<p>Duke hasn’t mentioned anything about admitting based on interest…unless you indicate an interest that Duke doesn’t have, in which case your application might suffer. </p>
<p>As for Duke biology, I’ve heard positive things about it, can’t say much beyond that since I’m BME.</p>
<p>One thing though, BME and biology are totally different, a good BME department means very little when trying to evaluate the biology department.</p>