<p>Interested in biomedical engineering at Carnegie-Mellon.</p>
<p>Got info on Pitt, and lots of mention made about it being next to Carnegie-Mellon, so thought we'd give it a look. </p>
<p>Does one apply directly to the engineering or BME program, or do you apply to the university in general and get to decide your major later?</p>
<p>Are there internships/coops available in the engineering program?</p>
<p>Son is rising senior. From Louisiana. Honor student.</p>
<p>At CMU you apply to specific colleges within the university. In your son’s case it would be the college of engineering, which is named the Carnegie Institute of Technology.</p>
<p>CMU doesn’t offer BME as a stand-alone major; it’s only offered as a minor and double major along with a traditional engineering degree (one in Chemical, Civil, Electrical & Computer, Materials, or Mechanical). The major is made such that it’s not too difficult to schedule, and I think most of the classes tend to be a little easier than your primary major’s classes.</p>
<p>There are lots of internships available to CMU students, as well as plenty of research opportunities with professors. Co-op is an option, though it’s not as popular as some other schools (I had two friends in Materials that did it and they both had a great time).</p>
<p>I tell you, Reaver, you could sell paper to a tree.</p>
<p>Haha, thanks. It’s easy for me to talk so highly about CMU since I really had a great time there. I think one of the most important things to do there is make good friends both in and out of your major. You need people to do work with, and you need people to relax with (that said, I wound up doing both with both groups).</p>
<p>I’m now an alumni interviewer for CMU, but I can tell you I certainly wouldn’t be interested in being one for my current graduate institution. ;)</p>
<p>sooo did i make the correct choice to not hold onto my waitlist spot at Caltech and just go ahead and commit to CMU? :P</p>
<p>Well, they’re really different schools and cater to very different people. I feel CMU is more towards engineers that are interested in the science behind the engineering, and Caltech is for scientists interested in the math behind the science. Also school culture itself is really different, even for two nerd schools.</p>