<p>So I've been admitted to Hopkins BME, Penn, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science and Berkeley engineering...and I don't really know which one to choose. HELP?! any feedback would be greatly apprecaited</p>
<p>IF you want to be an engineer, Berkeley is the best choice here (and it has the best weather–doesn’t snow), though please take note that all choices are excellent too. If you want to major in computer science, CMU is highly respected for comsci, slightly behind Berkeley’s but slightly ahead UPenn, Cornell and Hopkins. </p>
<p>In my opinion, UPenn is the best choice here if you’re after a great college experience, though I’m not sure the area where UPenn is in, would cater to your taste. But UPenn has an amazing reputation for undergrad education and you can always take courses at Wharton, as I’ve heard. </p>
<p>This is a pretty tough call to make. But if I were you, I would decide which career path I’m going to take. Based on that, I will then choose which school offers it better than the rest on the list. If I will not be taking up engineering or computer science, UPenn would probably be the best choice here. It’s an ivy league member school too. ;)</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Hopkins BME is definitely the most prestigious program of the choices you have here, though BME is definitely not for the weak-minded. You will be competing with, literally, some of the best students in the nation and the world to set the grade curve…haha</p>
<p>There are numerous prior threads discussing Berkeley vs. cornell, or CMU vs cornell, if you do a search in the respective subforums you will find them. Don’t recall, or didn’t read, disucssions about the others, but I’m sure if you do searches on their sub-forums you will find these discussed as well.</p>
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<p>I’m doubt if Hopkins’ BME is more regarded than a Berkeley EECS or a UPenn Economics with units at Wharton or a CMU Computer Science/Computer Engineering.</p>
<p>IMO, BME is very limiting for an undergraduate degree and everyone and their brother is pursuing it.</p>
<p>I think it depends on what type of subject matter you are interested in. If you are interested in bio (although I have the same concerns as UCBChemEGrad), Hopkins is the best choice. If you are interested in computer science/AI, I would give CMU or Berkeley serious consideration. And if you are interested in exploring different engineering disciplines while getting a fantastic undergraduate education, I would strongly consider Cornell.</p>
<p>Penn’s engineering school is generally seen a notch below the others. That said, it is quite good for preparing students to enter a career in finance. And I’m not convinced that Penn offers a superior campus experience to say, Cornell or Hopkins.</p>
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<p>It’s equivalent to Princeton’s WWS undergrad IR or Georgetown SFS. You have to specifically apply to become a BME major when you apply to JHU. Only 100 ppl per class are allowed to get into the major. Highly competitive… It’s the best in the nation for a reason.</p>
<p>Yes, BME at Hopkins is that good. Ppl give up Stanford and MIT to go to do BME at Hopkins. The future growth prospect for BME is very good, future demand for BME’s will be pretty good. I have friends at MIT who have friends who do BME at Hopkins and they speak very highly of the program…</p>
<p>Personally, Berkeley Engineering, or Cornell engineering is very good too !</p>
<p>It depends on what you want to major in. If your chosen major is CS, then CMU is by far the best choice. For any engineering major other than BME, I’d choose Berkeley. For BME in particular, I’d go with Hopkins. I’d probably rule out both Cornell and Penn, unless you want to be a business major, in which case Penn would be the best option.</p>
<p>BTW, if you major in CS at CMU, keep in mind you’ll be required to minor in a second subject.</p>
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<p>Or if you want to be a mechanical engineer, applied engineering physics major, civil engineer, electrical engineer, or materials engineer. Then you would go to Cornell.</p>
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<p>As I said before, for any engineering major, I’d choose Berkeley over Cornell.</p>
<p>I would choose Berkeley over Cornell for engineering too. Cornell is the “weakest link” here. Each of the school in the list happens to have a specialty and it happens to be the strongest in the field. Berkeley=eng’g/comsci/com.eng’g, UPenn=business/econ, JHU=BME,Bio,premed, CMU=computer science/computer engineering </p>
<p>Phead128: Thanks for the information. Never really know BME would be that oversubscribed at Hopkins, though I’ve heard a long time ago that it’s the best place to do premed.</p>
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<p>Perhaps for graduate study, but I would think twice about California’s fiscal crisis and the resources/opportunities offered to undergrads at Berkeley vis-a-vis Cornell, especially if money is not a factor.</p>
<p>hey all, thanks for all the input. It’s a pretty tough call for me. At the beginning of the year I was considering becoming an engineer (as can be seen in the engineering schools I applied to) but i’m leaning more toward a career in medicine now. So i thought Hopkins BME would then be better: I’d be able to do engineering while also fulfilling most of the courses for premed. But people keep telling me I could probably go premed @ Berkeley or Penn and do just as good (while possibly having a better college experience). </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
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<p>So I suppose the fact that Cornell has the number one program in applied engineering physics makes it the weakest link?</p>
<p>To the op – I think you will do well wherever you end up. These are all good schools. Make your decision on based on the specifics that are important to you.</p>
<p>You should be considering between Berkeley, Hopkins, and Cornell. In that order.
If you’re undecided about your major…well…Berkeley is excellent for most majors.</p>
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Hmmm…isn’t Cornell part public as well? 
I wouldn’t worry about not getting classes - Berkeley will be OK.</p>
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Cornell is mainly noted for their hospitality school and large animal vet clinic. :D</p>
<p>Cornell Engineering is completely private, fwiw. And it’s pretty well-reputed as an engineering school.</p>
<p>I wanted to inquire about your statement regarding BME not being as strong of an engineering major (or something to that effect), UCBChemEGrad. The reason I’m asking is that my instructor at a summer program said something similar, mentioning that it would be better to pursue some other engineering degree and then proceed to work in the biomedical field. I’ve also heard that Chemical Engineering is the “universal” engineering degree. Can you elaborate on the differences between different engineering degrees, and why you think BME isn’t as good of a program? (Would it be better to major in ChemE and minor in BME?)</p>
<p>^ I’d be happy to. </p>
<p>It’s just exactly that…chemical engineering (or mechanical or electrical) are more universal…you can work for many industries.</p>
<p>If your career path takes you on a biomed route, go back for a masters degree in biomedical engineering.</p>
<p>Many kids are pursuing BME, and I don’t think the employment base is broad enough to support the demand yet.</p>