<p>I know BME is one of the fastest growing major in the U.S. but I have also heard that the number (percent) of BME students accepted into Med School is declining. My question (more aimed at current BME majors and med students) is that does BME majors help more than Bio majors and Chem Majors? Also does it prepare you well for the MCAT at all? It seem like BME is more of just physics and comp sci and less of bio and chem.</p>
<p>Thanks for all your help</p>
<p>First and foremost, BME is an engineering major, not just a “pre-med” program. No one should major in BME unless you’re actually interested in studying the application of mathematical and engineering principles to medicine. The BME program at Hopkins (and pretty much any other schools that has an accredited program) is very math-intensive and if you don’t like math and engineering, you’re going to hate it. The people who stick with BME are those who find what we studying fascinating. BME is definitely not the easiest way to med school. As someone else on this site put it “Studying BME to go to medical school is like climbing Mount Everest to get a breath of fresh air.” If all you want to do is go to med school, then BME is definitely not the right choice. All that said, if you’re interested in actually studying BME (even if you then want to go to med school), then the program at Hopkins is great. Our courses are taught by professors who are the leaders in the fields and who are the ones cited in our textbooks and lectures. </p>
<p>Hope that helps
-tanman (Soon go be JHU Graduate in about 15 hours)</p>
<p>^^^ Are you pre-med?</p>
<p>First off tanman, congrats on your graduation</p>
<p>Mk so here is the deal, I heard that like 2/3+ students from JHU go to med school from BME. This somewhat seems like that more students at JHU do BME to prepare for med school rather than BME career. Also BME is often combined with premed by most students and most students go to JHU to enter med school. I mean yes BME is for engineering students who want to apply math, physics, comp sci, bio, chem and engineering together but it seems like that more students are at BME to help get into med schools.</p>
<p>Thanks! Just to clarify, about 1/3 of the graduating BME class ends up going to med school, with another third going to grad school and the rest going into industry. This trend may change a bit this year because of the job market, but the percentage of the BME class that goes to med school is definitely less than half.</p>
<p>Ah thank you very much, getting insight and information from a student, actually better word is recent graduate, is extremely helpful. Just curious, what are you going to do next since you just graduated? Are you going to med school?
Oh and also, does BME classes help get into med school, like do they teach you a lot about the biological function and the chemical function of the body?
Thanks Again</p>
<p>tanman in my attempt to send you a PM it says that your PM mailbox is full and thus you cannot receive any more messages. if you could rectify this problem i would greatly appreciate it. thanks. :)</p>
<p>@cdz512 You seem to forget that BME is Bio-Molecular ENGINEERING. Hence, an engineering program. If you truly want to learn more about the biological and chemical bodily functions, it may suit you better to major in Biology, and use pre-professional advising (of which Hopkins has consistently set the standard) to try and focus on medical school.</p>
<p>Just to extend my post a bit: typical applications of biomedical engineering are the design and creation of an artificial heart, artificial joints and limbs, prosthetic eyes, design for the subcutaneous insulin pumps used for diabetes, and so on and so forth.</p>
<p>I was in the same situation earlier this year when I applied to Hopkins, and I settled on not applying for the BME program, just a major in Biology.</p>
<p>username.098765 - I cleared out my PM box - send away!</p>
<p>cdz512 - ditto to what RobDV said about the program being an engineering program. However one caveat - this doesn’t mean that you can’t go to medical school. What really matters is what you’re interested in studying as an undergrad. Even if you never think you’ll use it in your future career, if, as RobDV wrote, you’re interested in artificial organs, medical devices, mathematical models of the body etc, then BME is the right field for you; if, on the other hand, you’re more interested in either just getting into medical school, or learning about basic biological systems, then Bio is the right track. If you’re somewhere in the middle, then maybe consider Neuroscience or Biophysics.</p>
<p>As for me, I’ll be going to medical school at Duke in the fall, though I do hope to transfer into Duke’s MD/PhD program and I want to end up in a career of academic medicine (combining both research and patient care)</p>
<p>Now I get it. Thanks to all of you guys, you guys helped me a lot!</p>
<p>@tanman: I hope you enjoy your time at Duke, it is a wonderful school and you’ll be great doctor.</p>