<p>Is it true that if you want to do premed, you shouldn't apply for the BME program? Might be a stupid question.</p>
<p>No that is not true. Students can complete the pre-med advising track and also be BME. (Note: pre-med is NOT a major ... it is an advising track program that prepares students for the medical school application process.)</p>
<p>However, it is important to note that BME (Biomedical Engineering) is not a glorified pre-med program. IT IS AN ENGINEERING MAJOR!!! </p>
<p>Some uninformed applicants to Johns Hopkins University every year apply to the BME program as they assume it is some special pre-med program. (We assume that because it is the only major with "medical" in the title, students searching for a pre-med major determine BME is just that.) The BME program is an Engineering program and the students selected for that program need to understand what the major is about and be prepared for a BME degree. </p>
<p>BME does not equal pre-med, but BME students may also be pre-med.</p>
<p>I'm a senior BME major and I agree 100% with what AdmissionsDaniel said. There are quite a few BME majors who are pre-med or pre-MD/PhD. At the same time, I know a decent number of people who entered BME not knowing what it actually was or wanting an "easy" pre-med track to follow - in that case, BME was definitely not the right major for them. If you're actually interested in applying engineering to medicine, then BME is the right field for you. Whether or not you decide to apply to medical school is a completely separate decision (just for reference, about a third of BME graduates go to med school, another third to grad school and a third to jobs in industry)</p>
<p>Hope that helps!</p>
<p>wow thanks that helps alot! Also just clarifying, if you apply ED to Hopkins as a BME major and get into the school but not BME you can look at other schools? And can you apply EA to another school with ED to Hopkins (as long as you withdraw it if you get in).?</p>
<p>Let's answer your second question first b/c that is easier to explain:</p>
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<p>Technically you can apply to non-binding EA programs and also ED to Hopkins but it is not recommended. The Hopkins ED program is for those students who have a clear first-choice (Hopkins!!!) and are committed to enrolling if admitted. By applying early elsewhere, even though it is allowed, it does bring into question once commitment to their ED application. </p>
<p>Now on to your first question:</p>
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Also just clarifying, if you apply ED to Hopkins as a BME major and get into the school but not BME you can look at other schools?
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<p>Your question relates to one of the few admissions policy changes that will go into effect for the 2008-09 application cycle. For ED applicants who apply to the BME program there will now be four possible decisions:</p>
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<li><p>Admitted to the University and admitted to the BME program during Early Decision. In this scenario, the ED contract holds and the student must enroll. </p></li>
<li><p>Admitted to the University but not admitted to the BME program. In this scenario, the ED contract is broken and the student has the choice to enroll at the time of ED or wait to see their decisions from other colleges (the enrollment deadline will be May 1). The change is that these students WILL NOT have their BME decision deferred to Regular Decision – the non-admission to the BME program at ED will hold for RD as well.</p></li>
<li><p>Admissions decision deferred to Regular Decision. The full application will be reviewed for admission during RD, both for admission to the University and admission to BME.</p></li>
<li><p>Deny admissions decision for the University.</p></li>
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<p>So basically, there is no more defer BME decision for ED applicants admitted to the University but not the BME program. But the policy will remain that a student admitted to the University but not BME during Early Decision is not bound to the ED contract. Hope this helps.</p>