<p>I got into UNC-chapel hill (Biomedical Engineering) and UCSD (Bioengineering) as a Junior transfer. I think I am going to either graduate school or med school (if I can make it), but definitely a medical related field. Also, I am out of state for both schools.</p>
<p>Could anyone give me any clues? Perhaps just the first idea you came out with would help me a lot? Thanks a ton in advance!!!</p>
<p>ucsd handsdown.</p>
<p>UCSD has one of the top BioEng programs in the nation, so academically it is much stronger. That being said, what kinda undergraduate experience would you like? </p>
<p>UNC offers a great social life, including D1 sports, and school spirit. It is located in an awesome college town, and nearby Duke and NCState; I believe you can cross-register at Duke. UCSD is lacking in all of these categories, IMO. And, I’m guessing that UNC is $10k cheaper, even OOS (or it was last time I looked).</p>
<p>UNC doesn’t even have an engineering school. You also don’t technically major in biomedical engineering, but rather “Applied Science” with a concentration in BME. It’s not accredited by ABET. So, having said all that, UCSD is an easy choice if you want a career in engineering. If you’d rather simply want a broad based liberal arts curriculum with a particular focus in applied science and engineering with perhaps an interest in going into business or the like, then I think UNC could be a reasonable choice. Personally, I see UNC as a whole as a better school, but you’re comparing one of UCSD’s huge strengths with UNC’s weakness. (It’s not that you won’t get a good education at UNC in the program, it just won’t be seen as a traditional engineering degree by employers, which is a negative for engineering firms, of course. Might not matter for some business-type jobs.)</p>
<p>Thank you bluebayou! My friend at UCSD told me that the bioengineering there is very tough, many ppl actually spent more than 4 yrs to graduate, so I doubt that I am capable of it. I need a high GPA for graduate school, but I don’t want to study all the time.</p>
<p>Also, you were right about the 10k and I should take that into account. Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>Thank you bluedog! I understood that bme at UNC is not accredited by ABET. I believe I have to have a career in engineering in the future. But since I am going to graduate school in engineering, would the employers concern about my bachelor degree?</p>
<p>Thank you itsme123! So how do you like UCSD besides its strong academic in bioengineering?</p>