<p>Hi,
I got into Duke Pratt for BME last year and for reasons unbeknownst to me I chose to go to Uchicago instead.I am doing well in pretty much the hardest courseload for a physics math and bio major but i am absolutely horrible and now really am convinced I would like to be doing BME instead. Does Duke hate people that didn't go there given the first chance? Or will transferring be not too much of a problem. Does anyone have any ideas on this?</p>
<p>thanks a lot</p>
<p>I don't know for sure, but I strongly doubt that duke "hates" people like you. That said, I wouldn't say transferring will be easy. Do you have a solid college GPA?
You sound like you have a demanding curriculum already, but remember that Duke BME won't be easy either.</p>
<p>Also, remember the things that made you choose UChicago in the first place. Duke is pretty different. Are you a freshman? Make sure you think this through.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that Duke accepts really few transfers.Also,this year Pratt has been overenrolled by atleast 50 kids, and they might not accept any transfers at all.</p>
<p>oh, i pretty much chose chicago because in senior year i had a sudden urge to do math and physics when my whole life had pretty much been in love with medicine and helping people and bio, i went to intel junior and senior year for biomedical engineering projects and after i came here i realized i don't want to end up doing physics and math and really truly truly want to do biomedical engineering which is really funny since i got into bme at duke. also, socially uchicago is not really fit for me. i fit in a lot more when i prospied at duke. my decision was pretty much based on physics and math.</p>
<p>yeah, well, I think the bottom line is don't expect an automatic admit because you got in once. As abduke said, Pratt already had a higher enrollment than they expected: they wanted 50 more students than normal and they got 90 more, so transferring will be really tough for pratt. I think they'll pretty much treat you like every other transfer, and it's not easy to transfer in here. Keep in mind that there are lots of well-qualified applicants that didn't already get a chance to come here, the admissions committee might look at them first, but I don't know.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>