How's UPenns Biotech Department?

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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I want to double major in Business (Finance) and Biotechnology (Bioengineering)</p>

<p>I’m interested in the stuff outlined by Cornell’s Bioengineering Dept.</p>

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<p>How does UPenns Biotech Dept. do against the likes of MIT, JHU, UCs and Cornell?</p>

<p>I want to go to a University with a decent Undergrad Biotech Dept. and a decent Undergrad Business Program (I know UPenns the best here)</p>

<p>Also What’s the profile of an average UPenn Freshmen (like GPA, SAT Scores, ECs)? Just want to see if I have a chance.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>our bioengineering department is unique in having a lot of industry background (several professors have done / are currently running biotech ventures) and a lot of pre-professionalism (1/3 of the kids want to be actualy bioengineers, 1/3 are premed, 1/3 are something else, like pre-law or business-minded or venture capital stuff)</p>

<p>we're ranked 6th or 7th in the country, so it's not bad at all, and we have a ton of integration with the med school and the vet school (not so much with food sciences).</p>

<p>however, pharmaceuticals are more a chemical / biomolecular engineering field, while natural resources / environment are more our earth / natural sciences department.</p>

<p>penn bioengineering is mainly focused on biomedical devices and imaging solutions, and related applications.</p>

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<p>So is it slanted towards the medical field?</p>

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<p>yup, if you look at the department description</p>

<p><a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/be/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.seas.upenn.edu/be/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>and faculty profiles</p>

<p><a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/be/dir/primary.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.seas.upenn.edu/be/dir/primary.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>and major research initiatives</p>

<p><a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/be/research.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.seas.upenn.edu/be/research.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>you'll see what the general flavor is.</p>

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<p>Thanks tenebrousfire</p>

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<p>milki, you should also check out the jerome fisher m&t program (<a href="http://www.upenn.edu/fisher%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.upenn.edu/fisher&lt;/a&gt;) in which you can get a dual degree in any engineering field and any business concentration (including bioengineering/finance) in 4 - 4.5 years. even if you're not in jerome fisher, there is still the opportunity to take classes in wharton.</p>

<p>penn's bioengineering program is very medical-oriented, due in part to penn health system (which is a big biomedical research center). johns hopkins is very similar to this penn in this regard. MIT actually has three bioengineering offerings that are basically variations of classic engineering fields: biological engineering (which includes biochem/protein/genetic engineering), chemical-biological engineering (which is basically a chemical engineering degree w/ biology classes for pharmaceutical/biotech development) and a concentration under mechanical engineering for biomechanics. out of the UC system, UCSD probably has the best bioengineering department, but berkeley's program is strong too (and it has a great business school). i'm not too familiar with cornell's program, but I'm pretty sure it isn't as strong as some of the other schools you mentioned.</p>

<p>here are some statistics for those who got in last year (class of 2010):
<a href="http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/applying/profile.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/applying/profile.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>there was a discussion a few days ago in the business majors forum about double majoring in bioengineering and business: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=299075%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=299075&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Thanks abhim.</p>