<p>Hey all I need some serious help with a decision. I can either go to Pitt full scholarship and go bioengineering and premed, or I could go to Duke and go biomedical engineering premed. I live 3 hours from Pitt and 10 hours from Duke so that's also a factor. I'm wondering if I'll have a better chance to get into a medical school at either one. Any help on the topic would be very much appreciated. Thank you!</p>
<p>Pitt can no way compare to the prestige of Duke, and Duke has a very strong premedical program (with upwards of 80% of premeds gaining acceptance). However, it is clear that Duke is a competitive place to be a premed, and that it may be easier to get the good grades at Pitt. How is the financial aid at Duke working out?</p>
<p>agree w/ the above. it really all ends up being a matter of $. if duke is giving you none, I would consider the full ride option to pitt. they have a good med. program (did you get guaranteed acceptance to med school @ pitt btw?)</p>
<p>Duke didn't give me any financial aid. I know Duke is a better school, but I'm still thinking about it. Which one do you guys think we'll make it easier to get into a good medical school? Duke is definitely more competitive, but they do have a very good percentage of premeds going to medical schools.</p>
<p>Why on earth would you be a premed with a BME major? Talk about nuking your social life...</p>
<p>Yeah I was also thinking about that. How much does the major matter? I like what biomedical engineering is all about, but I'd definitely still like a social life....</p>
<p>Whoa, for no financial aid whatsoever at Duke, I'd definitely lean toward Pitt. Duke is a great school, but it's not worth that huge price when you plan to go to med school. My advice would be to accept the offer at Pitt (being 3 hours away from home is the perfect distance, trust me), do well there, and aim at Duke for med school. Pitt isn't on the same level as Duke, but if you do well there, you should have a decent shot at a good many schools (with more money to spend).</p>
<p>"Why on earth would you be a premed with a BME major? Talk about nuking your social life..."</p>
<p>You do realize that doing BME and pre-med just requires you to take an additional class, which is organic chem.</p>
<p>Whoops, for some reason I was thinking engineering in general, not BME or chemE or something.</p>
<p>Well, certainly not chemE. Since, you know - or perhaps not - that it's not a degree here...</p>
<p>o rly? I didn't know that. It seems to be quite the lucrative degree these days, what with the gas prices and all...</p>
<p>Nah - the real money there is Civil Engineering. I mean, we know what oil is made up of - it's just figuring out how to get it from where it lives to where we do.</p>
<p>o rly? Again, I didn't know which is surprising because my dad loves to tell me about engineering salary statistics.</p>
<p>Would a BME/Pre-med course really kill the social life?
How hard would that combo be anyway (I mean to keep competitive enough grades to still gain acceptance to a medical school)?</p>
<p>The general consensus about an engineering major and pre-med is that it is insane; but, to what extent is it insane at Duke specifically?</p>
<p>BME/Pre-med is very common, is not a social-life killer, is a great way to get into med school, and is not insane. Who have you been talking to?</p>
<p>Haha, wow.</p>
<p>I must have totally gotten the wrong impression about engineering degrees (deflated GPAs), or Duke really does have a much different program. Regardless of my first impressions, this is definitley good news. Awesome. I'm only more excited to go to Duke now that I got off of the wait list.</p>