<p>Hey all, in my daughter's admittance letter, it said she was accepted to GT "with the major of biomedical engineering." She's comparing the school with the University of Virginia--where she also was accepted. At UVA, they have a limited number of slots for the BME program there, necessitating sophomores to apply for the slots. Does the GT letter mean she is already in the BME program? </p>
<p>Also, what do people think of GT vs UVA?</p>
<p>I can't help you with the first question but I feel qualified to answer the second since I am seriously looking at GT and my parents both went to UVA. Honestly GT is the more renowned engineering school but UVA is such a good school that it wouldn't matter too much. There both such good schools that a degree in anything from either is respectful but honestly whatever is the best fit for her should be the decision maker because both schools are great in there own regards.</p>
<p>BME is pretty big on campus. I think enrollment is nearing 1000 (and unlike other engineering there are actually a lot of girls, if the ratio is a concern for her). My opinion is that there will be more opportunities at Tech. However, I am assuming she 100% wants to be in a technical field of some sort.</p>
<p>She has a difficult choice ahead of her. Tech's BME is ranked high (2-3) relative to UVA's (14th I believe, but impressive when we visited and seemed to be up and coming) so she'll have to weigh the benefits of the program, cost (we're VA residents) and campuses. Having hired engineers from both schools at work, I can say that she won't go wrong no matter what she chooses.</p>
<p>At Tech, admittance to the university admits you to your chosen major, and you can also change to any other major before you enroll or at FASET. After that, you have one free major change(prior to obtaining 60 hours). At that point, all major changes must be approved by individual colleges, and although each college has there own requirements they are typically not stringent. So, to answer your question, your daughter has already been accepted into the BME program at Georgia Tech, which is currently ranked 3rd in the nation at the undergraduate level and 2nd in the nation at the graduate level, and is actually a joint program with Emory Medical School where, as an undergraduate, your daughter could do research if she so chose. You can look at the following website to get more information about GT's BME program, including areas of current research: BME:</a> The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering</p>
<p>UVa also offers a very strong BME Program, currently ranked 15th, and is also a joint program with UVa's school of medicine. UVa also offers more academic diversity since they have a larger number of decent to strong programs in disciplines outside of engineering and science. Of course, if your daughter is set on BME/engineering and science this is not an issue. </p>
<p>On the whole, both are excellent schools with strong reputations. I would suggest your daughter look at the "fit" of each institution and cost, if that is an issue, and make her decision off of those factors.</p>