Union College, Schenectady NY. See, “Why Small Colleges are Great for Science Students,” a Forbes article.
JHU for BME is a huge reach. They have the most competitive BME program in the country with an acceptance rate roughly in the single digits. You cannot switch into the program later on in your academic career; if you want to do BME at Hopkins, you must be accepted as a freshman, I believe. Regardless, the program is insanely competitive, akin to CS at Carnegie Mellon.
Just a warning- you say you might not want to continue on to grad school or medical school and just have the four year degree. This is virtually impossible with a degree in BME. It is really the only form of engineering where a graduate degree is really a must have in the job search. The market is just too flush with BME majors. I would advise to major in something else if you’re not really sure about BME or grad school in general.
@Qwerty568 Wow, I never realized this… Obviously that’s not good to hear but thanks you so much for telling me!!! Would you have any other recommendations on majors that could get me into med school but could also end at four years? And just out of curiosity, what exactly do you go to grad school for when your continuing on with biomedical engineering??
As for Hopkins, they have said that its possible (and yeah, because its absurdly competitive, very likely) to get rejected for BME and accepted into the university, so you would just have to choose a new major, which is essentially what I would hope to do.
I’m not sure if there really is a major that would reasonably work for premed but also offer the opportunity to easily join the work force after four years. Many pre-professional majors are a bit demanding to put the premed track on top of. Of course, you can major in anything and have it be on the premed track, but this would be very difficult with, say, a major in chemical engineering or computer science. I am not sure if you could feasibly major in chemical engineering and complete premed requirements, but that’s what came to mind. Maybe biochem? Not sure if you would need a graduate degree for biochem. My best friend is doing BME at Hopkins which is why I know so much about that particular field.
Alright, well thanks for your information and making me aware of this! Even though I’ve shared this plan with teachers and guidance counselors, no one mentioned that quite important piece of information!! I think I’ll create another thread about a versatile major. Thanks! @Qwerty568
You could consider UConn (although I’ve heard it’s a bit isolated), Lehigh and Drexel. I have a friend who’s doing BME next year and applied and got into to all those schools with similar stats.