<p>Hi guys, I’m a freshman in engineering at BU. Congrats to those who were accepted in ED! Anyways, feel free to ask me anything about BU overall, the dorms, finaid, the courses in ENG (I can kind of answer questions for other schools as well), exams, whatever.</p>
<p>Good luck to the rest of you applying ED!</p>
<p>S applying RD actually to Eng. I myself am a long ago BU grad. Would love to start making regular trips back up to Beantown. So when I was there, the pre-med scene as well as eng. from what I recall was quite competitive amongst students to the point of being cut-throat. Times may have changed a bit, but how would you describe the eng. scene now? Does everyone collaborate as seems to be the philosophy at many eng. schools with an emphasis on group work in this field or is there still a rather competitive element esp. in the early years with general sci./calc. courses serving to weed out the bottom feeders and a substantial element that are happy to see others get lower grades to push them up the curve?
BTW, what dept. are you in within Eng?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say it’s very competitive. Everyone so far has been friendly and there’s a lot of emphasis on group research, especially with the senior project. I’m studying BME so that’s the case with my major. Yes, the programs are still competitive but not so much the attitude like I said.</p>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>My daughter is interested in BU for engineering and mechanical engineering specifically. Does BU mechanical engineering mainly focus on biomedical applications?</p>
<p>Also what have your class sizes been? Has there been language issues with recitation instructors?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>No it doesn’t. </p>
<p>Lectures are big, as expected. But discussions are much smaller and are run by 2-3 TAs. I found my discussions to be really helpful. </p>
<p>No I haven’t had language issues…</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Another question: how soon do you do project related work?</p>
<p>Do you mean group projects or just projects? It can be as early as freshman year with the engineering core classes, like programming (MATLAB or python) or the modules we have. You can find the engineering course planning sheet online, which will tell you the course pathway students follow.</p>
<p>I’ve heard terrible things about CH 101. What’s so bad about it? I’m going to need some science courses to fulfill the divisional studies req. Should I take CH 101 or not take it?</p>
<p>I liked CH 101, just took the final today. Yes some of the material is really hard or confusing but there’s a lot of resources to help you with it besides the discussion sections. If you really like chemistry, I would take CH 101. If you’re a science/pre-med/BME major, it’s a requirement (unless you have AP chem credit in which case you would take CH 109/110 I think). So I didn’t mind it, it’s not as bad as everyone says it is. It just can be, like I said, pretty confusing at times. But as long as you take advantage of office hours and the review sessions (only around finals time), you should be fine.</p>
<p>I was referring to group projects.</p>
<p>Group projects can be as early as freshman year. Some of my floormates are in EK 127 (MATLAB) and they have group programming projects. I don’t know much of these because I’m taking this class next semester.</p>
<p>@smokinact - I’m also a freshman studying biomedical engineering at BU and in one of my engineering modules that I took this semester I had a group project with another biomedical engineer and a mechanical engineer where we had to design and create a drug delivery device and present it to the class. BU ENG really believes in working as a group and they try to start you out as early as possible, which is awesome.</p>
<p>That is great to hear. BU is a very early first choice for my daughter.</p>
<p>How is the male to female ratio in your classes? My DD doesn’t have an issue with a lopsided gender mix.</p>
<p>In the bigger gen ed classes there’s probably an equal mix. In the engineering core classes it’s a bit more on the male side but not really noticeable.</p>
<p>First off, I wanted to wish both electricchapel and blade3390 luck in your academic endeavors.</p>
<p>Second - could you share with me why you both chose BU for engineering?</p>
<p>Thanks! And I chose BU because of the location and the BME program is top 10…so far it’s been great. A the only thing I don’t like is that there’s not a lot of room for electives the first two years but that changes junior and senior year. Regardless, I’ve had a grand time so far.</p>
<p>Thanks! And I have to agree with electrichapel. BME at BU is one of the best programs in the nation and I feel like I’m really challenged here which is awesome. Also, I chose BU in general because I felt like it was the right fit for me and thankfully I’ve made the right choice so far.</p>
<p>Thanks for your responses. </p>
<p>I know Boston is a huge draw to attend BU and I have read about their BME program but I haven’t read the same accolades about the mechanical engineering program.</p>
<p>Not that I hold much stock in rankings but I was concerned that mechanical engineering was a poor sibling to bme at BU.</p>
<p>I know a lot of other engineers in other programs and they seem to love it as well. Job placement is amazing for the other engineering departments (better than BME most of the time) and I’ve heard classes are challenging as well.</p>
<p>I would say that overall BU has a strong engineering college</p>