<p>self explanatory</p>
<p>The engineering department at Stanford is overall strong, though supposedly neither Stanford nor Berkeley (two of the best engineering schools around) is at the top of the chain in biomedical engineering. Frankly though, I would be very skeptical of turning down either of these engineering departments (or MIT’s) for other schools that some online site ranks higher in biomedical engineering. Interests do change, and I think a strong overall engineering department is important. Further, I think much of what you make of yourself as an undergraduate comes from having excellent peers who challenge themselves, and most assuredly someone who’s doing engineering at top engineering schools has a decent likelihood of being very qualified and able. </p>
<p>Overall, I would say “yes” and would encourage you to apply to all of the good engineering schools you can. There are several in California itself for undergrad, and you probably should be considering all of them.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m sort of weary of those biomed rankings. But I am thinking of biomed and then med school possibly. Also my undergraduate career would almost certainly encompass some type of interdisciplinary, dual major, or major/minor. Would Stanford still be a good place for me to do biomed?</p>
<p>Stanford’s engineering overall is top-notch (along with MIT). I don’t know how Stanford’s biomedical engineering is, however, compared to the rest of its engineering departments. I do know that Johns Hopkins has the top biomedical engineering program, so you should check that out. But I’m sure Stanford’s biomedical engineering is also very good since engineering at Stanford overall is fantastic.</p>
<p>You should be advised that a huge part of getting into medical school is keeping a good GPA. Stanford and other schools certainly are home to some of the best engineering faculty. These include Berkeley, MIT, Caltech. It is, however, well known that the latter 3 schools tend to hurt grades. And make no mistake, while some of Stanford is said to be hugely grade-inflated, Stanford engineering is no joke to do well in, as I know from an acquaintance or two there. Now you may be confident in your abilities, and that’d be great, but in the end of the day, you should keep this in the back of your head, because if it’s going to be more trouble than it’s worth to make it into medical school from a given school (and how much is too much is really your own decision), you may want to reconsider. </p>
<p>If you want a dual major, you want to be thinking of what that other subject will be. Both Berkeley and Stanford are two schools that I like to say are good at most anything in terms of departments. That is a hugely attractive thing to some. </p>
<p>As for Johns Hopkins, well if you’re headed down the biomedical engineering + medical school path, it’s obviously a terrific school. But what else do you want to studY? And how sure are you of your career path? The most motivated students often ask the most serious questions about what they want to do after college, and hence can change their minds rapidly once they get to top institutions of learning and figure out what opportunities exist.</p>
<p>Stanford is amazing for interdisciplinary work. [Interdisciplinary</a> Programs: Stanford University](<a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/academics/programs.html]Interdisciplinary”>Interdisciplinary Programs – Stanford University)</p>
<p>You need to check out their interdisciplinary Bio X research program (which has its own kickass state-of-the-art brand spankin’ new set of buildings by the way)
[Bio-X</a> Stanford University](<a href=“http://biox.stanford.edu/]Bio-X”>http://biox.stanford.edu/)</p>
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<p>I have a question, why do you want to do BME? (other than wanting to go to med school)</p>
<p>You know that Biomed is an engineering program. Not exactly a boost to get into med school. Now I’m not saying you shouldn’t major int BME but just note that no one should major in BME unless you’re actually interested in studying the application of mathematical and engineering principles to medicine. The BME program is very math-intensive and if you don’t like math and engineering, you’re going to hate it. BME is definitely not the easiest way to med school. And you do have to know that most of the things you study in BME aren’t even on the MCAT or even come close. BME doesn’t give you a huge edge into Med school acceptance (it does give some). If I’m not wrong, your major doesn’t play a big part for acceptance to med school at all (there are business people that go into med, english majors that go into med). As long as you have the required courses. If all you want to do is go to med school, then BME is prnobably not the best choice. Like most engineering majors, it hurts your GPA, it is quite time consuming. I mean it seems like you want to go to med school more than BME, then in that case, I would advise you to stray away from BME if all you want to do is go to Med School. BME won’t help you really on the MCAT, nor will it help your GPA.</p>
<p>So I was wondering if you can say why you want to go into BME? (not that you shouldn’t if you really want to)</p>
<p>Well i really see two paths for me: Biomed undergraduate+Med school or Biomed undergraduate+B school. As for what kind of double major/interdisciplinary work, I definitely want to do integrating medicine/technology/business; also some schools have minors or certificates in neuroscience(coginitive science) which i am interested in. As far as Johns hopkins, apart from the environment which i dont find too appealing, I am afraid that if i choose to go the job/b school route that I would not have that many job prospects. And plus the interdisciplinary would not be as strong.</p>
<p>As for CDZ, I feel like my last post sort of addresses your question, but my eventual ambition is still pretty undecided. Im actually thinking of maybe going into one of those joint md/mba programs, but idk what i’ll do after. But i do love pretty much all subjects except english/law/poly sci area.</p>
<p>bump…10char</p>
<p>Stanford is great for all types of engineering, and BME is pretty good too here.</p>
<p>Though I’d like to give you another option to consider, though you don’t necessarily have to take it. Instead of biomedical engineering, perhaps you should think about Math and Computational Sciences, under the biology track. You’ll be getting the hard core math and biology skills that you’ll get from biomedical engineering without the crazy number of units. Also, you can get a lot of liberal arts courses under your belt with a math and computational sciences major-which is really important for your education if you’re considering business school or even medical school. It’s known as a “liberal arts major for the computational-minded”, though I myself am not majoring in it. It won’t be a gpa killer, but you’ll still learn a lot.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/group/mathcompsci/intro.html[/url]”>http://www.stanford.edu/group/mathcompsci/intro.html</a></p>
<p>Morsmordre, what BME are you talking about for Stanford? Because as a major, I know that Stanford doesn’t have the BME major.</p>
<p>Bio-Mechanical-Engineering? </p>
<p><a href=“http://ughb.stanford.edu/OSA/handbook/handbookfiles/handbooks/08-09/BiomechanicalEngineering.pdf[/url]”>http://ughb.stanford.edu/OSA/handbook/handbookfiles/handbooks/08-09/BiomechanicalEngineering.pdf</a></p>
<p>Edit:Oh shoot, he actually wants to do Bio med eng. I’ve been used to seeing BME mean bio-mechanical. Oh well, they’re pretty similar. I think.</p>
<p>Hey InvisibleMan023! I’m in the exact same boat as you. I really want to do biomedical engineering, but I’m not sure where to apply. I know that UCSD is ranked really high, even though it isn’t one of the highest nationally ranked school. I was wondering if Berkeley would be good because their engineering is great, but there med isn’t. </p>
<p>Why do you want to do BME? If you plan on going to med school, why not focus on just bio. For me, I’m still not sure if I want to be a doctor. I figure I’d be happier researching than doctoring.</p>
<p>Stanford is probably pretty good in BME because 1)they have good bio and engineering programs, so combined it better be good and 2) they have the funding to do a lot of research and already do a lot of research</p>
<p>Hey. Stanford doesn’t have an undergraduate program in Biomedical Engineering. However, you can create your own major. Stanford only has Biomechanical Engineer( in the Mechanical Engineering department) and Biomedical Computation which are a little bit different from Biomedical Engineering. BioEngineering is only offered for graduate student by a joint program between School of Engineering and Medical School. UCSD has a very good BioEngineering. Anyways, Stanford is a good school for everything. -Current Stanford Student-</p>
<p>To ngstar, I’m not sure about med school either yet. So i’m sort of in the same position as you on that one.</p>
<p>Asian75, do you know how different biomechanical engineering is from biomed? what if i just want to go into biotech or something like that? What would be a good major or major/minor combo for me then?</p>
<p>I am not really sure. I think biomedical engineering deals with tissue, genetics engineering, etc, while biomechanical deals with forces in the body i.e skeletal muscles, mechanics of movement, etc</p>
<p>Biomechanical is basically simmilar to mechanical engineering except you don’t take the thermoscience series. instead of that u take bio stuff.</p>
<p>I think i just found the answer to my question:[Stanford</a> Biomechanical Engineering Group](<a href=“http://biomechanical.stanford.edu/index.php?title=FAQ#How_is_biomechanical_engineering_different_than_biomedical_engineering_and_is_Stanford_a_good_place_to_study_BME.3F]Stanford”>http://biomechanical.stanford.edu/index.php?title=FAQ#How_is_biomechanical_engineering_different_than_biomedical_engineering_and_is_Stanford_a_good_place_to_study_BME.3F)</p>
<p>Asian75, thanks for that info. I wouldn’t have known until I finished my app otherwise. And InvisibleMan023, thanks for that link. If I want to go to Stanford and eventually go into Biomed engineering what major should I apply as?</p>
<p>As a side note, biomedical engineering has to do with genetic engineering and similar stuff right? Just want to double check.</p>