Bioengineering major, UCSD, UW, UIUC, UWisconsin?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm thinking about majoring in bioengineering, and I have been accepted to UWashington as a pre-engineer, UIllinois at Urbana-Champaign and UWisconsin Madison for general engineering, and UCSD.</p>

<p>I was wondering which school is a better fit for me. When UIUC sent me their admission letter, they told me that it is unlikely that bioengineering will take transfers though. And when I was accepted to UCSD, they didn't explicitly tell me what major I was accepted to. Washington said that I can still apply for bioengineering by the end of my first year, and I don't need to apply for BME at Wisconsin until I have been enrolled there for at least one year. </p>

<p>Which school should I choose?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>UCSD is really great in bioengineering.</p>

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<p>Oh, I forgot to mention that I am qualified for in-state tuition at U of I. It IS in the top 10 ranked undergraduate engineering programs in the US. This is one of the reasons why I’m considering U of I, since I got into their engineering program, though not for bioengineering.
I applied for bioengineering at UCSD but I didn’t get into the program. Does this mean that I won’t be able to get in later on during my enrollment at UCSD?</p>

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<p>BME ranking is currently UCSD #3 and UW (WA) #7…the west coast has other benefits/distractions…</p>

<p>UCSD has 5 Nobel prize winners on staff and has aims to be the worlds best…</p>

<p>UW has tremendous school spirit and is the world’s #1 research facility…also, Yoki Matsuoko at UW is a world renowned all star there in neuro-robotics ‘neurobotics’ (VERY cutting edge) - so if you excel there, you would have access to some pretty amazing projects…</p>

<p>good luck w/ your decision :)</p>

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<p>Changing major to bioengineering at UCSD may be difficult or competitive:
[Impacted</a> Majors](<a href=“http://students.ucsd.edu/academics/advising/majors-minors/impacted-majors.html]Impacted”>Capped Majors)</p>

<p>Washington lists bioengineering as a competitive admissions major:
[UW</a> Advising - List of Majors](<a href=“http://www.washington.edu/uaa/advising/majors/majoff.php]UW”>http://www.washington.edu/uaa/advising/majors/majoff.php)</p>

<p>Illinois also requires applying to change engineering major:
<a href=“https://wiki.engr.illinois.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=30803845[/url]”>https://wiki.engr.illinois.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=30803845&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>All are equivalent. I’d choose the cheapest option…probably UIUC for you.</p>

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<p>some insights on UW:
BME/BE is a ‘competitive major,’ as pointed out above. This means:
Competitive majors require specific prerequisite courses and usually a minimum GPA, but meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission… These majors have application forms and application deadlines; some of them require standardized tests, recommendations, and/or interviews. </p>

<p>FWIW BME is one of the more popular majors at UW. You will need a good GPA. The biggest draw of the program is that Washington has pretty good name recognition for med school applications, inc. for its own med programs (if that’s an interest of yours).</p>

<p>UIUC does seem like an equally good if not better choice.</p>