Is Hopkins BME worth debt?

Blah2009
Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:19:04 +0000

This is relative. if you want to have “very good” grades, you will need to work hard for them in engineernig, at any college. But being in the top half of your class? Your grades just have to be ok, getting Bs or B+ in your classes (doing the homework sets and getting slightly below average on the tests) would ensure this. While you have one anecdotal case, the chem e department newsletter suggests otherwise. If he had internships as you say he did, he shouldn’t have a problem finding a job. A lot of internships lead to full time job offers if the student does well after all. That’s kind of the point of an internship.

In fact, this completely contradicts your anecdote:

http://www.jhu.edu/careers/students/explore/pgsmajors/2005-2009%20major%20break%20out/All%20Majors/ChemBE%202005-2009.pdf

(only 2 seniors were looking for jobs in 2009 out of a 66% response rate). And look at the grad schools graduates are attending on the next page as well.