<p>my top choices are cornell, duke, and john hopkins. right now i'm most interested in biomedical engineering but other engineering disciplines look equally interesting , such as electrical and material. I also might enter medical school after such majors. With that in mind, how do the engineering programs compare at the aforementioned schools? Even if one college happens to be better in engineering overall, for medical purposes, is it still the best choice? I know cornell is considered the best engineering of the "ivy league", but in an overall sense, how does it compare? Thanks</p>
<p>JHU supposedly has the best BME programme in the whole country, but as far as I am aware Cornell is better at almost all the other branches of engineering. If you're dead set on doing BME, go to JHU, but if you're unsure or would like to explore other fields, then I'd say Cornell.</p>
<p>Duke and JHU are better choices for BME. Cornell is probably better in other engineering fields.</p>
<p>Years ago, I had to make a decision between Cornell, Northwestern, Penn, and JHU engineering. I intended to study biomed engineering but ended up choosing Cornell even though it doesn't have a BME major (only a minor).</p>
<p>My reasons were that:
1) engineering at Cornell was the strongest overall if I changed my mind (which I ended up doing);
2) BME is new and it's arguably better to learn some other type of engineering (like electrical) and then study BME in graduate school;
3) I really loved Cornell when I visited</p>
<p>Academically, Cornell has a better engineering department than the other two. As a high schooler, you really don't know what different types of engineering actually entail. I considered BME until my soph year until I actually took a course in the field and ended up hating it. I was very grateful for the strength of all the other departments because I found something I enjoyed and still received a good education.</p>