Duke vs UMich vs Cornell vs JHU (BME)

whatthefoucault
Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:51:33 +0000

Hi, I want to major in biomedical engineering (premed). I am really confused about which school to choose. So far my thought process:

Duke:
Great BME program, and is also the strongest overall school of the four. It’s beautiful and I can totally see myself loving it there…the acceptance rate was low this year and I know I’ll have a competitive class!!! But it’s out of state tuition…

JHU BME:
AMAZING BME program, but I’ve heard horror stories about how cutthroat it is…and it costs as much as a nice house over the four years!!! Also if I didn’t like BME, JHU isn’t as good for other types of engineering

Cornell:
It’s an Ivy…haha. Yeah. The engineering is probably the best of the ivy league, but still nothing like Duke or JHU. And it’s still pretty pricey. (And I’m a Meinig Family Scholar!)

University of Michigan:
Love it already. I live in state and got a full tuition scholarship for four years so financially, it’s solid. the BME program isn’t the best, but it has a good med school and a good hospital. But it’s just disappointing to stay in state when I’ve worked so hard my whole life…maybe I’m just being immature

So what do you guys think i should do? Thanks!