BME at Duke

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<p>Hey gangstas I got a couple questions,</p>

<li><p>I know Duke has an amazing undergraduate biomedical engineering program… but is getting acceptance to the biomedical engineering program more cutthroat and diffcult than getting into the other programs?</p></li>
<li><p>Since I am thinking of a career in medicine, how well does the BME program prepare you for acceptance into medical school and research in the medical field?</p></li>
<li><p>How much is Duke gonna win the 2008 NCAA Tourney Final by?</p></li>
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<p>Lol, I must say Duke basketball is a teeeeensy bit overrated. I doubt that is going to happen...</p>

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<li><p>You get accepted to the Pratt School of Engineering, and from there you pick whatever engineering major you want.</p></li>
<li><p>Not really sure about the medical school numbers for BME students. There seem to be a good amount of research opportunities for BME's (not sure how much of that is in the medical field).</p></li>
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<p>I heard somewhere that 1/3 of BME students are pre-med. It certainly is a popular route to med school. Although I have also heard opinions that say doing BME (a hard major) solely for pre-med (a hard track) is just being cruel to yourself. Some people think it wise to pick a slightly easier major...like biology.</p>

<p>Of course I'm still BME/pre-med.</p>

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<p>Yeah, BME kills your GPA. If you're set on Medicine, BME might not be the best thing to do.</p>

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<p>Just heard the numbers at Blue devil days on Monday. 60% of engineering students are BME. The Assoc. Dean (?) Todd Larsen said that BME was the track preferred by engineering students going into medicine, but med schools accepted many other majors. I think he was referring to other engineering majors. Seeing the students and their questions about double majors, how to squeeze in semesters abroad etc., Working hard seemed to be a given, no matter what the major. His bottom line - study what you are passonate about, not what you think med schools want to see.</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the great advice guys...</p>

<p>Do you guys no if getting accepted to the Pratt School is harder/easier than Trinity or is it equally as tough.</p>

<p>THANKS DAWGS</p>

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<p>Every Duke BME graduate, who has applied to med school directly after graduating, has at least gotten into one med school. (this is what I was told by a senior BME/premed student.)</p>

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<p>see this link. Acceptance % is higher at Pratt but SAT's of applicants at Pratt is also slightly higher (stronger pool)</p>

<p><a href="http://www.admissions.duke.edu/jump/applying/who_2010profile.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.admissions.duke.edu/jump/applying/who_2010profile.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>