<p>is the competition within the BME major really high/cut-throat?</p>
<p>how about the general atmosphere at johns hopkins</p>
<p>whats the difference btwn biomed engineering and bioengineering?</p>
<p>as for your last question: this is where you would use wikipedia</p>
<p>some schools call it by different names, but overall, they are both very similar if not the same major. I am not exactly sure, so you should just do some research.</p>
<p>I've been busy with exams for the past few days, but here are some answers:</p>
<p>*After graduation: I think BME's are split fairly evenly between grad school, medical school and industry (working). I think the med school acceptance rate is close to (if not actually) 100% (don't quote me on that.. but I think that's what I've heard). As for the pre-med rate dropping from ~2/3 to ~1/3, I'd attribute that to a couple things. First, people who don't realize that BME is actually an engineering degree end up dropping when they realize the major is not just a fancy pre-med program, but an actual, math intensive engineering major. Second, people who come in pre-med get interested in the engineering aspect of BME and decide to go to grad school or go to work in the biomedical industry.</p>
<p>*What's the point of doing BME if you're pre-med? Some people will go directly into medical practice where they won't directly use their BME degree. But I think (just a guess) that the BME undergrad program will give you a better understanding of your medical education - you'll learn why things happen and how things work in a engineering/mechanical/mathematical oriented way. In addition, I know some people who go to med school actually work in fields related to BME. I've met a surgeon who's involved in implanting pacemakers in cardiac patients. Now sure, he could do his job without knowing how the pacemaker was designed and exactly how it detects arrhythmias, but I would think that that would enhance your ability to practice medicine. There are also people who get their MD's but go on to do research etc. From what I've heard, it's harder to get started with reserach if you don't have the research experience that doctorate provides, but its definitely still possible. (In fact, I believe that at Hopkins hospital, most physicians are also actively involved in clinical research). BME is definitely not the easy way to medical school, and frankly, if getting a MD and practicing medicine is your only goal, it's probably not the best route either. But if you're interested in getting an engineering education on the way the body works, then BME is the route for you. </p>
<p>*BME vs. Bioengineering: The terms are fairly interchangeable in terms of college departments/majors. Some departments might focus in certain areas of research (ie imaging/modeling vs tissue engineering vs biomechanics etc), but that really doesn't depend on the name that much</p>
<p>Atmosphere at Hopkins: I'd say most people here are definitely hard working, but also have fun. There is competition here, no doubt, just like you'd find at any top school, but it's more of everyone trying to do well together, not at each other expense. It's **definitely* not cut-throat - I doubt you'll find anyone who can truthfully say that Hopkins is like all the rumors where people steal books from the library and destroy each other's work. I know the rumors are really rampant and I'd heard them (and believed them) when I applied, but my visit during the spring of my senior year completely changed my perception of Hopkins. I visited the night before a major Physics exam and everywhere I went (dorms, library, coffeeshop etc) people were working together to get work done. I'd say most people here realize that you really can't do well unless you work with other people. This is especially true in BME - our class is only about 100 people, so we're all pretty close and most people work in huge groups to get homework done. Last Tuesday night, there were nearly a dozen people in my room working on Controls homework and we were talking by AIM and by phone to another half a dozen study groups scattered across campus. As for the general atmosphere, I really think the experience here is what you make of it. See the thread on "Quirkiness at Hopkins" for a discussion of the life/atmosphere at a bigger university like Hopkins versus a smaller liberal arts school like Vasser.</p>
<p>Hope that helps!</p>
<p>omg thanks so much!
this helped a lot</p>
<p>by enrolling in the BME major, will i ever be able to take a non-engineering class such as philosophy or poli-sci?</p>
<p>you'll have some space to take such classes but yeah, I don't think there's much flexibility within that major
also, if you have credit from AP exams, then you will have more space to take non-engineering classes
and I believe you have to take at least 6 humanities courses w/in BME major anyway.</p>
<p>Like neutralnuke said, the BME major has distribution requirements in the humanities/social sciences, so you actually have to take non-engineering classes. I've taken French classes, polisci classes and econ classes to fill my requirements.</p>
<p>okay cool.
um random question ish, whats the guy/girl ratio?</p>
<p>girl:guy=48:52 lol
edit: powler evaluation: girls...i think it was aaa c+ and guys i think was a b+ if i remembered correctly lol oh well, we're know when we go there sometime soon lol</p>
<p>i signed up for ap tests in these subjects: government, english lit, psych.
will i get any credit for these in BME? im thinking no, but then will I get elective credit then?
does anyone know the website to find this info</p>
<p>sorry, no credit for any of those 3 subjects...=/ sigh >< i took 4 during junior and only one counted =( sympathy...so this year...yesss... much anger =D...i decided to skip 3 ap tests that i had preped for at school since no credit to self try out 2 other ones =D</p>
<p>scroll to the mid-area to find the table for AP credits.
sweet, I should be getting 26 credits and however many credits from Linear Algebra waived!!!</p>
<p>or google: jhu ap credit
lol
<a href="http://www.jhu.edu/admis/faqs/apib.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.jhu.edu/admis/faqs/apib.html</a></p>
<p>would there be ANY reason to still take them?</p>
<p>according to admission daniel nope...according to my history teacher...if you want to be a gov teacher in the future taking ap gov would waive some test thigning lol</p>
<p>ahaha. nope. looks like im going straight for the math and science. oh man, i hope i can handle it..</p>
<p>thanks btw</p>
<p>Hmmmmmmm, no credit for the Latin AP test??? That stinks!</p>
<p>At the top it says no credit for AP at college of art and sciences (which is where BME is??). So if I do BME, do I get credit based off the table in the middle of the page? Is there a limit to how many credits I can have? Could I skip a year?</p>