If I plan on doing Grad. School for Biomedical engineering which school should I aim for?

ericeo
Sat, 01 Aug 2015 02:28:24 +0000

The four schools I’d really want to go to for chemical engineering: UCLA, UCSB, UCSD, UCI. I can apply to UCI and UCSD this fall, if admitted I’d start Fall of 2016. Or I can wait a year and try to get into UCLA or UCSB. I’d have to wait another year because those two schools have more requirements to apply. I plan on going to grad. school for Biomedical engineering. Is it worth trying to get into a more competitive school and potentially struggling? Or should I go to a less competitive school and most likely graduate with a better class ranking? Which would give me a better chance at getting into a well-known graduate program? Any other advice is very appreciated. If i were to apply this fall I’d have close to a 3.5 GPA, completed a year of Chemistry, a year of Physics, and the entire Calculus series, and an internship as a lab tech at an aerospace company. I guess this also become a "what are my chances?: post.