@pbleigh thanks for sharing your first hand knowledge of the BME programs at these 3 schools. My daughter wants to eventually go into medicine. She has been accepted at Baylor and A&M, and is waiting to heat back from UT.
If she went to Baylor, she would pursue an undergraduate General Engineering degree, which has a number of possible concentrations, including Biomedical. This is offered through the Mechanical Engineering department.
The tradeoffs you describe are very helpful, and we hope to come away from our trip this week with a better idea for which school is the best fit. Thanks again.