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Hi, I am confused as what major to choose. I am between biomedical engineering, biochemistry, and chemical engineering. First of all, could someone please explain to me what biomedical engineering actually is? Secondly, could someone tell me what schools are best in these fields from my list ( I need to narrow down my college list) : Amherst
Dartmouth
Duke
Harvard
UPENN
Williams
Yale
Brown
Cornell
Georgetown
JHU
Northwestern
Tufts
BC
BU
Carnegie Mellon
Case Western Reserve
Colgate
RPI

Thanks for your help

By Ariesathena (Ariesathena) on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 02:01 am: Edit

Hi Clang...
I just graduated from Tufts as a chemical engineer, so I can help you out a bit.

1) Biomedical engineering is a fairly broad field - basically, take electrical engineering, computer science, and biology/medicine.

http://www.cs.tufts.edu/~vanvo/biomed.html#9

is the link to a description of biomedical engineering courses at Tufts. The survey courses will give you an idea of what the major is about.

Biomedical engineering and chemical engineering are typically administered through an engineering programme (which is different from liberal arts; ABET requires that very specific courses be taken for an accredited major), while biochemistry is done through liberal arts. This is especially important when the university has a separate school of engineering.

Look at the required courses for each and see which ones sound more appealing. Take intro courses in your first two semesters so you can declare a major by spring of your freshman year while having explored your options.

2) The best schools for what? If you are talking about biomedical/chemical engin. or biochem, then Harvard should be off your list; their programme is terrible, students are sent to MIT to take classes. You may run into similar problems at Amherst, Williams, and BC.

Feel free to email me if you have any questions.

By Canadian007 (Canadian007) on Friday, July 04, 2003 - 10:44 pm: Edit

Ariesathena, can help me decide which school should i choose for Elec. Engineering?

By Ariesathena (Ariesathena) on Saturday, July 05, 2003 - 02:23 am: Edit

Canadian:
I could help a bit... which schools are you looking at? I'm assuming that MIT, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Cal Tech, etc are on the list (this list is by no means comprehensive - additional input would be welcome). Also, it depends on whether or not you want a university with a separate engineering school, one which is fairly integrated with liberal arts (thus enabling you to take classes), etc.
-Bridget

By Richen (Richen) on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 04:08 am: Edit

Canadien,

I would say the best schools in EE are MIT, Caltech, Stanfod, Berkeley, Swarthmore, Illinois at UrbanaChampagne, UT at Austin, Georgia Tech, RPI, Swarthmore and Carnegie Mellon. Of course that's just my personal opinion.

By Sony (Sony) on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 01:26 pm: Edit

For EE: mit, caltech, stanford, cornell, berkeley, urbana-champagne, ut-austin, cmu, and georgia tech. The first 5 listed carry the prestige and are most preferred by the elite students.

By Fonzie (Fonzie) on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 12:15 am: Edit

oh? only the first 5? so there are like polls on this stuff?

••••••••. UIUC is sweet.

By Neverxxxmore (Neverxxxmore) on Monday, July 14, 2003 - 06:46 pm: Edit

Iam a double major. My majors are, Theatre Production and design and English. Iam also, a student at Norhteastern University. I have to transfer out due to finance problems. So i guess what my qu. is what state schools in MA, NY have good programs for what iam doing? Also, what private colleges that are not that expensive have good programs? If anyone can help me that would be awsome!

By Ariesathena (Ariesathena) on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 12:03 am: Edit

Massachusetts: UMass Amherst would probably have both of those majors; watch out though, it has been nicknamed ZooMass for its size and frat scene. Amherst (unless its for engineering or teaching) is considered to be the best of the public schools in Massachusetts.

By Techieguy (Techieguy) on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 02:38 am: Edit

What career would biomedical engineering prepare you for? And I thought Duke and JHU were the best at biomedical engineering.

By Kkampani (Kkampani) on Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 07:25 am: Edit

Hi,im planning to do my masters in biomedical engineering but dont have any biology courses to show for as i am a graduate in the electronics field...can i get admission to a good college like jhu...or else where should i apply?my list is:-
Amherst
Dartmouth
Duke
UPENN
Yale
Brown
Cornell
Georgetown
JHU
Northwestern
Tufts
BU
Carnegie Mellon
Case Western Reserve
Colgate
RPI
Clemson
Stony Brook

By Microbialweapon (Microbialweapon) on Monday, August 11, 2003 - 07:53 am: Edit

oh yea,
Which has a better ChemEng. program at both levels: umass Amherst or lowell??
thanks
mW

By Microbialweapon (Microbialweapon) on Monday, August 11, 2003 - 07:56 am: Edit

last,
how is job market looking for chem. Eng, if there are any new graduates out here. is better to go out into the corporate world now with a Bachelors, masters or Ph.D. I'm not so sure but aren't Ph.D's more or less good for teaching?? i wanna make money. Help me so I don't caught-up in school for the rest of my sanity!!!!! Thanks