hello! currently debating between two schools: ucsd and georgia tech. at ucsd, my major is bioengineering with a focus on biosystems at warren, and at tech it’s biomedical engineering. I’m leaning a bit towards ucsd, just because I’m from the bay area, but I still haven’t made my decision.
if anyone has any insight on what I should consider before making my final decision, I would be so thankful!
What’s your cost for each? Is that affordable? Keep in mind that a graduate degree is typically required for jobs in the field. Another consideration is your work ethic. GT has a notoriously intense workload, and students there will say BME is the hardest of all the majors.
Students all say whatever their major is…is the hardest major. 
I meant that GT students of other majors will tell you BME is the hardest. I have a kid there in industrial engineering, one of the “easier” engineering majors (if there’s such a thing), and even he gets his butt kicked by the workload. Last family visit, his brother, a recent electrical grad, told him to be thankful he’s not in electrical. He laughed and said yeah, but at least it’s not biomed. His biomed frat brothers are never around. His roommate agreed.
@Chardo the cost is about the same because I got aid, so it shouldn’t be a problem. I generally work hard - but are students at GT happy?
Biomedical engineering majors are probably more likely to be premeds, so they may be more stressed about having to earn 3.7 GPA for medical school admission rather than 3.0 GPA for engineering employment.
@minyoonji biosystems is a great program at UCSD, and I’m not sure that any marginally better education you could get at ga tech would make out of state tuition worth it over SD and the biotech industry here. Also, the professor who runs the senior design track told me that BSYS is on track to get ABET accreditation, which is kind of useful (less so for BME than MechE, I guess). Have you gotten a chance to tour both schools? They’re in very different parts of the country, with very different demographics and campus climate