<p>so im interested in med-school. And i wanna do BME for undergraduate. which school is better fit for me?</p>
<p>If you just want rankings, you can go here:</p>
<p>[Undergraduate</a> engineering specialties: Biomedical - Best Colleges - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/spec-doct-biomedical]Undergraduate”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/spec-doct-biomedical)</p>
<p>If you want a more detailed and personalized response, you’ll need to let us know what you’re looking for in a university.</p>
<p>i know the ranking for biomedical. But i’d like to know which school has a higher GPA for BME. And what’s the acceptance rate to medical school?</p>
<p>Generally speaking, acceptance rates are more an indication on the quality of student at a particular university/program, not how well a university does at placing people into medical school. In other words, going to a different(possibly lower ranked) school, provided it is not a community college or something of the sort, has negligible if any effect on medical school admittance. With that said, GT has an overall placement rate of 52% into MD programs (the national average is 42%). However, this rate is MUCH higher for people who work with and follow the recommendations of the office of pre-health advising, and in some majors at tech the acceptance rate is extremely high (PTFE had a 100% acceptance rate last year), but like I said, this reflects the students in that program more than the school/program itself. </p>
<p>As far as GPA goes, if you put in the effort/time and use the resources available to you at tech(there are many) and get help if you need it, you can maintain a high GPA in BME. There are numerous people with 4.0’s in BME and many others who have above a 3.6. For example, of the President’s Scholars enrolled in BME 80% have a 3.6 or higher. I’m not saying you need to be a PS to do well, but it is likely that the PS’s are intelligent and strong students, which I presume you are if you got into tech and are considering medical school, so that’s why I am using them as a relative indicator of the possibility of doing well. No matter where you go you will have to work fairly hard to maintain a strong GPA in BME, and if your looking for an easy way out you may want to consider whether that is really a good way to prepare or even get into medical school(s)? One of the benefits of tech is that most students are forced to learn, because of tech’s rigorous academics, time management, diligence, initiative, and drive, which are all necessary for medical school and will make the transition easier. </p>
<p>As an anecdote, Robert J. Beaulieu, B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Emory University School of Medicine Class of 2011 had the following to say: “Attending Georgia Tech was the single factor that best prepared me for success in medical school. That;s not to say it was the only one, but rather that the style of education, the level of scientific inquiry and the expectations of the students characteristic of Georgia Tech have proven to be irreplaceable assets in my medical education. I doubt I would be in the same place now had I not learned those skills in undergrad”</p>
<p>Other things to keep in mind about tech and pre-med:
Georgia Tech has a office specifically set up for Pre-Health advising which offers the following:
*a knowledgeable advisor and personal assistant
*appointments, walk-in hours, and email services for any questions you have
*a wide array of books/information on numerous health schools
*workshops concerning letters of evaluation, personal statements, and applications
*mock interviews
*a website/T-Square site/list serve
*a pre-health conference
*a chapter of the American Medical Student Association(AMSA)
*easy access to Grady Hospital, Good Samaritan Clinic, and various other hospitals and clinics where you can obtain experience/get a job/volunteer time.</p>
<p>For further information you can visit [Pre-Health</a> Home](<a href=“http://www.prehealth.gatech.edu/]Pre-Health”>http://www.prehealth.gatech.edu/).</p>
<p>Hope that helps/best of luck in your college decision process!</p>
<p>thx for ur amazing answer…i guess i will be a yellow jacket this fall !!!</p>
<p>^^ InPursuit said “For example, of the President’s Scholars enrolled in BME 80% have a 3.6 or higher. I’m not saying you need to be a PS to do well, but it is likely that the PS’s are intelligent and strong students”<br>
Do you know the overall average GPA of President’s Scholars and also the overall average GPA of all students attending GaTech?</p>
<p>I do not know the average overall GPA of President’s Scholars, but I remember hearing at PSP weekend that 3.7 was the average for first year scholars(that could have been first semester?). However, it is important to keep in mind that the PS is not strictly an academic award so there are MANY non-PS students that maintain/could maintain GPA’s that high or higher, and averages are not an indicator of how any individual student will do, but rather a statistic of the sample population. So, to assume a future GPA of an individual based on some statistic is fallacious. With that said, the average GPA of tech undergraduate students for the 2008 year was a 3.07, up from 2.67 in 1972, 2.86 in 1990, and 2.97 in 2000 indicating an upward trend in GPA’s at tech(grade inflation). The GT average gpa for undergraduates has exceeded 3.0 since 2003. GPA also varies, sometimes greatly, by major. You can check out statistics on average GPAs for various departments and individual classes/professors here:[SGA</a> Course Critique - Search Critique](<a href=“http://sga.gatech.edu/critique/Search.php]SGA”>http://sga.gatech.edu/critique/Search.php)</p>
<p>I want to emphasize that an average GPA in no way demonstrates to what you/any particular individual can expect to get at tech. The average GPA does not even represent what the average admitted high school student will get. There are numerous factors that affect GPA, some of which are quite different from what one experiences in high school. So, it would not be surprising for a student who was seen by admissions as a great applicant to do more poorly than expected, or an applicant who was at the lower end of the accepted pool to do extremely well. You determine your GPA, not the average. The more important statistic to recognize is that people of differing intelligence and preparedness have done well and received high GPA’s at tech, so it is certainly possible, but you should never enter expecting to have some GPA handed to you simply because you were an above average applicant. As a freshman your slate is clean and your achievements/grades in high school are the past.</p>
<p>@Inpursuit
I know this hasn’t been discussed in a while, but do you know what most graduating BME students’ gpa at tech is?
and are president scholars the only ones with such high gpas? (i’m not a ps myself but that’s cause my gpa was not that great however i do come from a high school that does extremely well in course rigor and academics)</p>