<p>I applied to Maryland Engineering for Civil Engineering any thoughts on the program? I also applied to Pitt, Rutgers, UConn, PSU and VT. any thoughts on these programs compared?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Maryland engineering is good. VT is not bad either. I don’t think Maryland civil engineering is ranked very high though… the specialties here are aerospace, bio, electrical and computer engineering.</p>
<p>What are the Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering like at Maryland?</p>
<p>If you choose bio engineering, you still have to take BIOE120 even if you get a 5 on the AP bio test. I know a lot of people that did a lot worse in that class than they expected. I’m an electrical engineer, and that’s about all I know. good luck.</p>
<p>I can speak on BIOE120-- I just finished taking it and got a solid B, which, in the class, was a 70-80. The first exam was pretty ugly, with 48? (something in the 40’s) being like the median, 58? (something in the 50’s) being the avg, and the other exams weren’t much better (final avg was 71). I like the professor who does it in the fall (Shah) and he’s really nice if you go to him in office hours. There’s a book but you won’t need it at ALL (so don’t buy it). Everything you’ll need to know you can get off of the lecture slides. There were two papers we had to do but I found them interesting, for the most part.</p>
<p>But the BioE department is really rigorous (unless you’re coming in with major AP credits, you’re going to have your schedule basically chosen for you) but it’s relatively small, and all the professors are willing to talk to you (even if they don’t have you!). That’s been my experience so far.</p>
<p>I have some chemical engineering friends and you’ll take similar courses (they now have to take BIOE120, too) but while BioE have to take Statics (ENES102), ChemE have their own special course in the place of that.</p>