iloveengineering

I was lucky enough to get into both schools, but now I can't decide where to go. I'd like to double major in either Mechanical or Civil Engineering, is that a real possibility at JHU?
Help please, any info is greatly appreciated..

DukeEgr93

This might be the wrong spot to ask folks to research JHU I'd recommend checking out the JHU BME page for details.

I can certainly tell you that either a BME/CE or BME/ME double is possible at Duke. Duke's BME Undergraduate Information pages will have info - the specific courses are listed in the Undergraduate Program Handbook. BME/CE is page 19 and and BME/ME is page 18.


Edit: The 2003 JHU ME handbook at least indicates that doubling is a possibility - see page 7.

danielhstennis08

if u want a life, go to duke... if u want suicide, go to jhu...

the BME programs are the same as far as quality goes

but this is just my opinion...

noobcake

^^^^
That seems slightly biased.

Senator Noodles

I can't speak for the general population at Hopkins, but I've met SOOO many JHU transfers here in just my first year at Duke and all of them talk about how cutthroat it was/how bad and annoying Baltimore was, etc. A couple friends are from Baltimore and also shared very negative stories of Hopkins. Obviously, all of this is quite biased, but I feel like at the point where I haven't heard ANY positives about life at Hopkins and the only positives I've heard AT ALL are simply that it's 1st in BME while Duke is 2nd, I'd take Duke over JHU. 1st vs. 2nd isn't a great difference and the aspects of life at the two schools make Duke the obvious choice (for me).

ecco1mi

well, clearly if they transfered it was because they didn't like it...

bluedog

I chose Duke BME over Hopkins BME (well, I ended up not applying to Hopkins since I didn't see myself fitting in there). As has been mentioned before, the social life and cut-throat nature of Hopkins turned me off (I do know people there who like it, however). Also, Hopkins is second to none when it comes to finding research to do with world-renowned professors (I think something like 90% of undergrads do some research). About 2/3 of Pratt undergrads do research, so it's no slouch either. I've heard, however, that JHU BME is more physiology-centric, while Duke's program is more broad in nature. That is, most JHU BME's go to med school, while only a 1/3 of Duke BME's go to med school. The rest go to engineering grad school, consulting firms, military, etc. So, the curriculum differences might also be something you want to look into. Going into college, I would have never thought in a million years I'd be interested in business, but my interests have changed and I'm glad Duke's curriculum has prepared me well for that. Not that JHU wouldn't, just a lot more consulting firms etc. recruit at Duke since Duke is more known for business students than JHU. It should be a fit issue, though - the prestige factor is not very different. Where do you think you'll be happier?

Also, I don't know anything about double majoring at Hopkins, but at Duke it is incredibly easy. In fact, some argue it is even easier to double major in two engineering disciplines than to have a single major. There isn't a larger number of required courses, just different courses, and you don't have to take as many of the upper level courses if you only had one engineering major. So, you're taking more of the intro courses in both majors, which can lead to some people thinking it's easier - this is up for debate though. Double major if you're interested in both fields, and have only one major if you're not. There won't be a significant difference in workload.

Senator Noodles

Obviously...that's why I said that "this is all quite biased"...