chances for BME but not to go on to med school?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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<p>I have heard that the BME program at JHU is great, but I am not planning on going on to medical school. I want to be an engineer. How hard is it to get into the BME program? How am I looking so far? I am going to be visiting JHU this week actually.</p>

<p>My stats:
-private school in chicagoland area, definitely ranked in at least the top 10%/300, but don't know for sure since my school doesn't release rankings
SAT (best composite): 2240 (750CR, 760M, 730W w/ 10 essay)
ACT: 34
GPA: 4.72W, 4.0 UW, have taken heaviest course load
PSAT: 218, at least commended, possibly semi-finalist
SATII's (I just took these in June):
Math I
US History
Physics
I'm expecting 700+ on all, hopefully 750+
I also plan to take Spanish and Math II in the fall</p>

<p>Classes next year:
AP Calc
AP Physics
AP Bio
AP Spanish
honors English (already took AP)
theology</p>

<p>ECs:
-student tutor (10-12)
-writing lab tutor (11-12)
-volunteer at non-profit organization 2x/week for about 2 hours (10-12)
-physical/occupational therapy aide at the above organization (5 hours/week during the school year, 20 hours/week over the summer) (11-12)
-lector at my church (11-12)
-NHS (this is only offered for seniors)
-I am planning on joining the JETS/WYSE team at my school next year which is highly ranked
Awards:
-was on a business case competition team that came in 2nd/42 teams at a large competition at a university</p>

<p>I will be attending the Cornell Curie Acadmey (selective all-girls engineering program--only 25 girls) this summer and a leadership conference in DC.</p>

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<p>Well it's a bit hard to say... you only have perfect grades and test scores that are nearly that. JK. Your statistics are really impressive and it's great to know that you nailed them while taking such a tough courseload. Keep it up for the SAT II's. Im kind of surprised with your backround that you'd be going for BME. You look way competitive for some of the top engineering schools as well if that's what you want to do. You could certainly get in and do whatever you want to do; just follow your passions</p>

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<p>Thanks. My job/volunteer work is kind of hard to describe here, but its sort of what got me interested in BME.</p>

<p>And BTW, I did visit last week and I really liked it.</p>

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<p>Are the standards for BME waay higher than for the rest of the school? I know that only about 100 students are selected, but does anyone have the stats of these kids?</p>

<p>If I don't get into BME, I will probably do Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.</p>