BME Majors at Columbia

Colleges & Universities Columbia University
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<p>-What are some special/favorable aspects of CU’s BME major that makes it pop?</p>

<p>-What do graduates opt to do after getting their BME degree?</p>

<p>-With careful planning, this major can be done in years, right?</p>

<p>thank you</p>

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<p>A lot of biomedical engineering people opt for med school, obviously, but I’ve known some to take different paths, like going into banking/finance.</p>

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<p>Huh? Makes it pop?</p>

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<p>BME people I know did med school, PhDs in BME or related science fields, banking/finance, jobs in the industry (biotech, pharma, etc.), law school, etc.</p>

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<p>How many years?</p>

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<p>Is BME one of the more difficult majors at SEAS? (In terms of completing the requirements).</p>

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<p>It’s one of the more credit-intense ones, yes.</p>

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<p>BME anywhere is popular to begin with but at columbia its so popular because it appeals to the loads of people who do not actually want to be engineers and of course to all the premeds since its easier to knock off the requirements for both premed and your major at the same time.</p>

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<p>what i was told was that a third go to med school, a third go into industry and a third either go into law school or business…dont know how reliable that is though.</p>

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<p>its a 4 year major and you will complete it in 4 years…but you will probably have to take 6 classes at least one semester and most people i know have taken 6 more than one semester and sometimes even 7!</p>

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<p>According to the Spectator Chem E has the most credits required of any major with 63 and BME is a close second with 60! Here is a link to the article for more information:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2005/03/03/News/Columbia.Academics.A.Major.Decision-2030009.shtml?norewrite200607271451&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com[/url]”>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/media/storage/paper865/news/2005/03/03/News/Columbia.Academics.A.Major.Decision-2030009.shtml?norewrite200607271451&sourcedomain=www.columbiaspectator.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>At a glance you can see how ridiculous these numbers are since some of the other majors listed require 30-45 credits.</p>

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<p>Thank you Shraf. :slight_smile: That article was enlightening.</p>