BME: flexibility... Umich, UVA or CMU?

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<p>UVA - university of virginia
Umich - university of michigan -ann arbor
CMU - carnegie mellon U</p>

<p>Hi, I'm sure i'll declare my major in biomedical engineering.
So, since carnegie mellon university only offers bme as an additional major, I will pursue double major in mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering.</p>

<p>After undergraduate, I plan to go to 1)med school or 2)MS or phD in biomedical engineering, and most likely not work right after undergraduate.</p>

<p>I know that compared to Umich and CMU, UVA has realtively weak engineering program. On the other hand, I think UVA would offer more of well-rounded experience and more ECs. Also UVA seems to have highest acceptance rate into medical school among those universities.</p>

<p>Since I am absolutely sure of going into either professional or graduate school, GPA would be a huge issue. In that aspect, CMU may be a bad choice considering that it is academically demanding and that I would possibly do double major + premed. </p>

<p>And.. U mich seems to fit in middle I guess. and it is ranked highest in bme among three universities. </p>

<p>So.. if money is not a problem, which one would be the best choice if i want to pursue either medical school or ms,phd in bme later on.</p>

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<p>Michigan is better than U-VA in most disciplines. I have no idea where you got the notion that you'll get a more rounded experience at Virginia. Ann Arbor is a wonderful town to spend 4 years.</p>

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<p>Maybe not engineering, but UVA is probably stronger than Michigan in the majority of fields.</p>

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<p>The benefit of CMU is that you can have a double major in BME and another engineering field.</p>

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<p>Sorry Barq. You are wrong.</p>

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<p>Why is Umich stronger than UVa in most fields, rjkofnovi?</p>

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CMU may be a bad choice considering that it is academically demanding and that I would possibly do double major + premed.

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<p>There is no pre-med program or anything of the sort at CMU, which is probably one of the reasons for their low med-school acceptance rate. Of all my friends, I only know of one which planned to go to med school after graduating (he was an ECE/BME double major) and he wound up deciding on going to grad school for BME because he liked it so much.</p>