<p>George Washington University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have both accepted me into their Biomedical Engineering undergraduate programs. But, now I'm stuck on the decision between the two. Both have given me the financial aid to bring me down to $8000 a year (from IL by the way), so money won't be a deciding factor. </p>
<p>Summary:
RPI: Pro - Solid education, Con - Likely lack of social life
GW: Pro - Enjoyable College experience, Con - Unknown education quality</p>
<p>Main Thread: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/1143920-gwu-vs-rpi-bme-undergrad.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/1143920-gwu-vs-rpi-bme-undergrad.html</a>
Much more information there</p>
<p>Hello, I just finished my first year as an electrical engineering major. The education is rigorous; my math professor came from Dartmouth and my physics professor came from Cornell. As biomed, you will be part of the ECE department which comprises of electrical, computer, and biomedical engineers. We had a year long (1 credit each semester) orientation that is very effective in introducing us to the field of circuit-based engineering. By the way, the majority of the ECE department are mostly BME students (my class has about 45 biomed, 10 electrical, and 4 computer engineering majors.)</p>
<p>well for what it’s worth, construction on the SEC is starting this summer and should be done by the time you are a second semester junior and have to take the bulk of your BME classes senior year. you’ll have the finest labs in the country to play around with.</p>