<p>I didnt get accepted into the JHU BME program, so now I have to choose between Biomaterials, Biomechanics, or Biomolecular and Chem engineering courses. Right now I'm leaning to the Biomaterials deal. </p>
<p>Still, I would like to know, should I reconsider? How is the course?</p>
<p>Wait, I'm in the JHU BME program... where did you get those titles from? The 4 concentrations within the BME program are:
* Biosystems
* Tissue Engineering
* Sensors / Microsystems
* Computationsl Biology
all from: <a href="http://www.bme.jhu.edu/innovations/area1/a1_main.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.bme.jhu.edu/innovations/area1/a1_main.htm</a>
sounds to me like you didn't get into <em>THE</em> BME program but were offered one of the alternative bio----engineering majors at JHU.</p>
<p>The materials science department is generally considered very good but is often viewed as the "back-up" engineering major within the engineering school. The biomaterials program will probably be somewhat less intense (but not much, after all its Hopkins) then the BME curriculum that you were looking at. I am quite biased but recommend you look into the biomechanics program. The mechanical engineering department at Hopkins is very very good.</p>
<p>Biomaterials a back up to bme? Hardly. It focuses on diff't aspects of engineering and it's a backup only for those who don't really understand what the heck they are doing in either major.</p>
<p>Materials Science, here or at any other school, is generally considered to be an easier engineering major than just about anything else, that is why I call it a "back-up" major, not because it has anything to do with BME or anything else (although it is very closely related to some aspects of BME, MechE, CivE, etc.) Granted it is still not easy, but most don't have to sweat it to get through the program like some of the other types of engineering.</p>