<p>As title says, please rank schools of my choice. i am thinking about bio-related engineering(BME, Bioengineering, and so on). </p>
<p>Boston U
Case Western
CMU
GaTech
Tulane
Rice
Harvard
Princeton
Duke
Cornell</p>
<p>details would be helpful a lot!!.. or just numerical ranking(1 as the best) would be great too. i dont have to, but i dont want to apply too many collleges. suggestions are welcomed to max!!</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>comm'on guys. plz</p>
<p>BME?
Duke and Cornell would be the best by far... not sure about the rest</p>
<p>Duke, Cornell, CMU, Rice, CWRU, BU In that order...others are crappy.</p>
<p>For Biomedical Engineering, I would chose them in the following order:</p>
<p>Duke University
Case Western Reserve
Georgia Tech
Boston University
Rice University
Cornell University
Harvard University
Carnegie Mellon
Tulane University</p>
<p>They are all good by the way...but I would drop Harvard, Cornell and Carnegie Mellon and add other programs that are better known for Bioengineering, like:</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
University of Pennsylvania</p>
<p>I do not think Princeton has Biomedical Engineering.</p>
<p>the last bump.. i dropped BU and CMU and put JHU and Columbia SEAS</p>
<p>JHU
Duke
GaTech
Case Western
Rice
Tulane
Columbia SEAS
Harvard
Princeton
Cornell</p>
<p>Princeton has Engineering Biology program, althought i am not familiar with it.</p>
<p>Of course i want to have a great BME program, but at a same time, i'd also like to have awesome college life, warm and collaborative atmospher.</p>
<p>Please tell me your insight as well as simple ranking would help me a lot
thanks :D</p>
<p>I agree with boomer01's list.</p>
<p>Georgia Tech is not that great.(for in state people) I got to a mediocre public school and all my friends who applied their were accepted....</p>
<p>Duke is best for BME.</p>
<p>If you want an awesome college life, warm and collaborative atmosphere, then I would drop Case Western, Johns Hopkins, Georgia Tech and CMU. I would look at the folloiwng schools:</p>
<p>Duke University
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
UC San Diego
Rice University
Cornell University
Harvard University
Princeton University
Tulane University</p>
<p>I suspect you have incredible credentials because non of those schools is a safety for students with less than 3.8 unweighed GPAs and 1400 on the SAT.</p>
<p>What about Stanford?</p>
<p>BME is a rapidly emerging field; programs are changing -- quickly; professors come and go; many people believe the so-called rankings are next to worthless in this field and, in any regard, change rapidly.</p>
<p>That being said, it's long been believed that the powerhouses in this field are Hopkins, Duke, UCSD, and Case. Many believe that the next tier of schools include such schools as Northwestern, Michigan, BU, and Rice. In addition, others believe that a few other big-name schools (some of which are not commonly known as engineering powers, others known for engineering, but not BME) are either in this second tier now or will be very shortly, including, Wash-U, Stanford, Yale, and Illinois.</p>
<p>I'd agree with what some others say -- as long as a school has a reputable and established BME program, you should worry more about your fit at the overall school, and your experience there, then about whether this school ranks 5, 7, or 11.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that today's BME grads probably require advanced degrees and many believe that fields like applied physics, ChemE, EE, and some others are possibly even better backgrounds for BME than an UNDERgraduate BME degree.</p>
<p>
[quote]
Keep in mind that today's BME grads probably require advanced degrees and many believe that fields like applied physics, ChemE, EE, and some others are possibly even better backgrounds for BME than an UNDERgraduate BME degree.
[/quote]
</p>
<p>can you tell me a little more about this?? (i dont know what students are doing in Applied Physics -_-)
any suggestion or anything about my list would be helpful. (like.. i chose to apply many school that people usualy dont consider as having strong BME program. would it be bad choice to go to Harvard or Princeton for BME???)</p>
<p>Why is Harvard on your list? Do you want to study physics?</p>
<p>If you live in Georgia like me, then Georgia Tech is by far the best bang for your undergraduate buck. Even more so if you WANT to study engineering!</p>
<p>You have to figure that at most prestigious universities, you're not going to be taught by the Nobel Laureates. Graduate students and lesser-known-but-still-great faculty members are going to teach you. The only time those Laureates lecture is if you're in the university for a postgraduate degree. Otherwise, highly unlikely.</p>
<p>So, once again, if you are a Georgia resident, think highly of Tech. It won't cost you much and you will get a pretty good education in the sciences.</p>
<p>i am not a GA resident.</p>
<p>i mentioned Harvard to see what other people would think of. thekev, do you think it's totally worthless to go Harvard for the engineering?
(i heard MIT and Harvard have a tie that students can take each other's courses..)</p>
<p>~Dreaming~
As I understand it, applied physics, or engineering physics, are physics courses concentrating on the applied and engineering aspects of physics principles. Stated differently, real world and practical uses for physics.</p>
<p>Up until 10 years ago or so, there were very few undergraduate concentrations in biomedical engineering. The "biomedical engineers" of that era had undergraduate in other engineering or hard science disciplines and become "biomedical engineers" at the post-graduate level. There are many who believe that this still might be, in theory anyway, the "best" background for biomedical engineering, although because undergraduate BME programs are becoming so popular, people might question why someone interested in the field didn't major in it as an undergraduate (but that's a different issue than "best" -- whatever the term "best" really means).</p>
<p>As far as whether Harvard or Princeton would be a "bad" choice for studying BME (I believe that Harvard has a BME concentration; I'm not sure of Princeton) -- it's difficult to say that Harvard or Princeton would ever be a "bad" place. Neither of these institutions are recognized as having known or established BME programs. But that might not be a bad thing. I'd imagine at Harvard, there might be 20-30 BME students in any given class as opposed to many hundreds of students at the "engineering factories." The accredited BME degree requires a virtually identical curriculum -- the differences between schools typically being quality of the students, teachers, facilities, and research opportunities. We had a relative who strongly considered Yale for BME in order to get in on the ground floor of a rapidly emerging program, in an interesting field like BME, but within the overall excellence of Yale's academic offerings. Some might have thought why "waste" Yale on a field like Engineering; I could definitely see the logic in his interest in Yale.</p>
<p><strong>Caveat</strong> I'm not a biomedical engineer, an engineer of any sort, or someone otherwise engaged in the employment or education of biomedical engineers. I'm just relaying what I've heard and what I've been led to believe. It rings true to me, but your mileage may vary. You'll need to research to feel comfortable in your own conclusions. Best of luck.</p>
<p>DudeDiligence, thanks.</p>
<p>D.D. and all other people , can i ask one simple questions? if you were accepted to every colleges in my list, where would you go?
like.. Harvard Applied Physics(anyway, Harvard does have BME concentration) vs. JHU BME ??
or.. Duke BME vs. Princeton Engineering Biology(or other engineering..major)</p>
<p>i just want to know -_-</p>
<p>Simple question? It's hardly simple. Unfortunately, it's line drawing intertwined with personal preferences. I'm not in biomedical engineering and can't fully place myself within that environment. But, for my own sensibilities, Duke and Rice would be high on my list of YOUR schools. Why? Because they have established BME programs within schools that are othewise attractive to me. I'd also consider Harvard because I love Cambridge and so much about Harvard, EVEN THOUGH many would wonder what on Earth you are going to Harvard for if you are studying biomedical engineering (less so if you are studying applied physics). But I know students who have selected Northwestern or Wash-U over Harvard (for engineering) and others who have selected Michigan or Illinois over Northwestern or Wash-U. In my opinion, there are no easy answers here. Apply to a nice range of schools, find out who accepts you, analyze the pros and cons of each school, and make your best choice. I'll tell you one thing -- you have no "bad choices" on your list.</p>
<p>My s. was planning to major in Applied Physics. Some schools (like Cal Tech and Yale, I believe) have an Applied Physics program sepatate from their Theoretical Physics department. Some schools (Tufts, Yale, Columbia) house the applied physics program in the school of engineering. This sets you on a slightly different path, as the engineering requirements are different than the school of humanities, ans will often not have a language requirement (a big plus on my s's list). Ga Tech, while not the warmest and fuzziest academic environment, has established a new joint biomed program with Emory and its school of medicine. Rice is in the process of making stronger ties with the expansive medical facilities across the street to enhance the opportunities with their biomed program, and others. They talked about building a new building on the corner of campus with a bridge across Main Street connecting directly to the hospital complex. My s. is still vacillating about his major-- he is now considering double majoring in mechanical engineering and physics, though he'd have to get the BA rather than the BS in Physics, unless he wanted to stay a 5th year. The BA vs BS options are also important to look at with different course requirements and demands. Consider your undergrad research opportunities as well.
You have a good list-- my s. definitely wanted a smaller school-- we visited: Williams, Amherst, Dartmouth, MIT, Harvard, Ga Tech, Cal Tech, Harvey Mudd, Rice, Columbia, Yale, Brown and Tufts. He fell in love with Rice and applied ED. He just finished his first semester and couldn't be happier.</p>