How important is the type of research being performed at a school in choosing said school?

College Majors Engineering Majors
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>My daughter is interested in Mechanical Engineering but not Biomedical engineering and I noticed that a lot of schools especially those that have an affiliation with a hospital and/or medical program focus their ME research on BME.</p>

<p>Some examples of the schools I have looked at are BU, U Pitt and Case.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Most schools will have a variety of research opportunities. DS seriously considered Case for Engineering (at the time Undecided Engineer, but leaning toward Mech Eng). It’s a great school! </p>

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<p>For an undergraduate degree it doesn’t matter too much what the research focus it. There will be opportunities to gain research experience in a variety of areas and no one expects the student to continue their research on into graduate school. The experience is the important thing.</p>

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<p>I am trying to sell my wife on having DD at least explore Case.</p>

<p>I was wondering about the research because I was curious on how much that influences the choice in Senior Capstone projects.</p>

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<p>A capstone course is not necessarily a research project in the scholarly research sense.</p>

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<p>On the other hand, at schools where the capstone course is done in conjunctions with companies, the topics available will tend to fall largely into those covered by companies with which the department has a relationship, and that list generally has to do with research foci and regional business partners.</p>

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<p>boneh3ad is getting at the gist of what I am trying to find out.</p>