross register up to like 50% of my classes @ MIT?</p>
<p>That would be a major logistical challenge, which is the reason why the cross-registering isn't a major part of most people's lives, even if it sounds good in theory. The difficulties are compounded by bus schedules and academic calendars that don't match up. If you're that into engineering, consider just going to MIT. If you're that into Harvard, consider being happy with the engineering Harvard has to offer.</p>
<p>In my interview at Harvard, the admissions officer I spoke with said Harvard and MIT's joint plan for the next few decades is to make Cambridge and biomedical engineering analogous to Silicon Valley and computing (or something to that extent). Apparently, starting now, Harvard's going to be putting its billions to building up BME.</p>
<p>Wow, that would be amazing. Too bad it's only happening in a couple decades lol..</p>
<p>I heard Harvard's academic calendar will match up with MIT's next year. I know a lot of graduate engineering students who take courses at MIT. If grad students have no problems doing it then undergrads probably won't too.</p>
<p>I also have heard and seen Harvard pouring tons of money into building their biotech/biomed programs. I think there's a gigantic biotech/biomed building being built right now on Oxford street. I always see a lot of construction there. When Harvard wants to change something, they can get it done fast. My roommate told me that Harvard's "tiny" School of Engineering and Applied Science has an endowment of 1.5 billion, which is more than most entire universities.</p>
<p>That's nice too. Does anyone have more details on this new biomed/biotech building at Harvard?</p>
<p>The North Yard science expansion includes,</p>
<p>Laboratory for Integrated Science and Engineering
BCG</a> Projects Contacts</p>
<p>Biological Research Infrastructure
Skanska</a> USA</p>
<p>Northwest Science Building
BCG</a> Projects Contacts</p>
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<p>Harvard's new calendar will debut for the 2009-2010 school year.</p>
<p>I know quite a few students who have taken a class or two at MIT without any real difficulty (even with the non-synchronized calendars). But they've only cross-registered for 1 class/semester. I can imagine it'd get difficult to do more than one, because you'd be spending a significant amount of time away from your room, your dining hall, etc.</p>
<p>What about biochemistry?</p>
<p>Does it fall into the same boat as BME?</p>
<p>Does anyone here have any links as to Harvard's development of its BME program? I saw those earlier links but am having trouble finding info on BME.....</p>
<p>Thanks marite!</p>
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<p>That is a joke! Definitely a silly joke.</p>
<p>Vinton Cerf didn't go to MIT. But he was widely called the father of the internet.
Theodo Maiman didn't go to MIT. But he invented the first working laser.
Ted Hoff didn't go to MIT. But he invented microprocessor.
Larry Page and Segey Brin didn't go to MIT. But they invented GOOGLE.
John Cioffi didn't go to MIT. But he is called the father of DSL.
Bill Yeager didn't go to MIT. But he invented multiprotocol internet router.
Nil Nilson didn't go to MIT, but he led the effort in building the first mobile robot which could think itself.
John Adams and Hans Moravec didn't go to MIT. But they invented the first computer controled robot cart.
John Chowning didn't go to MIT. But he invented the algorithm for digital music synthesis used by Yamaha.
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<p>They went to Stanford instead.</p>
<p>Top engineering students also go to places like Stanford, Berkeley, Caltech, CMU, UIUC, Cornell, Princeton, Harvard, and etc. MIT is just one of the good places to study engineering.</p>
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<p>I think you're a little early in saying the Turing test has been passed.</p>
<p>so you guys think it's ok to put bme as our major for harvard on the common app? because like predator, i thought i saw it as a major/concentration at harvard at one time, and now (after i submitted my app) i can't find it anymore, and i don't want harvard to think that i know nothing about their school because i put down a non-existent major.</p>
<p>whew, long sentence.</p>