<p>I’m pretty sure JHU BME is always ranked #1</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/172472-latest-biomedical-engineering-rankings.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/172472-latest-biomedical-engineering-rankings.html</a></p>
<p>and the USNews program rankings are biased to large state schools, so it says something that JHU came in 1st.</p>
<p>michaelwiggins: Baltimore is definitely very different than Houston, and since I grew up in the suburbs (NW Houston, in the CyFair school district), living in a more urban area was a change. That said, Baltimore definitely grows on you over your time there. I never felt like safety was an issue as long as you use some common sense.</p>
<p>I think if you KNOW you want BME then JHU is the best. If you just want some type of engineering, then MIT is clearly amazing. I think the environments of the schools is quite different - many liberal arts majors in international relations, languages, economics, history, political science at Hopkins can mix up the campus dynamic over a slightly more engineering-intensive campus like MIT. I tend to think of Hopkins as a much more traditional college campus with architectural integrity. Don’t get me wrong, MIT has some of the most unique buildings around but, to me, doesn’t feel cohesive and traditional like Hopkins. </p>
<p>That said, don’t choose Hopkins simply for BME - choose the university, the campus, the people, the courses, the location - everything. Good luck!</p>
<p>InternAtUSA: If you really want to study BME, I would almost immediately cut the list down Hopkins and MIT, unless there’s another school on the list that you really loved. I agree with a lot of what WealthOfInformation said. I would really encourage you to visit both campuses and get a feel for what life at each would be like since they are very different places. Hopefully you’ve registered for CPW at MIT, and you can attend one of the Open Houses/Overnight events at Hopkins. The BME programs at MIT and Hopkins are both very strong, but like Wealth said, pick a school for the entire package, not just the single department.</p>
<p>On the architecture, I have a friend who visited MIT, and told me he didn’t apply there because he thought it was so ugly. If you want a nice campus, then Princeton and Stanford are the best two on your list. I was just in Princeton last week and in all fairness to Hopkins, Princeton is much, much nicer. I’ll be in Stanford later this week but it should be nice.</p>
<p>That said, if you want to do BME or any other engineering, then I agree you should narrow it down to Hopkins, MIT, or Stanford. Personally, I might go with Stanford, especially if having a nice campus dynamic is important to you.</p>
<p>ok since i am not getting many objective responses from mit and stanford graduates, i amy want ot ask you guys: which is “better” in engineering, stanford or mit?</p>
<p>What kind of engineering do you want to do? If BME, then Hopkins is better than both of them.</p>