<p>I will be applying to the MIT class of 2015. I'm a rising high school senior.</p>
<p>How is the biological engineering program at MIT for undergraduate students? I am very interested in bioengineering because I love biology and using biology to engineer functional systems sounds amazing. I noticed that Course 20 at MIT is relatively new, especially the undergraduate program (created in 2005-2006?). Could somebody please tell me more about MIT's bioengineering program? I'm also thinking about a pre-med route, Course 7, and Course 9. Of course, this only matters if I get into MIT, but it would be really helpful to know beforehand. Thank you!</p>
<p>For clarification, you can’t just be a premed. It’s not a major. You need a real major first, and then you can add in the classes that premeds need to take, assuming you have room.</p>
<p>Do you have particular questions about the BE program? Since it’s relatively new, it’s not very flexible. It’s very hard to graduate on time if you miss one of the classes per term since many of them are only offered once per year - meaning you can’t really move around your schedule much (Course 7 and Course 9 definitely have much more flexibility). I’ve gotten varying reviews about its classes. I’d probably put 7 or 9 classes as slightly better than 20 classes, but not by much.</p>
<p>I was considering 20, 7, and 9, but am now course 6, so I don’t know too much about all the departments involved. Someone with more experience may come along to answer :)</p>
<p>Wow, that’s a pretty big change from the biological sciences to electrical engineering and computer science! I’ve heard that what college students wanted to major in when they first become freshman and what they end up majoring in can be very different. And thank you for your answer to my original question. It makes sense that there isn’t much flexibility in course 20, as it is relatively new. I’m still really interested in bioengineering, though :). Thanks again!</p>
<p>Heh, yep, people can change a lot. I will note, though, that I’m interested in the biological applications of EECS :D</p>