Rochester vs Hopkins vs CMU

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Rochester
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<p>Why should I come here for engineering? Or why should i not come here and go to hopkins?</p>

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<p>Hopkins is ultra competetive (hence the reason why I did not go there... A mother who was looking at Hopkins and who knows many people who go to Hopkins said that many people just can't take it)
Here people help each other
The cirriculum is much better also :)</p>

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<p>If you're willing to take my word for it - I think everyone agrees that URochester's engineering program is pretty strong (actually, when i first heard about URoch, i was told about it's strength in engineering...found out about its neuroscience much later) -
If you want statistics, then check this page and scroll down
<a href="http://www.seas.rochester.edu/SEAS/prospectives.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.seas.rochester.edu/SEAS/prospectives.html&lt;/a>
"GREs of incoming PhDs to UR Engineering School - the School's relative ability to attract and recruit the very top doctoral fellows. UR SEAS ranks tenth among private universities, very close to Rice and Johns Hopkins."
---Here Hopkins is 3 places above UR followed right behind by CMU.
"Selectivity- UR SEAS ranks sixth, positioned somewhere between the Rice and Duke engineering schools."
---Here UR is 3 places above CMU, followed right behind by Hopkins
"External Research per Faculty - the faculty's ability to compete for and win grants and contracts...UR SEAS ranks eleventh, somewhere between the engineering schools at Columbia and Hopkins."
---Here CMU is 2nd best, followed by UR, and right behind UR is Hopkins.</p>

<p>It's been established that UR's academics are strong...
More importantly however, what kind of atmosphere would you prefer?</p>

<p>My impression is that URochester's got a very nice atmosphere - I guess I would call it...friendly competitive? People are competitive, but not to the point that it's aggressive. Like Hopkinslax said, UR students like to help each other. Hopkins is pretty damn competitive - the workload and the pace at which it goes is probably alot tougher. There's a reason why some people give up ivy-level schools like UPenn and Cornell to go to UR - it's because its alot more relaxed while still maintaining academic excellence and prestige. I know for a fact that at schools like Cornell, professors walk into a classroom with the mindset that not everyone's going to succeed - and something tells me the professors at Johns Hopkins probably do the same. That is less likely to happen at a smaller school like UR.</p>

<p>UR's unique aspect is its freedom of curriculum- you have no required courses. So while you're there you can focus your education on what motivates/interests you the most (in this case, engineering ... as opposed to spending your years fulfilling requirements in english, art, music, and whatnot - unless you're looking for that kinda liberal curriculum which you can pull off too)</p>

<p>Also - how much $ did you get? Cheaper is always better.</p>

<p>Hopkins is nice, but I wasnt aware of it's strength in engineering. I know CMU is pretty good for engineering, better than UR? dunno - they seem kinda even. I highly suggest you visit the schools and speak to professors/students to get a feel for the schools, but time's running out for the deposits so I guess you'll just have to base your decision on what people say and on statistics.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Hopkins engineering is stronger for BME and rated higher overall, CMU is probably the best but they didn't admit to ECE...</p>

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<p>I had a better visit at Hopkins and the people who I met there are closer to the people who I like and I guess I sort of like Hopkins enviroment better and it's massively funded nanotechnology research, so I'll be going there. Sorry Rochester and 8000 saved a year...</p>

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<p>National Research Council Rankings for Biomedical Engineering</p>

<p>Biomedical Eng</p>

<p>1 MIT 4.62
2 Cal San Diego 4.45
3 Washington 4.35
4 Duke 4.33
5 Penn 4.28
6 Johns Hopkins 4.25
7 Cal San Francisco 4.19
8 Cal Berkeley 4.08
9 Utah 3.97
10 Rice 3.94
11 Michigan 3.91
12 Stanford 3.86
13 Case Western 3.84
14 Northwestern 3.82</p>

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<p>Not bad, not bad at all folks =)</p>

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<p>It's funny I (sort of) picked Rochester over both of these schools. I was waitlisted at Hopkins and CMU and got into Rochester obviously. I didn't bother replying to CMU because their financial aid was a lot lower. The first way that it really became "real" to me that I was going to UofR was when I checked off "No, I plan to attend..University of Rochester" on the Hopkins waitlist card. I didn't ask to stay on because I know I couldn't change my mind at the drop of a hat if I got in without even visiting the place. I visited Rochester and loved it and I wanted to stay in the mindset of "I'm going to Rochester woohoo!" not, "I'm going to Rochester..unless I get into Hopkins." Now that I think about it I think Rochester is best for me because it is not as competitive as Hopkins and I felt right at home when I visited.</p>

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<p>:) Welcome to the UR community!</p>

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<p>ECE is not the only thing CMU is good at... I think most of the other engineering majors are listed in the top 10 by USNEWs... Anyways I think CMU is better than UR or JHU for engineering, but then I'm biased.</p>

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<p>Depends on what engineering. ECE, MechE, and EE are really good at CMU. If you really think your going into those 3 and have a better financial packet, I would go to CMU. You'll get more stuff to do, simply put. UR's ECE, MechE, and EE are not bad per se. But compared to CMU, we lack some of the more experiance, availability.</p>

<p>ChemE and BME I would have to say UR is a little more competative compared to CMU. Not that CMU is lacking in either of those fields, but both of these fields have very deep roots in Rochester (not the university). Kodak, the film company, during it's "splitting" period has spawned many smaller companies that continue doing ChemE research. And UR's Medical center is a big employer of BME people in various labratories and developing centers. </p>

<p>In short, we have more opportunites to apply the skills that you learn on campus than what CMU may offer, as we do have things that are close to campus and are on the cutting edge their fields. </p>

<p>I can cite for example the medical center's "Center for future health." They have on the fifth floor of the med center several BME research programs. My personal favorite is the high tech house. they built into a room on that floor a series of IR sensors and computer analyzing systems. (my info is a year out of date btw) What this system is capable of, is running medical checks on the person living in the house and assiting the person. For example, the IR cameras and regular cameras can identify if the person is feeverish a bit, or if the walking pattern of the person in the house is abnormal. In both of these cases, the house would ask the person "how are you feeling?" and the person can reply and a systematic health identification system will judge how bad the person is, and whether or not further consulation with a doctor is needed. </p>

<p>another thing I like is they are developing a band-aid with biochemical receptors laced onto the surface that will contact the wound, and will determine of the wound is infected. </p>

<p>Oh and UR is well known for its optical engineering program. Plus we have the largest laser in the world working on methods to perfect fusion. (They fuse atoms within the confines of the...uber powerful laser [right now it's a crap shoot with like...120 terrawatts going in and 70 coming out or something like that. but they're getting better])</p>

<p>Huff puff, I need to stop ranting....</p>