<p>What's the difference between these schools? They seem awfully similar...especially public health and bme.</p>
<p>First off, BME and Public Health aren't schools in the undergraduate sense. BME (Biomedical Engineering) falls under the domain of the Engineering school, and Public Health is in the School of Arts and Sciences. </p>
<p>Public Health is basically the study of the administration of healthcare services on a mass scale, while BME is the study of the physiologial functions of the body and its interactions with outside forces. (See departmental websites for more thorough explanation.) '</p>
<p>Public Health can be approached from a natural or social sciences slant, whereas BME is more focused on the natural "hard" sciences. </p>
<p>BME follows a very rigid (and difficult) curriculum, whereas Public Health offers a great deal of leeway. </p>
<p>BME is a program with a separate (and very competitive) admissions process. Public Health is a major like any other; however, applying as any type of science major generally makes admission more competitive.</p>
<p>let me once again promote the Public Health major at Johns Hopkins! :)</p>
<p>It is very flexible and a great way to be pre-med or even pre-law, go figure. As a premed track, your sciences classes will be tough-- but the other courses will make it bearable.</p>