<p>I know that Carnegie Mellon requires students to double major if they intend to obtain a degree in Biomedical Engineering -- I just wanted to know how the school is overall for engineering, and specifically for biomedical engineering.</p>
<p>Would it be better to do a mechE/biomed or a chemE/biomed ?</p>
<p>I think it would be better to do ChemE and BME.</p>
<p>On a side note, I don't think CMU is a good school for BME. There are other schools, like JHU, Duke, UC San Diego, CWRU, MIT among others that are better off for BME.</p>
<p>i wanted to do this meche/bme at cmu. I regretted not going there for that. I think its awesome.</p>
<p>I know there are better schools for BME, but CMU has a better foundation. </p>
<p>1) JHU offers BME but it comes with a huge course load. I'd rather take the huge course load but get 2 degrees in the process.
2) It's nice to come out of undergrad with a double major in something like chemE/BME because it doesnt limit my options.
3) CMU Engineering > JHU Engineering</p>
<p>typist: In your last post, it appears you answered the original question you posed in the first thread-starting post.</p>
<p>I wanted other's opinions. </p>
<p>Also: I havent seen Materials Science & Biomed double majors, any idea why?</p>
<p>there are plenty of people that do this.</p>
<p>Do the courses overlap? How's the job market for Materials Science engineers?</p>
<p>Materials Science majors at CMU have very good placement because they're a ridiculously small department by CIT standards. However you have to go out to meet recruiters because no one is willing to come court the Materials Science graduating class of 12! But last year they all went either directly to ivy leagues, MIT, or Caltech for graduate schools. A few went into industry with very prestigious companies.</p>
<p>All five traditional engineering disciplines are made to overlap with BME without overloading. I'm a Mech E/BME double major, do Chem E if you really feel you can handle the subject. The thought of taking O chem scared me honestly, and I want to work with nanoassemblers, so Mech E is more applicable. We're ranked 33rd in BME, but you realize we get a lot of predjudice because of the fact BME is only a double major. I also find the rankings a bit shady since MIT was already ranked before it even offered BME as a full major!</p>
<p>And as you said yourself, coming out of CMU with a conventional degree along with your snazzy cutting-edge one will gurantee you a job if you hit rough paches in your life.</p>
<p>i regret not going to CMU, go there. this is a great degree.</p>
<p>jeffl: where did/do you go? Are you dissatisfied with the program, or do you think your employment opportunities are not what they should be?</p>
<p>red_dragone, I just private messaged you. Check it out.</p>
<p>I'm definitley doing the BME program at CMU, but am torn between MechE, ChE or Materials Science. I need to know the pro's and con's to each. I'm very interested in nanotechnology - that's why I'm thinking Material Science - but the others have their perks too.</p>
<p>What does the MechE major entail? How's the market for mechanical engineers? Is there a huge difference between a MechE vs. MechE/BME major? Whats the difference in courses?</p>
<p>I'm glad I'm going to such a highly rated university -- I want to make sure I use EVERY RESOURCE POSSIBLE, and let nothing go to waste. I dont want to look back 20 years from now and feel remorse.
Help me choose!</p>
<p>wow, MechE, ChemE and Materials Science is pretty different...</p>
<p>About the market for MechE...look we need mechanical engineers all the time. But to see if it has good job prospects for that I suggest you go to <a href="http://www.bls.gov%5B/url%5D">www.bls.gov</a> and check out their career outlook section. Also if you want to know what they do or what their work involves check out <a href="http://www.eng-tips.com%5B/url%5D">www.eng-tips.com</a></p>
<p>i goto umich i'm MechE, its not the type of atmosphere i imagined. job placement definitely could be better. it is still great, but this midwest atmosphere is really different from where i grew up. also, i'm not liking the number of cocky kids i've met here. i recommend ChemE or MechE for you, if u like BME, chemE is probably better</p>
<p>fei:
mechE = physics
chemE= chemistry</p>
<p>I like both of those areas, though I enjoy physics a bit more -- I'm just worried about the job market in mechE and know that chemE's generally make more money.</p>
<p>So I came upon Materials Science - a nice blend of both chemistry and physics. </p>
<p>And I'm torn. :)</p>