<p>Excluding GPA and GRE scores, what makes an undergraduate engineering resume look good? </p>
<p>Is it just solely research and publications? </p>
<p>What’s waited more beginner’s research or volunteering at a hospital (For BME?)? </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>the research matters the most for BME. Trust me, I’m a Senior BME @ JHU, and I have done internships at NIH and a few other BME Companies, and I guarantee, it was all my research experience at the Hopkins med school that got me those jobs.</p>
<p>I also had a section on my Resume that had “Selected Course work and related Projects”–in these I basically talked about a few design team projects that I did in my BME courses, also I listed some of the Engineering courses I had taken thus far so that the employer knew exactly what type of course work I have been exposed to.</p>
<p>However, the chuck of my resume is Research!!</p>
<p>It never hurts to add a line saying oh btw I also did this at this place [hospital], but don’t make that your highlight!! 
Good Luck man!</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for your input. What sort of classes did you take? Did you emphasize on your resume? Which ones helped the most? Did you take any classes that were not part of the curriculum? (I think P Chem might help for nanotech and I’m thinking about taking that class. Would it be a waste of time or not?) </p>
<p>What about Organic Chemistry? At my school, it’s only applied Chem (which is abridged version of Organic and Biochemistry).</p>
<p>Well, you can find the official list of JHU BME courses needed for graduation. But other than that, they depend on what type of research you’re looking for.</p>
<p>ie. I emphasized Organic Chem I/II and BME Molecules and Cells [Hybrid of Biochemistry and Cell Biology] and Biomechanics of Cells/Molecules, when I was trying to work in a “Micro-fabrication Lab”</p>
<p>I Emphasized “Digital System Fundamentals”, “Intro to Electrical and Computer Engineering” “Data Structures”/“intermediate Programming” and “Computer Integrated Surgery” when I was trying to do research in Biophotonics/CIS/Instrumentation.</p>
<p>So yea, a lot of my classes are outside the traditional “BME” curriculum even though I’m BME. </p>
<p>I definitely think that emphasizing stuff like P Chem and w/e else you have will help for nano.</p>
<p>Remember, though talking about your research positions is key: What did you learn? What did you do EXACTLY? And how much of it was documented? This will help a great deal!! </p>
<p>If you have specific questions feel free to ask, and I’ll help the best I can :)</p>
<p>Oh cool, I’m looking into a micro fabrication lab. Did Organic Chemistry help? I talked to one of my BME professors and she said Organic doesn’t really help because it’s all Inorganic, Physical Chemistry, and semiconductor materials. </p>
<p>You took a lot of classes that are out of sequence from BME? Were you able to fit it all in 4 years? Did you take more than 18 credits a semester or summer classes to fit it all in? I’m impressed. I wanted to take Physical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and some other engineering courses (upper level 500+) but I can’t fit in my schedule for 4 years. I might have to graduate in 5 years. </p>
<p>What textbooks helped you out the most? What did you do to study for your classes?</p>
<p>I’m involved in a lot of extracurricular activities and that’s definitely one my main sale pitches in my resume. In fact, it’s most likely the biggest reason why I got my internship last summer.</p>