<p>I am planning to attend a pharmacy school or dentistry.... Well before I attend, I wanted to major in biomedical engineering.... is that okay? will it be somewhat related to dentistry or pharmaceutical areas? </p>
<p>Oh and is UT-Austin good for biomedical engineering? if you any other good schools please do tell me :)</p>
<p>I'm going to be a BME freshman at Hopkins next year and I considered UT so I can answer that part of your question. The UT BME undergrad program is fairly new. They won't graduate their first senior class till the end of the next academic year. However, they're still ranked 15th in the nation by USNWR (the validity of ratings in general is questionable, but still, thats impressive). Also, when I visited other colleges and met with BME people there, the general consensus was that the UT BME undergrad program will be one of the top ones in the near future.</p>
<p>As for other good BME schools, the top ones in the country are Hopkins, Duke, UCSD, Case, etc</p>
<p>UC San Diego is excellent for biomedical engineering...and yes, I think it would be a good field for pharmacy school, since there is obviously a lot of biology and chemistry involved.</p>
<p>how hard is UT-A for out of staters....</p>
<p>And if you major in BME what kind of jobs can one get?</p>
<p>I have a good friend who just finished his first year in dental school, and majored in BME as an undergrad. Since they're both med/science, I think it's decently easy to do so... but just make sure you take any necessary classes to prepare for dental school, and show on your application/interview to dental school why you chose BME, and why dentistry is your desired career. I personally don't think its necessary to have a strong connection between BME and dentristy... as long as you're prepared to enter grad school (and BME should do a good job of that). My friend is interested in instrumentation and surgical devices, so he plans on developing technologies for dentistry in the future. Hope that helped!</p>
<p>what do BMEers do? the field seems so broad....</p>