<p>So you can only double major, one in Trinity and one in Pratt, only if you are in Pratt? I want to double major in Bio and BME but I was accepted into Trinity. Will I have to transfer to Pratt immediately? </p>
<p>Is there any advantage to graduating from either school? I want to eventually go to med school but have an engineering degree for a backup. Are their significantly different core class requirements?</p>
<p>You have to transfer to Pratt in order to major in BME.</p>
<p>Bio and BME are completely separate majors with nearly no overlap. The BME core curriculum consists of 10 classes, only one of which (BME 101L) may count as a bio class. In addition to this, you’ll need 2 bio classes (which will count for the bio major), 2 physics (AP credit can count), 2 chemistry (AP credit counts), and 5 math (AP credit counts). With no AP credits coming in, the BME major will fill up 18 extra classes on top of the ones going toward the bio major. In comparison, most majors in Trinity are 10 course. </p>
<p>Also, the stuff learned in the BME curriculum are not very relevant to the MCAT at all. If you want to go to med school, I’d suggest not doing this since you don’t sound very dedicated to BME. Also, as a job backup, BME isn’t the best field–there are relatively few BME specific jobs as compared to electrical or mechanical. What jobs there are are mostly in medical device design and instrumentation.</p>
<p>I don’t know your skills or interests, but if you want a backup major, consider computer science. Everyone wants a CS, and you can transition into heavily quantitative and high paying jobs such as finance. Also, there’s a bioinformatics certificate, I believe, that nicely combines the two disciplines.</p>
<p>PS: you can look at the BME curriculum here <a href=“http://www.bme.duke.edu/sites/bme.duke.edu/files/Ugrad%20advising%20handbook_F11.pdf[/url]”>http://www.bme.duke.edu/sites/bme.duke.edu/files/Ugrad%20advising%20handbook_F11.pdf</a></p>