<p>I've already applied to GaTech and I was planning to major soley in Biomedical Engineering but after reading a couple posts I was wondering if I should change my major to ME then if I really want to do Bio, to go get a masters or Phd in it. I really want to design/research/create artifical organs and what not. Thanks!</p>
<p>Yes, DO THAT. I initially came here under BME as well, but I hear lots of people drop out, and honestly, if you want to work in the BME industry, an ME has opportunities as well. BME limits your opportunities. And also, you can go to BME grad school with an ME undergraduate degree.</p>
<p>Have fun at Tech. :)</p>
<p>BME stuff is interdisciplinary enough that you can take all the electives you want in BME and get ME credit. At GT, quite a few courses are cross-listed between departments. ECE for example has everything from classes on how E/M fields interact with organic tissue to bio-inspired circuits and image processing.</p>
<p>That's a great game plan, IMO. You'll have a wide enough breadth entering your profession that you will be able to know where to focus your MS and PhD research. Good luck.</p>
<p>Do that and maybe get the minor in BME it helps you get to learn the biology classes. That is what I am doing.</p>
<p>I dont know about that. My advice would be to talk to the faculty when you enter the program, and get their EXPERT opinion. I also know that GT has a great career center, and you could go and sit down with somebody and ask for records that they have on BME hiring vs. ME hiring of Tech graduates. Also ask them what the job market is like for both majors right now. Then make your choice.</p>
<p>Like I have said to other people before -- your undergraduate choice needs to be such that if you cant go to graduate school you will be happy with your BS degree. Crap happens in life -- mabe you get bad grades, have a kid, dont have money etc and cant go to graduate school. THen you might really want to work in BME and cant. Seize the day -- if this economic mess has taught us anything, its should be that nothing about tomorrow is certain.</p>
<p>Also, I think BME has a 5 year BS-MS program that you could probably do, so if you cant or dont want to carry on to the PhD you will still have an advanced degree and will still be able to conduct research, although to a lesser extent than a PhD. Remember, the MS is to BME what the BS is to ME and other disciplines -- its the "working degree."</p>
<p>^BME does not have a 5 year BS/MS program to my knowledge. Also, I know people taking the intro BME seminar and they show graphs of the number of graduates who get hired compared to other majors, and BME is very low compared to ME/EE/etc. </p>
<p>The Bioengineering school does have a BS/MS program, but they want EE/ME's.
Bioengieering</a> BS/MS Option</p>
<p>Honestly, from what I've heard people on here talk about, and from what I've heard people at school talk about, it seems like the BME undergraduate degree is a really shafted degree.</p>