I need help choosing a good biomedical engineering college

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<p>Currently i am in 8th grade, going to 9th very soon. I realize this is when practice time is over and i have to start caring about my future a lot more than i do now if i want to get anywhere notable in life. Everything is going to count from 9th grade onward and i have to start preparing. I am considering biomedical engineering, but it is not for sure (let's just say it is for now though xD). This would be my schedule for high school, assume perfect weighted/non-weighted GPA:</p>

<p>9th grade:
H Alg 2/H Geo/H Trig (trig is over the summer)
H English
H World History
H Bio</p>

<p>10th:
H English
H Pre Cal
H Chem/ H Physics (H Physics of the summer)
AP Government</p>

<p>11th:
AP Lan
AP Cal
AP Chem
AP US history</p>

<p>12th:
AP Lit
AP Environmental Science
AP Physics
AP Bio
These are just the core, of course i'll be well rounded and get some extra curricular and electives in. So i need to know some good biomedical engineering schools, and also, does biomedical engineering have a good pay? I live an hour away from Chicago. I heard the average pay was around 60,000 dollars for entry level and would that be a comfortable life with one person living in either the city or suburbs?</p>

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<p>I don’t have much to say, except that obtaining a job in this field is allegedly difficult for someone with just a Bacherlor’s degree. Supposedly, at least a Master’s is necessary for good chances.</p>

<p>Look at Georgia Tech and University of Michigan.</p>

<p>Also, you’re several steps ahead for being aware of such things this early. You’ll be happy about this when you approach graduation.</p>

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<p>Yea haha i have two older brothers one has done 4 years of undergrad and the other is in medical school, they’re a lot of help. I was wondering if it is possible to get a PhD in biomedical engineering, mainly because i know they get a higher starting salary, it sounds interesting, and you get a sense of superiority by being called Dr.</p>

<p>: DD</p>

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<p>You’re in 8th grade and you’re wondering about getting a PhD in biomedical engineering? It’s good to be prepared in life and have a plan, but you are getting way ahead of yourself. Take a step back, enjoy high school, do the best that you can, and things will fall into place. From the age of 14 to 22, your interests will almost definitely change. Probably multiple times. I’d also encourage you to take a foreign language in high school. But, yes, it is possible to get a PhD in biomedical engineering.</p>

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<p>Yes i am going to take Spanish. But i refuse to step back…MUST…BE…PERFECT… Disregard my age if you must.</p>

<p>Edit: How is MIT’s biomedical engineering program?</p>

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<p>Ok…</p>

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<p>To answer your question, it’s historically considered among the five best in the nation. *US News and World *Report latest rankings:</p>

<p>Undergraduate Engineering Specialties: Biomedical/Biomedical Engineering
1 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
2 Duke University Durham, NC
3 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
5 University of California–San Diego La Jolla, CA
6 Rice University Houston, TX
6 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
6 University of Washington Seattle, WA
9 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH</p>

<h2>10 Boston University Boston, MA</h2>

<p>Other schools ranked in the top 24 last year (last year’s ranking indicated; don’t have this years complete list):
9 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI
12 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
13 Stanford University Stanford, CA
14 University of California–Berkeley Berkeley, CA
15 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
16 University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI
17 Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO
18 University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
19 University of Texas–Austin Austin, TX
20 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
21 University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
21 University of Minnesota–Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
21 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA
24 University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT</p>

<p>[Biomedical</a> | Rankings | US News](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate-biological-biomedical]Biomedical”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate-biological-biomedical)
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/769210-complete-usnews-2010-undergrad-engineering-rankings-phd-granting-schools.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/769210-complete-usnews-2010-undergrad-engineering-rankings-phd-granting-schools.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Johns Hopkins has been #1 every year the last decade, while Duke has been #2 every year that I can recall. MIT’s overall engineering school is obviously one of the best in the nation. But I’d take pre-calc, trigonometry, or heck, even high school freshman biology before I would worry about the minutiae of biomedical engineering undergraduate rankings, but whatever floats your boat. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Whether or not your interests change, you’re right that now is the time to get serious if you want to go to schools like MIT. Keep in mind that NOT every student who is qualified for MIT gets to go there or to one of its peers.</p>

<p>To get to that point,[ul] [<em>]it’s good to plan out your schedule. OTOH, you need to be flexible in case AP Calc and AP Chem are offered at the same time as each other. [</em>]Yes, get top grades and test scores, but once you have top grades and test scores as the consideration threshold for MIT, you need to be an interesting person. That comes NOT by being president of three school clubs, but by doing something you love so that you can talk about your love for it in essays. And it doesn’t have to be a biomedical engineering thing either (although of course that’s better). But if you get a job working at McD for four years, and write your essays about the fascinating things you’ve learned people-watching, that will be good also.[li]What I’m attempting to say is, don’t try to be the perfect Ivy-bound high school student. Be a real person, whatever that person is.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Well thanks, this has really been insightful. My brother goes to Duke so he might be able to tip me on how to get into that xD.</p>