Preparing In High School For BME?

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<p>I would say the common factor among my BME class was that most people had a passion for science and had show it in different ways. Few people were certain they wanted to study BME early in high school, so most people’s background was not directly BME related, but there were involved in a lot of science-related activities. So what could you do as a high school student?

  1. Take all the science and math classes you can, including AP and dual-credit/concurrent-enrollment classes. (At the same time, don’t let your grades in the humanities/social studies slack off - stick in upper level classes in those areas as well).
  2. Get involved in science-related activities at school - Science Olympiad, Science Bowl, Math Club, local inter-scholastic competitions, etc
  3. If you run out of classes in your high school (if your school doesn’t offer any AP courses), see if you can take classes at a local college, or do some sort of independent study with a supportive teacher, and take the AP test at the end of the year.
  4. Do something productive during the summer. If you have to work to support yourself or your family, then work. Otherwise find a good summer program, job or volunteer activity - it doesn’t look good if you just spend all your summers ‘just relaxing’. There are a lot of research programs out there for high school students. You may not necessarily find one directly related to BME, but if you’re really interested in science, then you should enjoy the experience, regardless of the exact field. In fact, though a decent chunk of my BME class had done research before coming, only a very few had done BME research - the rest had done anything from chemistry to math to biology. Research isn’t required to get into the BME program, but it is definitely a good use of your summer and it’ll give you an idea if you want to consider graduate school in the future.</p>

<p>See this other thread as well: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/johns-hopkins-university/844482-lack-high-school-research-greatly-reduce-ones-chances-being-accepted-into-bme.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/johns-hopkins-university/844482-lack-high-school-research-greatly-reduce-ones-chances-being-accepted-into-bme.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;