<p>I got accepted to JHU's ChemBE but I want to become a pre-med student and become a doctor. What are the advantages of being a Biomedical Engineer than a ChemBE engineer? Is it possible to transfer to Biomed and if so, how?</p>
<p>Congrats on getting into Hopkins! It’s completely possible to be a ChemBE major and go to medical school. There’s nothing at all about BME that’s going to improve your chances of getting into medical school and BME is not a “pre-med” track. As another poster on this site put it, “Majoring in BME to get into medical school is like climbing Mount Everest to get a breath of fresh air.” It’s definitely possible to get into medical school as a BME but it is by no means an easy route. Both BME and ChemBE are very rigorous engineering programs that will involve a lot of classes that most premeds wouldn’t dare to take (all BMEs take, for example, thermodynamics, signals and controls, etc).</p>
<p>As a ChemBE, it’s very possible to get an education similar to that you would get as a BME. You’ll be able to work in any lab at Hopkins including BME labs (and many BMEs work in ChemBE labs). Also, as a ChemBE, your upper level engineering elective choices will be many of the same as upper level BME students. </p>
<p>There is a chance of being allowed to transfer into the BME program, but it depends entirely on how many admitted BME students enrolll (if the freshman class is large, no transfers will be allowed), so I would strongly advise against going to Hopkins expecting to transfer in. That said,its still very possible to take upper-level BME electives and work in BME-related labs as part of your ChemBE major.</p>
<p>I’m in the same boat. I got accepted to JHU’s Mechanical Engineering but I want the option to go to medical school. I will specialize in Biomechanics. So I will be able to take the same classes that BME’s take? But there must be some major advantages to being IN the BME program, since it is so exclusive. Do they get first priority for the BME classes?</p>