<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I have been accepted to Northwestern University, Johns Hopkins University, CMU, UCSD, UCLA for Biomedical Engineering. I have narrowed it down to NU and JHU.</p>
<p>Please can you give me advice on which college to choose.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>JHU’s biomedical engineering is the most valued major that they have. Much funding goes into it and the university is known for it worldwide. My vote is for JHU but it depends on your preferences for surroundings and such.</p>
<p>^I agree. Both are great schools and, frankly, they are peer institutions. But BME at JHU is the best anywhere. </p>
<p>NW’s campus location on the lake is hard to beat, but it is in Evanston, not Chicago. Yes, Chicago is accessable but its not exactly walking distance. You have to plan a trip to get there.</p>
<p>Hopkins also has a beautiful, park-like campus but it’s right in the middle of Baltimore City. That has its pluses and minuses but, in my view, the pluses far outweight the minuses. </p>
<p>Good luck on your decision. Fortunately, you can’t make a bad mistake.</p>
<p>Hi ElderTwin, I see that you have admission to UCSD and UCLA.</p>
<p>Both UCSD and UCLA are top rated universities which means that the students are generally from the top of their high school classes and of course the faculty at both places is excellent. </p>
<p>Both UCSD and UCLA have top ranked medical schools that makes anything to do with bio great. However UCSD is stronger due to all the biotech startups and Scripps and the Sanger Inst. </p>
<p>Both have great campuses and moreover the weather is also great- a non negligible fact. </p>
<p>As far as Bio is concerned UCSD is the best.</p>
<p>The bioengineering program at UCSD is rated as one of the top 2 in the nation. My friend was in bioengineering at UCSD. He had a great experience - he found the environment and the professors very nurturing. He said UCSD has a very solid bioengineering department with a lot of opportunity for research etc. </p>
<p>Yes, the class sizes the first 2 years are large but as you get into the bioengineering classes they get more focused and class sizes get small. But then freshman / sophmore required classes at just about any school are LARGE</p>
<p>UCSD is a great school in a lovely & fun area. As far as social scene goes, there are plenty of house parties and club events.</p>
<p>JHU and NU are great schools but not the ideal places to live in.</p>
<p>What criteria did you use to narrow the list down to NU and JHU ? Are you getting a free ride?</p>
<p>Good luck with college</p>
<p>What are you bottom line costs for each? Have you visited? What were your impressions?</p>
<p>Do See:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1138764-cant-decide-btwn-ucla-ucsd-help-d.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1138764-cant-decide-btwn-ucla-ucsd-help-d.html</a></p>
<p>"If you are sure you will be doing bioE go to UCSD. No.2 program in the country. "</p>
<p>From ucsdbe:</p>
<p>@ritzduck I am graduating from bioengineering at UCSD this quarter and so can only comment on my experiences and what I’ve seen at UCSD, but if you think you want to do bioE, UCSD is a great choice. The professors here are pioneers in their fields and its relatively easy to volunteer in a lab (i.e. systems bio, stem cell, biomaterials, etc. you can find all this on their website). As far as for internships and industry, there are many school clubs on campus that have great connections with the nearby biotech industry. Other bioE’s as well as myself were able to intern at companies such as genentech, amgen, pfizer etc.</p>
<p>BTW My friend who studied BioE at UCSD was accepted to Med School</p>
<p>NU can get very cold in winter.</p>
<p>Evanston, IL climate is warm during summer when temperatures tend to be in the 70’s and very cold during winter when temperatures tend to be in the 20’s.</p>
<p>The warmest month of the year is July with an average maximum temperature of 83.20 degrees Fahrenheit, while the coldest month of the year is January with an average minimum temperature of 13.70 degrees Fahrenheit.</p>
<p>Temperature variations between night and day tend to be moderate during summer with a difference that can reach 20 degrees Fahrenheit, and fairly limited during winter with an average difference of 17 degrees Fahrenheit.</p>
<p>The annual average precipitation at Evanston is 36.80 Inches. Rainfall in is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year. The wettest month of the year is August with an average rainfall of 4.84 Inches. </p>
<p>[Evanston</a> Weather | Evanston IL | Conditions, Forecast, Average](<a href=“http://www.idcide.com/weather/il/evanston.htm]Evanston”>Evanston Weather | Evanston IL | Conditions, Forecast, Average)</p>
<p>[Biomedical</a> | Rankings | US News](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate-biological-biomedical]Biomedical”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate-biological-biomedical)</p>
<p>Not sayin that US News is everything that you should base your decisions off, but I do see John Hopkins as #1 on that list.</p>
<p>Do See:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northwestern-university/1254013-premed-but-bad-freshman-gpa-northwestern.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northwestern-university/1254013-premed-but-bad-freshman-gpa-northwestern.html</a></p>
<p>Something like 2/3rds of all nu students who enroll planning to be pre-med end up dropping it before graduation, and I believe most of that happens through first year attrition</p>
<p>Science/Math courses at Northwestern are reputed to be REALLY hard so I bet you’re not alone. When I talked to a science professor before, he mentioned that students frequently come to his office crying because they get low grades despite working really hard. I have about 10 friends who dropped out of pre-med because of the rigor.</p>
<p>… do you have some sort of bias against NU or JHU? You seem to try to be pushing OP towards a UC when OP already stated they prefered JHU and NU. </p>
<p>Frankly, I would choose JHU - wonderful campus and best for BME pretty much anywhere.</p>