<p>I am fortunate enough to be admitted to both NU and JHU for BME; however, I am now faced with an impossible decision. I love NU's location and proximity to chicago; however, getting admitted to BME at JHU is the chance of a lifetime. Considering I am a prospective pre-med student, I'm finding it difficult to say no to the pre-eminent pre-med powerhouse: JHU.</p>
<p>Keep in mind, JHU is also the pre-eminent pre-med pressure cooker as well.</p>
<p>I am a current medical student, who went to Northwestern BME for undergrad - so I have a little insight into this. (I found this site trying to help out a cousin with college admissions - very cool by the way. Oh, and I’m using my brother’s old login name - so hopefully this won’t confuse anyone.)</p>
<p>I don’t know how familiar you are with various BME programs, but the BME programs vary a lot across the country. Some are very electronics focused (e.g. Duke). Others, like Northwestern, have a very strong biology focus.</p>
<p>Given that background - I think that Northwestern’s BME program is amazing for pre-med. Current students are required to take a full year of physiology (1st quarter - neurophysiology, 2nd quarter - cardiovascular and respiratory, 3rd quarter - renal, digestive, immune, and some other systems.) When I was in undergrad, I took all three of these classes as well. This has been incredibly helpful in med school. A lot of the physiology at medical school has been a breeze after Northwestern. There is a student who was a Hopkins BME who is in my current med school class. After talking with this student, it doesn’t seem like Hopkins provides the same level of biology / physiology preparation.</p>
<p>The curriculum at Hopkins might have you take a few more traditional engineering courses. However, you’ll get a good engineering education at either. Both seem to have a focus on design in the junior or senior year.</p>
<p>Feel free to respond with any additional questions, and good luck with your decision.</p>
<p>Though BME at JHU might be ranked #1, it has a reputation for being extremely cutthroat and difficult. When looking to go to medical school, GPA and MCATs are the most important and at a schoo like JHU, hard work may not necessarily translate into a good GPA. I’d pick Northwestern, which has an excellent program and where I would be able to thrive more so than at Hopkins.</p>
<p>If you do BME at northwestern, your gpa will probably take a hit right? How does this affect your chances of getting into a med school? Does going to northwestern give you a better chance at Northwesterns med school?</p>
<p>if you want to be a BME pre-med, then go to northwestern. jhu’s bme program only wants students TRULY INTERESTED in bme and pursuing careers in engineering after graduation. so if you want to be a pre-med in engineering, then just stick to northwestern. jhu is doing a pretty good job of keeping its bme students in engineering. </p>
<p>not to flame either school…it just depends on your goals.</p>
<p>i heard the opposite is true actually…2/3 of jhu bme students apply to med school and the bme curriculum at jhu is better for preparing students for medical school as opposed to a professional engineering degree. i heard jhu is best if you know you want to go to medical school.</p>
<p>what about research opportunities? i hear the research ops in bme at jhu are pervasive, what about northwestern?</p>