<p>Hi, I'm trying to get computer savvy with using this forum. So here goes.</p>
<p>Anybody considering biomedical engineering or is a current student in biomedical engineering that can give us some input on classes, teachers, dorms where similar students are housed, and any other general Marquette info would be appreciated. Would love to hear about coops and internships and the Les Aspin program.</p>
<p>Also interested in hearing about organic chemistry, like Heart Art. Would like son to take that between fresh and soph year, if possible, but seems like biomed engin don't take chem until soph. Anybody found a way around that? Don't want to test out of any science courses.</p>
<p>Glad there's a good advising department at Marquette. So many questions!</p>
<p>BME’s don’t have to take OChem anymore. :]</p>
<p>I saw that. I would like him to take it so that his options would not be limited in grad school. But would rather him take it during the summer so it would be the only thing he’s taking. </p>
<p>I had to take it as a biology major at UMiami, and I took it during the summer. What was also great about that was that I finally qualified for a work study job because of lack of students, so I was able to work on campus during the day and had the evenings to study. Got to really enjoy being a student that summer.</p>
<p>Just finished Chemistry and got by by the skin of teeth. Glad no longer required to take OChem.</p>
<p>Is the BME curriculum undergoing a revamp, now that there is a new chair and a new building in the works?</p>
<p>Any BME majors out there currently doing co-ops, internships? Are they available, with the current state of the economy?</p>
<p>Thanks for any info!</p>
<p>Montegut - as usual, I’ll reply to your post even though I really don’t have the answer you’re after! Hopefully some BMEs will weigh in but until they do…</p>
<p>My son is also hot to co-op. I don’t see much on Marquette’s website in the way of career placement stats, but I have been looking at them for his two big 10 choices, Iowa and Wisc and have learned some things. So to the extent that they might translate to Marquette, here goes…</p>
<p>Co-op has the advantage over internships of longer work periods and greater commitment on the employer’s part to create substantial projects and a much deeper relationship between student and employer. My wife and I both studied engineering. She went to Marquette and co-op’d, I went to Wisc and interned. There is no comparison between our experiences. She worked four sessions for 3M in different divisions and in different capacities, and finished with a much better understanding of “the business” than I did in my summer project at my company. She waltzed into a great starting offer from 3M with competing offers as well. I did OK but not nearly as well. And she, of course, made far more over her sessions than I did in my summer. Even if I’d managed two internships I could not have gathered near the experience or $$ as she. This can take the sting off the MU price tag!</p>
<p>Wisc’s BME stats for 2007-08 show 44 employers hiring co-ops and interns for a total of 70 jobs. They averaged $3200/month. Iowa’s numbers are similar. Now the number of bodies at MU will differ, I’m sure, but the money should be comparable as most of these jobs are in MU’s backyard: 63% were in Wisc. The employers tend to be strongly regional, so inasmuch as your co-op employer is a slam-dunk offer at graduation, their location(s) vs. your desired locale is something to think about.</p>
<p>One slight drawback to co-op vs. internships, however, is that they do disrupt the normal school year dynamic with respect to living arrangements, friends, etc. This was my chief reason for doing the internship instead. If you look at a school like Northeastern, where many many students co-op, it yields a very strange environment university-wide. Not a reason to pass up the experience and the $$, just something to think about.</p>
<p>The ability for my son’s prospective schools to really make a meaningful co-op experience happen (vs. posting openings outside the placement office door) is of great importance to us and will probably play a big role in his/our ultimate decision. Oh, that and a study abroad experience. How all these planets can be aligned and still result in graduation on time, I have no idea.</p>