<p>My daughter has recently been accepted to the engineering program. However, I have heard that upen is not very strong in engineering and many students who join engineering dont end up in engineering careers. I was wondering if this is because of the weak program or if this is due to some other reasons. Also, any feedback on the job prospects for a bioengineering degree will be appreciated.</p>
<p>job prospects are good, it’s just that most students come in to bioengineering planning to be premed, prelaw, or prebusiness</p>
<p>for very specific information:</p>
<p>[Career</a> Services, University of Pennsylvania](<a href=“http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/seas/surveys.html]Career”>http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/seas/surveys.html)</p>
<p>Thanks tenebrousfire. The link you sent is very informative.</p>
<p>Bioengineering is one of the strongest undergraduate engineering majors at Penn. As for the others, Penn doesn’t quite top the list so to speak. Due to Wharton’s presence on campus, many of the Penn engineering grads take consulting or quantitative financial analysis jobs. But if your daughter is certain she wants to do bioengineering, coming to Penn is not a mistake.</p>
<p>many penn bioengineers chose penn over #1 johns hopkins because of the superior campus life and atmosphere</p>
<p>The campus life and atmosphere at Hopkins is wonderful. I believe the opposite to be true of Penn.</p>
<p>now now, didn’t say homewood campus is bad, and both schools don’t have very good dining hall food; philadelphia vs. baltimore is another story though</p>
<p>in any case a person who’s interested in becoming a hardcore biomedical engineer or biomedical engineering researcher may be better off at hopkins</p>
<p>tene: Yup about the food, but it has improved tremendously over my past 4 years at the school. Anyway, I hope that Penn is as nice as you say as I am heading there for grad school!</p>
<p>you’re all talking about biomedical engineering… penn’s official name for that major is bioengineering. same thing? and what about their chem engineering? their major is called chem and biomolecular engineering, so is that strong as well?</p>
<p>penn bioengineering covers the same stuff as hopkins biomedical engineering</p>
<p>and our chem / biomolecular engineering program is good, but not as strong or as good as bioengineering</p>
<p>so would it be better if i switched my major to bioengineering? i’m most likely going pre med as well so…</p>
<p>you might find bioengineering more relevant to your interests</p>
<p>chemical engineering is like reactor design…
bioengineering is like orthopedics, medical imaging…</p>
<p>or check out what each department’s labs are researching</p>
<p>hmm yeah… i used to wanna be a doctor but then decided not to bc i didn’t wanna make sacrifices… so i went for chem eng cause i’m good at chem & math. but now i’ve grown up and realized i may only be happy as a doctor!</p>
<p>you may also find that your interest in chemistry and math may evaporate at the collegiate level… mine did kinda =p</p>
<p>hahaha well hopefully that won’t happen… and if it does hopefully i’ll find something else i love lol but what did you do once that love “evaporated”</p>
<p>realized that i am more interested in… other subjects!</p>
<p>like, healthcare management… legal stuff… photography</p>
<p>Finding your interests and aligning a degree program with your interests is much more important than the quality of the program or any of these other factors.</p>
<p>For example, if you’re pre-med, and want to become a doctor/anything other than an engineer, engineering is probably not for you.</p>
<p>Hi everyone! I’m not sure if this is off topic but I would like to know what are some good alternatives if I’m currenlty accepted by SEAS. Engineering seems interesting but I don’t think that’s what I really like. I also heard that it is extremely hard to transfer to Wharton or CAS. I really like creative thinking and such, can anyone give me some advice about what’s also good to study for in Penn? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>it’s only extremely hard to transfer to wharton; not hard to transfer to the college</p>
<p>no i think engineering is interesting, but i’d rather be a doctor in the long run. so i think i’ll stay with engineering and go pre med. i went to previews friday and they said a lot of engineers do that (esp bio engs)</p>