<p>anyone know how hard it is to transfer into ECE from within CIT (I applied undecided in CIT)? Also, anyone else wanna chance me?</p>
<p>you have better stats than me..i don't think you're in trouble..</p>
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<p>When you get accepted to CIT they'll say if you're also accepted into the ECE department within CIT. I applied for MSE way back when, and the ECE department sent me junk about switching majors and joining theirs.</p>
<p>I'd say if you get into CMU but not ECE and there's any other good college you like, you might want to go their. Otherwise, go to CMU and get a 4.0 freshman year. Might want to be interested in one of the other four engineering majors in case you can't switch.</p>
<p>Yea im stuck between ECE and Mech, but I def. wanna do the additional major program in biomed engineering...and I've heard that its beneficial to major in a classic engineering field (electrical, mechanical, chemical, etc.) and then minor or, in this case, double major in biomedical which is a big attraction for me for CMU...</p>
<p>Well, at CMU you can't major alone in Biomedical or Engineering & Public Policy. They're only offered as double majors to other engineering majors and as minors to people going to other schools within CMU.</p>
<p>About half of my friends in Materials Science did a double major in Biomed and there were pretty mixed reactions. A number of them are off at graduate school doing biomed related projects, and a few others are working at biomed companies.</p>
<p>As for what intro classes I'd recommend taking your first year? Definitely do Mech. E. first term, then ECE second (if you wind up really enjoying MechE then don't bother even taking ECE). Then your sophomore year you can take intro to biomed and should still be able to graduate in four years with a double major in biomed (should be no problem to do the minor if you start your sophomore year).</p>
<p>Wow Racin Raver thanks for all the advice...you said that some of your friends who did double major in biomed in mixed reactions...was it because of the amount of work needed for a double major or did they feel it wasnt worht it? Also, do biomed companies recruit at CMU even though its "not known" for its biomed engineering program? </p>
<p>Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>Yeah, there's a decent amount of biomed companies that come through since there's the University of Pittsburgh right next door (great med school) as well as a growing biotech industry in the city itself.</p>
<p>It wasn't so much the amount of work they had to do as frustration in the classes they had to take. They felt they either didn't learn enough or weren't getting what they wanted out of the program. However, they took mostly biomaterials courses, which I can't imagine you'd be doing, so there's a good chance your experiences would differ.</p>
<p>Of course, others did enjoy their biomed experience and those were usually the ones that went on to do biomedical engineering in grad school or work at a biomed company afterwards.</p>
<p>Also, not sure if it's sounding like I had a bad experience or not, but I absolutely loved CMU. I'm at Caltech now for grad school and am really happy they didn't admit me here for undergrad. CMU does a great job of balancing homework difficulty. Yeah, it's hard enough you're going to be spending at least 8 hours a week on homework for technical classes, but you'll be learning something from almost every minute of it. An experience that has definitely not been mirrored here.</p>