<p>I'm having a serious dilemma here. Is Biomed at JHU that good that I should go there over MIT? MIT doesn't have biomedical engineering, and I'm willing to do biological with a bme minor if MIT is so much better than JHU. But if BME at JHU is worth not going to MIT, then I'll do that because i really do want to do bme rather than biological engineering. </p>
<p>Did that make any sense?</p>
<p>Basically I want to know if I should go to MIT over JHU BME.</p>
<p>Also: should I still be considering GaTech if it's pretty much going to be free?</p>
<p>Does it really matter that much to you what precisely it says on your degree? MIT may not have a major program in "biomedical engineering", but there are plenty of BME-type classes you can take -- you're certainly not restricted to just taking the classes for the BME minor.</p>
<p>Ultimately you should choose based on which school you feel is a better fit for you. I just think it's a little absurd to choose one school over another based on the precise wording on your degree. College is about what you learn, not about the letters on your diploma.</p>
<p>Personally, I'd choose MIT because of its name in its general strength in all engineering. (I did get into JHU BME but not going). But then you want to do BME so JHU might be great for you. Just visit both, inspect (?) both programs, and choose as you feel.</p>
<p>It's M.I.T. If you go there you will be viwed as a genius by everyone you meet and all your kids will then be able to go there, therefore setting up a whole line of decendants that will attend arguably the most prestigius school in America and then get super jobs. Go to M.I.T.</p>
<p>Well see the thing is, if the biomedical engineering falls through (because if I don't do biomed or biological, I won't do engineering), then maybe JHU would be better? I'm just worried that biological engineering won't be the same, so that's why I'm worried about the "name on my degree."<br>
It seems like MIT is the consensus though.
Thanks for all your replies...and I thought that applying was hard...deciding is even harder!</p>
<p>and yes...the name on my degree does matter because I want it to be something that I'm truly committed to, fully researched and have opinions from others about. Otherwise I wouldn't have asked the question</p>
<p>Upon a quick look at MIT's program in Biological Engineering, I think you should really look as well, if you haven't already. It looks to me like Biomedical Engineering. Schools choose to name their BME programs differently. For example, JHU has BME, Penn has Bioengineering. They're essentially the same. And if the programs are similar, then I'd be running to MIT. I personally didn't like JHU or the area it's in. </p>
<p>I would not worry about the name or reputation. Visit both, meet the faculty and review the programs. Then decide which seems to be the best fit for your interests.</p>
<p>Thanks for all of your advice...yeah Baltimore (especially where JHU is) isn't the nicest part of town..but I am going back to visit both of them later this month (I've already been once, but going again isn't a big deal). Thanks again.</p>