International Student - Add or Narrow College list

<p>Hey Everybody,</p>

<p>I am an international student currently living in the U.S. </p>

<p>SAT's
CR-670
Math-730
W-710</p>

<p>Haven't taken but expecting SAT II around 750</p>

<p>I need financial aid and my family can pay around $15000 max for each year. Ready to take loans if necessary.
Want to career in biomedical engineering.
Majority of EC in community service such as hospitals and key club. I have been in student government and held 3-4 leadership positions.</p>

<p>Can you suggest me some universities on where to apply</p>

<p>Current list- John Hopkins, Rutgers(New Brunswick campus), Georgia Tech, Columbia </p>

<p>Can you add to the list? Or narrow it?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>If you can raise the SATs a bit Duke is great for bioE. Also UCSD.</p>

<p>Is John Hopkins a good match? Or I need higher scores?</p>

<p>I have</p>

<p>200+ Volunteer hours at a nearby hospital
100 hours in schools Key Club- - - Secretary
Student Government - - - Committee Chairperson
National Honor Society
Mathletics
4-5 Academic+Volunteer awards
Straight A's since 9th grade (currently in 11th)
Are these EC's good enough for a high university? (No sports though)</p>

<p>AP's taking or will take during high school
1) AP Calc AB
2) AP Calc BC
3) AP Chem
4) AP Physics
5) AP Biology</p>

<p>Will not taking any English or Social Studies AP's hurt my chance getting into Biomedical Engineering at a high university like John Hopkins?
Can you also suggest me universities that are match, reach, and safeties?</p>

<p>Thanks for helping me.</p>

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<p>Here are the 2009 biomedical engineering rankings for grad schools (but undergrad shouldn't be that much different)</p>

<ol>
<li>Johns Hopkins </li>
<li>Georgia Tech
(Tie) University Of California - San Diego</li>
<li>Duke University</li>
<li>University Of Washington</li>
<li>Massachusetts Insitute Of Technology</li>
<li>Boston University
(tie) University Of Pennsylvania</li>
<li>Case Western Reserve University
(tie) Rice University</li>
</ol>

<p>But these are all top universities. Can you also provide me with some reach or atleast chance me based on my SAT's and EC's</p>

<p>C'mon BU and Case Western and Washington are easy to get into. Case Western takes 70% of people a year. If your grades are reasonable, based on your test scores you should be at least be able to get into Case or Georgia Tech</p>

<p>haha but I can give you some other good schools at biomedical engineering that are easy to get into:</p>

<p>University Of Wisconsin
University Of Utah
University Of Pittsburgh
Purdue University
University Of Minnesota</p>

<p>Biomed engineering is the most difficult major to get into at JHU. As an international seeking FA without tippy-top scores, it's a long shot. And grad school rankings are NOT equivalent to undergrad.</p>

<p>I'm considering biomedical engineering or civl engineering and I'm applying to Purdue and Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh is in my opinion better than Purdue because it is much more focused on bioengineering. There are 7 hospitals around Pittsburgh and it has a world renowned medical school so that's why bioengineering is the strongest program at Pitt and one of the top 20 schools for that. Also Pitt is in a big city while Purdue is in....cornfields haha</p>

<p>I know grad school rankings are not the same, but they can give you somewhat of an idea what schools are good at bioengineering. It's kinda impossible to rank schools anyways</p>

<p>Thanks for the help!</p>

<p>University of Washington doesn't have biomedical eng. though</p>

<p>yes they do, it's just called bioengineering instead of biomedical engineering</p>

<p>BioEngineering</a>, UW College of Engineering</p>

<p>Michigan is top 10 for biomedical engineering ug.</p>

<p>Keep in mind he's an international who needs aid, so most of the state schools are probably out.</p>

<p>that is definitely true hmom, financial aid is a big problem</p>

<p>Financial Aid is a problem but if the state university costs around $25000-30000 then I am ready to take some loans. So, unless it costs like $50,000, I am fine with low cost public universities(but should be good academically).</p>

<p>publc universities are usually less than 30,000 for tuition but with fees, room and board, and other costs, they can be up around $38,000</p>