<p>I’ve heard of a new bioengineering building that is to be completed soon, but other than that, is Penn’s bioengineering strong? (also compared to Cornell and berkeley?) What about penn’s engineering in general? is it bad?</p>
<p>is it hard to change majors within engineering? (i’ve heard how hard it is to do at berkeley)</p>
<p>I know a lot of bioengineering kids here who say that it is one of the top programs in the country (top 10) even though the engineering school as a whole is not very high up. In fact, I know someone who turned down Cornell and another JHU for Penn Bioengineering. In general some majors seem to be a lot worse than others but I am not sure about the specifics. I believe Mech Engineering and Applied Sciences is good. And it is very easy to change majors within engineering, I know somebody who changed his mind 3 times over 2 semesters.</p>
<p>It's easy to change majors, as long as you choose your courses wisely.</p>
<p>Penn Bioengineering Grad program was ranked #5 this year in USNews up from #6 last year.</p>
<p>It's pretty easy to change majors as long as you didn't take too many "majors-only" classes.</p>
<p>Bioengineering is the shining star of SEAS, mostly because Penn Med is so good.</p>
<p>Penn Bioengineering has a great reputation and is very good. I myself am a bioengineering major. A lot of students do transfer out or change majors however when they realize that they're not going to be cloning animals and messing around with DNA and such during their undergrad years. But yes it is very easy to change majors within engineering. I was originally chemE but changed before I got to Penn.</p>