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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]if your alternative is Dartmouth, BME at JHU for sure. But why not go visit and talk to real students instead of asking DCUM?  You'll get good information that way.

BME at JHU is a genuinely great program. The school is rigorous but the  story about everyone getting <B 's is completely ridiculous.
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OP - We visited both and we will try and visit both again, but unfortunately their admitted students days are on the same exact date so we need to pick one of them.  [b]Kid is interested in BME now, but has been interested in engineering for maybe one month now (they applied as a bio major to all other schools) and I'm concerned they will change their mind in a hot minute, especially if it's as rigorous as it seems.[/b]  [/quote]

It would be a good idea to probe kid's interest in BME further. I have a BME background and a DC that wanted to do BME since 10th grade. We had a lot of conversations and watching 'what is BME' videos to ascertain his interest is genuine. Initial interest was in Bioinformatics that continued through high school, including summer internship at a medical school, which brought the realization that DC is more interested in medical devices. DC was accepted at JHU and a dozen other top BME programs. Ultimately chose another private T-20 where he got a full ride.

BME is a vast field with arguably 3 main streams ar JHU: medical devices, biomolecular engineering and bioinformatics. Designing medical devices needs skills in ME, EE, CS, system design, biology. Engineering biomolecules needs skills in biotechnology, chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemistry. Bioinformatics needs skills in CS, Protein Design, Biochemistry, Genetics. JHU has Dept of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, separate from BME. Bioinformatics at JHU is within BME but with a lot of faculty from other departments, including medical school. There are a lot of cross-registration (required and elective classes) between BME, CBE and other engineering/science/med school departments at JHU. Aside from BME Senior Capstone, a Biomolecular Engineering student can take almost all of the classes that BME students take, if it fits their schedule.

DC was accepted at JHU but ultimately [/quote]

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