<p>I tend to think that it is more important to go to a good school then to attend a lesser school with the "current major of choice". My concern is that m D wants to study Engineering and specifically Bio Medical Engineering. Should she attend the best engineering school option or the school which happens to offer this specific major in the engineering department? I'm leading towards best engineering and forget the specific major. Any thoughts</p>
<p>Ideally, you want to attend a top engineering school with a top-program in whatever major you decide. Personally, with an interdisciplinary major such as BME, I rather would attend a top engineering program and get a great education and then pursue BME in graduate school or industry.</p>
<p>You want to go to an engineering school that is well known, first off. You can’t go wrong with that, and the education in the specific major will come along the way.</p>
<p>If she wants to do BME and her school doesn’t offer it, I have a hard time seeing her sticking out four years of rigorous MechE/ChemE/EE/whatever material in order to possibly pursue what she’s actually interested in grad school (perhaps not studying what she’s interested in will make her grades suffer, so she won’t be able to apply to as good of a grad school as she would have if she did BME in undergrad).</p>
<p>I mean, if I was choosing between Johns Hopkins (a mediocre engineering school in pretty much everything but BME) and, say, Cornell (I don’t even know if they offer BME), I don’t think Hopkins would be a terrible choice.</p>
<p>I support choosing BME if that’s really what she wants to do, I mean you should really major in the exact major that teaches the material that you intend to study in the first place.</p>
<p>I think it’s best to choose a school that offers BME. There are enough good schools that offer this major, so it shouldn’t be a problem.</p>
<p>Don’t underestimate how much personal interest affects academic success. I know I would’ve had a terrible experience had I studied a different engineering major.</p>
<p>Actually, in the real world, once she has her degree and work expreience, no one is going to care where she went to school. The name of the school will only really help her get her first job.</p>
<p>Besides, ten years out, its the quality of the curriculuim that will make you a good engineer. Not the name of the school.</p>
<p>If you want her to go to a top engineering school, but she’s concerned about quality of BME, a good compromise is my school (Gatech). It’s #5 for undergraduate engineering, #4 for graduate, very well known for it’s education rigor and quality. And, the undergrad BME degree is #2.</p>
<p>Yeah, you can’t go wrong in Georgia Tech.</p>