<p>Is it possible to finish a Bachelors and Masters of science in Engineering majoring in Biomedical Engineering at Yale in 4 years along with Pre-Med?
Count summer classes while at Yale and probably about 8-10 APs transferred.</p>
<p>Well, it would be possible, depending on the department. Some departments offer BS/MS or BA/MA programs, but most of them strongly discourage it, as it detracts from a strong undergrad experience.</p>
<p>Honestly, what is your motivation for wanting to do this program? There are actually a lot of disadvantages to rushing your education, especially at a place like Yale. Your APs, if Yale gives you “credit,” only count if you want to graduate early. In other words, if you’d like to leave a semester or two early, your APs can count, but if you want to take all 36 credits, whether at the graduate or undergraduate level, your APs won’t count as credit. Yale actually doesn’t even give placement, let alone credit, for most APs – I took 11, had 10 5s and 1 4, and was told that I had 6 acceleration credits to graduate early, if I wanted to. Also, doing summer classes every summer isn’t worth it, just to get a master’s early. It would be more impressive (and MUCH cheaper) to get internships each summer.</p>
<p>I agree w/mocha. Why the need to do all of it in 4 yrs? Just to impress med schools? The top med schools want people who can demonstrate a breadth of experience anyways. Someone who’s been locked in a lab and chained to the MCAT studying table for the last 4-5 years isn’t as good as the one who had meaningful summer experiences.</p>
<p>That being said, the class top students usually can achieve something akin to what you’re describing – or at least that’s what I remember in the Alumni Magazine.</p>
<p>You should first concentrate on getting into a place like Y and also investigating other programs that value people who are choosing the BA/BS and MS options. They exist. Also BS/MD programs too. Check them out</p>
<p>[Biomedical</a> Engineering | Yale College Programs of Study](<a href=“Yale College”>Yale College)</p>
<p>That’s the description of the BME major in our course catalog. It doesn’t mention a BS/MS option. Other departments with that option would have it listed there. There are several BS/MS programs you can do at yale. You might want to contact the director of undergraduate studies for enginnering (google it). </p>
<p>Doing BME and premed is definitely possible. There’s a fair bit of course overlap. If you pass out of intro bio/chem classes you’ll just have to take others for your premed reqs. You can decide what you want to do. The major will cover your physics and math requirements, and probably biology and maybe some chemistry. You’ll still have to take english, and any other classes your med school might require (i think some want biochem or psychology, or like certain bio classes like genetics, cell bio, anat. & phys, etc.)</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice.
I just had another question, how similar is Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry to Biomedical Engineering?
What would be better a BS in Biomed or a MS in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry?</p>
<p>Have you decided on Yale? I’m an engineering grad student and while BME is not my field, I am in a somewhat related area- if you’re serious about grad school, it is best to look at Johns Hopkins, Penn and Duke. All three have much stronger biomedical engineering faculty and somewhat better medical schools.</p>
<p>That said, Yale MB&B is excellent and you should strongly consider that subject over engineering at Yale- which like the rest of the ivy league is quite mediocre compared to leading state schools.</p>
<p>You really don’t need to decide on a major now. In the end, choose the one you enjoy more. It’s a fact that English major pre-meds at Yale have the highest rate of admission to top medical schools. As long as you complete your pre-med requirements with strong grades, it really really really doesn’t matter what you major in.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice.</p>