<p>I was recently accepted into CIT and I want to be a BME. I was thinking about doing Chem Eng with BME at CMU. But BME isn't even ranked at CMU and I don't know how it would look for possible jobs in the future and if I'm getting a proper degree at CMU for BME.
I also got into Georgia Tech and so i'm not sure whether I should do BME at CMU or Georgia Tech...
Any opinions?</p>
<p>You can’t combine chem engineering with BME at CMU. BME is its own double major. adding another would be suicide for most people. however, with a BME double major, you should be able to get plenty of chem. background.</p>
<p>coming from CMU, i think you’ll be able to get a job just fine.</p>
<p>I’d say CMU over GAtech because i really just don’t like GAtech. It’s all state-school like, kids from my area who have gone there recently have had bad experiences, Pittsburgh is just a better city, etc.</p>
<p>What do you mean by “BME is its own double major.”
I thought in order to become a BME at CMU i’d have to do Chem Eng as well? </p>
<p>Thank you so much for you input! Also, how is the social scene at CMU?</p>
<p>contrary to mr footballer, gtech is a fine institution. any bad experiences had there by his friends are derived from too small a sample size to make conclusions about student experiences for out of staters 
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<p>plus, consider that gtech’s BME program is ranked 4th if im not mistaken, which im sure pretty much spanks that of most other schools on your list lol </p>
<p>and consider that i have visited CMU and have found that the school itself is great, albeit a lot smaller than i imagined. it’s dwarfed by Pitt, and the area next to the campus is going to be like 80/20 pitt/cmu kids. i also personally find the surrounding environment of pittsburg to be a dump. the city is nice, but the college town part is a dump.</p>
<p>i have also been accepted to gtech, and though the overall rankings may not be as great as cmu’s i think its ballin BME program (also accepted into) is something i will really consider against others school’s iv gotten into like vandy and rutgers and tufts.</p>
<p>but in the end, i may be just as biased as football man lol hope this helps</p>
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<p>I’ve been to Pittsburgh and I didn’t find it to be anything to write home about. One thing that really ground my gears about the city was that the restaurants closed earlier than in Atlanta. Navigating the city is also somewhat of a nightmare too due to the surrounding hills/rivers.</p>
<p>Anyway, CMU is very different from Tech. It’s smaller (can walk from one side of campus to the other in 5 minutes), older and artsier. Tech is a large mostly modern campus with a lot more open space and has much more of a campus feel. Additionally, sports are probably a much bigger part of Tech’s lifestyle than CMU’s; pretty much everyone does intramurals.</p>
<p>BME is a huge part of Tech’s campus and there’s a lot of interdisciplinary (and intercollegiate with Emory) work. You could work on projects or cross-register at Emory if you wanted.</p>
<p>I would go with GaTech.</p>
<p>One of the interesting points in history is that Andrew Carnegie help start Georgia Tech long before he started Carnegie Tech. </p>
<p>[Carnegie</a> News Briefs](<a href=“http://www.whistle.gatech.edu/archives/09/jan/26/briefs.shtml]Carnegie”>http://www.whistle.gatech.edu/archives/09/jan/26/briefs.shtml) :)</p>
<p>no buildings at Carnegie Mellon is named after Andrew C.</p>
<p>Rumor has it that Georgia tech is a major wash out/flunk out school, with professor who simply ignore the women in the class.</p>
<p>On the other hand, the ASEE data set show a not particularly large loss from Freshman to Sophomore year. Not great, but not as bad as some</p>
<p>It’s a tough choice, I’d say Carnegie Mellon because I do believe their overall approach to learning is better than GT’s, and you have the advantages of a smaller, private school. But GT BME is solid.</p>
<p>any suggestions on which school has a better biomed dept. I was accepted to both</p>
<p>From what I heard, after visiting, some people love CMU, and others hate it. You should definitely visit both. With comparable academic schools, it comes down to fit.</p>
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<p>You were likely in Oakland, which is where the University of Pittsburgh is located. If you had gone to Squirrel Hill or Shadyside, you would have found the ratios to be the opposite.</p>
<p>Also, not sure when places close in Atlanta, but there are many restaurants that are well known among students which will stay open until at least midnight. There are actually a bunch of places which run specials after 11 PM to attract all of the students in the area that run on the late-night schedule.</p>
<p>Also, I have no idea what IBfootballer is talking about. BME at CMU is only allowed as a double major, so you’d be required to either major in ChemE, CivE, ECE, MSE, or MechE if your home department to be in the engineering school. BME is also designed as a double major, where professors know you’re all going to be busy students, and the classes are scheduled during parts of the day which won’t conflict with required/popular classes in other engineering departments. I’d say 1/3 to 1/2 of my classmates in Materials doubled in BME, and certainly found scheduling to be the least of their concerns.</p>
<p>Also, if you’re looking into the more biomedical side of biomedical engineering, it’s not uncommon for people to do work at Pitt since they have top notch labs and professors in those fields.</p>
<p>even though CMU is a more prestigious name I would go to G-tech. bigger campus = more things to do = better opportunities.</p>
<p>i would only choose CMU over g-tech if im going for computer science or business.</p>
<p>Thank you guys so much!
I basically feel that right now its where I feel that I will fit in best so hopefully I will just know when I visit each college!</p>