<p>Hi, this might be a stupid question but I wanted to clarify..
I have BME as my first choice major and Biology as my second.
I don't have interest in engineering other than biomedical engineering.. does that mean that if I get accepted to BME and I change my mind, I'll be stuck in the school of engineering?
Can you take classes in other undergraduate schools?</p>
<p>You can take classes in whatever department you’d like. You can change your major to any you’d like, across schools. I know several kids who started BME and switched to another major.</p>
<p>EDIT: There might be some major-specific classes, but I think even those, you can get into if you ask nicely.</p>
<p>Switching from the Whiting School of Engineering to the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences is a matter of filing a piece of paper. Essentially, one is accepted to both schools at the same time.</p>
<p>As previously stated, unlike with many other schools, applicants to Johns Hopkins University do not apply to a specific school nor a specific major. All applicants are applying to the full undergraduate university, and all applicants are held to the same standards. Upon enrollment, a student can choose the major or majors they are interested in pursuing across the Whiting School of Engineering and Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. The complete course catalog for both schools are open to all undergraduates, if you meet the pre-requisites for the courses.</p>
<p>BME is the lone exception to this rule. Only applicants admitted directly into the BME program are eligible to complete the BME major. Applicants to BME, not admitted into the BME program are able to choose from any other major offered at Hopkins, either in the School of Engineering or the School of Arts & Sciences without restriction.</p>
<p>As an aside, you may want to re-think why you are applying to the BME major. It is an ENGINEERING-specific major and the students pursuing the major are in it because of their interest in engineering. Your statement that you don’t have interest in engineering other than BME concerns me a bit that you may not know 100% what the BME major at Hopkins is all about. Make sure you do research, the program is not some glorified pre-med program.</p>