<p>i need help deciding where to go...im planning on majoring bme but im not discarding the possibilty of switching to aerospace should i not like bme..im also thinkin of possibly goin into med school..i got basically the same financial packages for all three..HELP!!!!</p>
<p>Go where you think you'll be happiest. Don't worry about anything else, there is no wrong answer. Follow your gut.</p>
<p>MIT if you're not absolutely sure about BME.</p>
<p>MIT had Biological Engineering while JHU has BME. Is Biological Engineering that different from BME?</p>
<p>My counselor suggested that I do a traditional Emgg major before I do BME in grad school? I am almost certain that I wont change majors…I am a biomedical engg guy…What should I do? MIT vs JHU…which one is better??</p>
<p>Thanx for ur time…</p>
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<p>Seriously, from an academic perspective you cannot go wrong here. You’re comparing superlatives.</p>
<p>I suggest going to the departmental websites for both schools, and looking at the required classes, the available electives (and how often they’re taught), and the research being done by faculty. Then you can figure out which is a better fit for you.</p>
<p>Both are excellent–you can’t make a mistake. Visit both and choose the one which you feel is the best fit. Their cultures, while similar in many respects, are not identical and you likely will feel more at home at one than the other. </p>
<p>Minor items that may or may not be important to you. Hopkins has a much prettier and greener campus than MIT; Cambridge is a much better student environment than Baltimore. Don’t get me wrong, I actually think Baltimore can be a cool place to go to college but it is simply not Cambridge.</p>
<p>MIT definitely if you can get in.
Next, Johns Hopkins (though campus is dicey)
then Duke.</p>
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<p>Yeah, there’s this, too. I don’t actually know JHU’s environment well, but the MIT people I knew who were familiar with JHU thought that the campus culture was very different from MIT’s. If you can, visit both, and talk to students, both in and out of your target departments.</p>
<p>Generally, MIT>Duke>JHU, but in the realm of BME, the latter two are academic peers and MIT is generally not considered to be as strong. Picking between Duke and JHU, I would recommend Duke because it has greater name recognition/prestige overall and can give you a better overall college experience. JHU is also a lot more cutthroat than Duke.</p>
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The OP deciding between MIT, Duke, and JHU chose MIT and is a happy sophomore there.</p>
<p>For honest93, Duke is not an option, so there is little point in discussing it.</p>
<p>Incidentally, JHU’s campus is not “dicey.” In fact, it has a lower crime rate than any other top 25 school (including Dartmouth). It is when one steps OFF campus that things get dicey.</p>
<p>“Incidentally, JHU’s campus is not “dicey.” In fact, it has a lower crime rate than any other top 25 school (including Dartmouth). It is when one steps OFF campus that things get dicey.”</p>
<p>Like across the street?</p>
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<p>JHU is the best choice for BME. However, if you are not sure about your choice of major and are thinking of possibly switching to aerospace engineering, I suggest you go to MIT.</p>
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<p>BME is technically not a separate engineering discipline, it is the application of ANY engineering discipline to the field of medicine: mechanical, electrical, chemical… This is why MIT has never given BME the status of a separate department. There is no generally recognized BME training or scientific foundation to BME as medical applications will involve a wide variety of scientific disciplines. Building pacemakers, prostheses or new biomaterials involve completely different skills. It is an interdisciplinary effort. At MIT there are more engineers across departments involved in biomedical applications than at JHU or Duke even though they would not characterize themselves as biomedical engineers.</p>
<p>Biological engineering is to biology what chemical engineering is to chemistry: the application to ALL fields of biological processes and principles, not just to medicine. Biotechnology can be used for environmental applications, to develop new types of foods, materials or drugs. Just as chemical engineering was first introduced by MIT at the beginning of the last century, MIT has also pioneered the field of biological engineering which is starting to mushroom across the country. It is also the fastest growing engineering discipline with some of the highest paid engineers.</p>
<p>ok so i have the same problem now: MIT vs JH for biomeidcal engineering. I may need ffresh opinions</p>
<p>Duke’s BME is pretty nice, but extremely hard</p>
<p>MIT will have an offbeat vibe you won’t find at Hopkins. Both obviously very pre-professional but MIT, as hard working as it is, is often less serious is tone, more playful in attitude. I’d certainly pick Cambridge/Boston in a heartbeat over Baltimore. Academically, both will be incredible opportunities. But MIT is MIT. You can almost hear the trumpets sounding in the heavens as you say M-I-T to anyone in a tech field.</p>
<p>Hi
i have got admit for MS Biomed at Duke and for MS Biotech at Upenn
I am totally confused which one to join. I am more interested to work in industry and not Phd.Can anyone tell me which one is better in terms of job prospects/Entrepreneurship.
I am also interested to start my own company in few years.</p>