Serious Dilema Bio-Med

JamesH5353
Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:40:06 +0000

Here is my ordeal… I am a senior, already admitted…

I rushed the application process ridiculously when it was my time to apply, I have dwindled everything down to 4 schools…

UCSD… Carnegie Mellon… Rutger New Brunswick… and Drexel University…

My major is Biomedical engineering, specifically tissue engineering when i get farther in my education. I am pretty confident in my desire to be a bioengineer…

I know i know i know that UCSD is the best program academically for BioE… but I fear not being able to afford it since i am an out of state student in NJ, and california schools really dont treat out of staters all that well… PLUS… I am in the BioE: Pre med major, not the BioE: Biotech major at UCSD… (This is what “rushing” my applications did, I applied for pre med top choice cuz i thought it sounded good… big mistake.)

I visited Rutgers today and loved the campus life, and its cheap, and not half bad academically, but is it recognized by graduate schools? (specifically berkeley when it comes time for grad school)

I dont want to make a “cheap” decision now that I will regrette in 4 years…

Does anyone know if i can switch into BioE: Biotech at UCSD… tehy told me over the phone no… but if ur an amazing student???

blarghh… stressful
Thanks a lot for any help…