So I’m a second term senior, and picking my college isn’t like the light-through-the-darkness experience I thought it would be. I’m entering as a biomedical engineering major, planning on taking a minor in possibly electrical engineering (my highschool offered some courses so I’ve been entertaining the idea). I don’t know whether I would continue to grad school or med school from undergrad, but in any case I want to put myself in the best position possible for success in the next few years. I also don’t mind graduating in five years rather than four, because some schools offer five year masters programs so that really has no impact on my decision.
I’m considering SUNY Stony Brook, Stevens institute of technology, tcnj North Carolina state university at Raleigh, and university of South Carolina at Columbia.
I’ve made uc davis/Irvine, and NYU poly, but am not considering them because they are expensive, and although my parents are willing to pay for it I don’t want to effect the options for my younger siblings.
I’ve visited the schools (nc state I’ll visit next week), seen all the BIOMED options and here’s what I understand:
Nc states program is run with unc chapel hill, and is ranked in the 30s I believe,
Uscarolina is not ranked in the program, but is around 110 nationally and within the top hundred in the nation for most of their engineering programs, with a class sizes of under 100 for the major( and the campus is beautiful)
SUNY stony brook is in the top 50 for the program and class size of about 50
Tcnj is a popular name in the area and has a class size of 20, but theres no graduate school and I have mixed feelings about it, although it also has a very nice campus
Stevens is a great program and also had a great name in my area (when I say a great name, I simply mean its respected professionally)
I would be paying about 20k give or take for any of these schools, so it’s really about the program. The past two years I’ve found Ive had slight seasonal depression, like I can get through my schoolwork but I really just can’t get myself to go out, so north and South Carolina are my favorite options; however, I want a great future, so if those aren’t the best academic options for me, and will hurt my future I want to know the honest truth. Will being a hardworking student be enough, or can my undergrad choice potentially make or break me?