<p>I'm considering majoring in Biomedical Engineering. I live in Michigan, so obviously U of M would be a good option.
However, I prefer and would do better at a smaller college or university with intimate classes and personal relationships with professors. Are there any smaller schools with good engineering programs (preferably biomedical) in or around Michigan (Ohio, northern Illinois, eastern New York area) that I would most likely get into and receive academic scholarships from??</p>
<p>Info: high school junior, female
AP: 5 on APUSH; Currently taking Psych, Comp, Chem; Will Take: Calc AB, Bio, Lit
GPA: 4.36 CUM weighted, 4.0 unweighted
ACT: 32, 33 Super-score
Athletics: Freshman/JV volleyball, 4-year varsity tennis
Extra-Curricular: 2 years working at vet, 3 year NHS, 1 year debate
My school doesn't do class rank, btw.</p>
<p>Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland is AWESOME in Biomedical Engineering and is significantly smaller than Michigan. I do not know if they give our merit scholarships though, but it is worth a look. Rice is also excellent and small, but it is located in Houston. Although no small, Northwestern is smaller than Michigan and has a top notch Biomedical Engineering prgram. Again, I am not sure if either gives out merit scholarships, but both are generous with aid if needed. </p>
<p>And do not forget about MIT!</p>
<p>Finally, do not give up on Michigan. Although it is large, Engineering has its own quiet campus and the university has the resources to make it a personal experience.</p>
<p>Also check out Rose Hulman. Both Case and Rose Hulman give generous academic scholarships to some students.</p>
<p>Check out Cooper Union.</p>
<p>I don’t think Cooper Union and Rose Hulman offer concentrations in Biomedical Engineering.</p>
<p>For a Michigan resident who wants to study biomedical engineering it’s hard to see how you pass up the University of Michigan. But I suppose it’s good to have some alternatives to consider. I agree with Alexandre that Case Western is a good option, and I believe they do offer some nice merit scholarships. </p>
<p>Another possibility is Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, which is closer than you think: from Detroit, Pittsburgh is almost exactly the same distance as Chicago, though Michiganders usually think of Chicago as being “nearby” in the Midwest and Pittsburgh being far away “in the East.” Not sure about merit aid, and their need-based aid is less than ideal with many people getting “gapped” but it’s an excellent engineering school, and FA is something you’d need to investigate.</p>
<p>I believe Northwestern is purely need-based but they do meet 100% of need. Same for Cornell, the other obvious top engineering school in the geographic arc you describe. At 18,000+ and 20,000+ students respectively, these schools are not small by any means, but then Michigan is 40,000 so I suppose it’s all relative.</p>
<p>The University of Rochester in western New York State has a decent biomedical engineering program, but not as highly regarded as those mentioned above. A little further afield, RPI in Troy, NY (near Albany, so pretty far east) is a small, high-quality engineering school with a decent biomedical engineering program. Not sure about FA at these school. But if you’re going to go that far, you might also look at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, actually slightly closer to Michigan than the eastern part of NY (because of the way the coast bends), which US News ranks #1 in biomedical engineering. Wash U in St. Louis also has a very good biomedical engineering program.</p>
<p>Then, after you’ve looked at all those, go to Michigan!</p>
<p>Rose Hulman does offer Bio medical engineering but usually limits grants/scholarships to 1/2 of tuition.</p>