Biomedical Engineering?

<p>How is the biomedical engineering school at UNC-Chapel Hill?
I would like to pursue this major, what are my chances of being accepted out of state?</p>

<p>GPA Weighted: 3.8</p>

<p>Course Load-
I've never taken a regulars class in my school, and have been in all honors the entire way, this year I am taking two AP's, AP Biology and APUSH
I'm planning on taking AP Environmental, AP Gov/AP Economics, AP Statistics, and AT Microbiology next year.</p>

<p>My SAT scores: Over two test dates
CR: 670
M:640
W:720 (11 Essay)
Superscore: 1310/2030</p>

<p>I took the ACTs on Feb 6 and am waiting for my scores.</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
-Volunteered at Memorial children's center for 20 weeks, 2 hours a week. (Sophomore) (Junior)
-Went 4 years in a row to Congres (French competition in Orlando)
-Part of Friends of FRAT, went to autistic child's house for 20 weeks, 2 hours a week. (Sophomore)
-Volunteered at Kesher, a program that provides a an education for children with learning disabilities from pre-school through high school. (Junior)
-Head of snack food drive for children at the respite shelter in Women in Distress of Broward County. Collected over 600 individual snacks. (Junior)
-Volunteered for a month in Fiji, heading various projects for rebuilding communities and the environment. (56 hours, 2009)
-President of HELP Club, for underprivileged children and battered women (Junior)
-Vice President of FRAT (Fostering Relationships with Autistic Teens and Children) (Junior)
-Treasurer of Green Team (Freshman)
-NHS Member
-National French Honors Society Member
-NFL (National Forensic League) Member</p>

<p>Anything else you can tell me about Biomedical Engineering?</p>

<p>unfortunately, i think your sat score is a bit low. but if you are diverse (geographic or ethnic) you may be competitive. hopefully your act scores are better . i was also interested in the bme major at unc, but when i toured i also met with the head of the bme program. apparently, the bme major is NOT accredited, thus it doesn’t carry the same weight as a normal bme degree. i think you should see for yourself and make a judgment.</p>

<p>i got a 30 on my ACT, any chance?</p>

<p>first off, you’re a junior. it’s way too early for you to be so preoccupied with college acceptance chances. do yourself a favor and deactivate your account on here until you really start to get close to the actual process. but anyway, a 30 is competitive, but still low. a 1450/32 is a score you should aim for in my opinion. you’ll have plenty of time to hopefully raise your gpa/sat/act until then. lastly, if you are truly interested in bme, unc is NOT the place to go. i would recommend vandy, uva, georgia tech, case western, boston u, or wisconsin. these are all good bme schools. with your current scores, case, boston u, and wisconsin are all good possibilities for you. i am NOT an adcom so don’t take any of my “chance” judgments as a true assessment, let the adcoms do that.</p>

<p>thanks bman92-</p>

<p>do you know the average stats for wisconsin engineering? just wondering what i should aim for.</p>

<p>not sure actually. the numbers wouldn’t be terribly difficult to find.</p>

<p>The UNC-CH BME program is run in conjunction with NC State University.<br>
At NCSU you get a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering. At UNC-CH, you get a BME concentration in the Applied Sciences degree. Both campuses offer MS and PhD in BME.
Check out the College of Engineering at NC State for more info.</p>