Question about ED to very selective programs such as BME

<p>Some colleges have a policy that states a prospective student can be accepted to the college even if they are rejected from their first-choice "selective" major (e.g. Biomedical Engineering...some schools only take 20-50 kids a year in this field). I was wondering if acceptance rates to the college (not necessarily to the program) were any different between students who apply ED as a more traditional major (such as Bio/Chem) and students who applied as a BME major. That is, if you were to apply ED as a BME major, are your chances of getting into the school (even if you are rejected from the BME program at that school) the same as other students who applied as more traditional majors?</p>

<p>It depends on the school- which college were you thinking of ed'ing?</p>

<p>I don't have a definitive ED school yet (still a few weeks left to lock in a decision), but my choices are between Northwestern, Duke, Johns Hopkins, and UPenn.</p>

<p>If you're that indecisive about it, are you sure ed is right for you?</p>

<p>And for the original question, jhu is going to be harder to get in if you declare bme as an ed or rd applicant, duke will actually be easier (you apply to pratt vs. trinity; pratt has much higher acceptance rates for both ed and rd), and I know nothing about the other two.</p>

<p>I know BME will be harder at JHU, but I'm wondering if I have the same chance as other applicants of being accepted to the school, if not necessarily the BME program. For example, if I don't get into the very selective BME program at JHU, do I have the same chance as other applicants of being accepted into the college under another major (chemistry or biology, for example). BME is my primary interest, but I also realize the extreme selectivity of the BME program at these schools, and I'm just planning my choices in the event I don't get accepted to the BME program.</p>

<p>Thanks for the hlelp</p>

<p>If you really want bme, don't apply ed to jhu. If you wouldn't be upset with chem. (or whatever), then you're in good shape. If you're rejected bme from hopkins, you can very easily still be accepted into the school.</p>

<p>But again, before you apply ed, just make sure you're 100% positive that you would want to attend.</p>

<p>actually with JHU's BME ED policy, OP can apply ED to the BME program and, if accepted into BME, he is locked into the program & JHU; however, if rejected from BME, but admitted into the college, OP can still apply to other schools and has until May 1st (essentially EA) to reply</p>

<p>For Northwestern, my guess is getting into BME is no harder than getting into other engineering fields. I said this because once you are in their engineering school, you are free to pick any discipline. BME is the second most popular engineering field at NU; the most popular there is management sciences and engineering. So it's not like everyone there is flocking to BME anyway.</p>

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You have to take into account that Pratt has higher stats than Trinity (even in CR).</p>

<p>Acceptance rates can be misleading. For example, Penn, Brown, and Dartmouth have higher acceptance rates than the College of the Ozarks.</p>

<p>Thanks Johnson181 and other for your help. I appreciate it. Basically, I just wanted to make sure that my chances of getting into JHU (as chem or biological sciences) weren't hurt by applying as BME, since I realize that the BME program is immensely selective and that I may not get in even though it is my primary interest.</p>

<p>Just got my SATs sent out to JHU and forms filled out and ready to go for ED. The reason I listed those other schools was mainly because parents wanted me to not limit my choices to Johns Hopkins (since all of these schools are extremely selective) even though I've wanted to go there since around 7th grade. </p>

<p>Wish me luck (or not, if you're class of 08 and EDing to JHU too ;) jk)</p>

<p>skp- that's interesting to know about jhu (and it's a good thing on top of that). I've never read that before, but then again I'm not an ed applicant to any school.</p>

<p>Warblers- Trinity and Pratt aren't all that different, if the op has the stats to begin with. Trinity's mid-50% ACT is 29-34, while Pratt is 32-35. If the op has a low 30 to high 30 ACT, then Pratt would have the higher acceptance rate (This based on the class of 2011 profile, which was only recently published; I could look up the SAT stats, but I'm feeling rather lazy right now). I guess I assumed too much and the op could easily not meet the typical stats.</p>

<p>OP- Good luck! (even though we're applying to some of the same schools and we're both bme applicants...)</p>

<p>Never taken the ACT before...SAT score was 2290 in one sitting...not sure how that translates into ACT though</p>

<p>^It's somewhere around a 34-35ish. That's more than a good enough ACT for any of those schools.</p>

<p>As far as JHU, even if you get accepted to the school but not into the BME program initially, there is still a chance you could wind up getting into the program. Several years ago my daughter was accepted to the university but not into BME. The first week of May she received an email that a spot had opened up in BME and they would accept her into the program if she was interested. At that point she had already committed to another school. So even if you are not initially accepted into the program, there is still a chance that you will be.</p>

<p>^Ah, ok, that's certainly good to know</p>

<p>So does anyone know if applying BME hurts one's chances of being accepted to the college as something other than BME?</p>

<p>For example, if I applied as a first choice chem major vs a first choice BME and second choice chem, then would my chances of getting into the chem program be lowered by me applying for BME as a first major (if I got rejected from BME)?</p>

<p>I am very interested in BME, but JHU is also my dream school, and I would hate to be rejected based on what major I picked as first-choice on my app.</p>

<p>Can anyone answer this?</p>

<p>morning bump</p>