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Anonymous wrote:I don't know for sure, but the BME departments often come from the ChemE departments (I believe this is true of Hopkins). ChemE is a punishment major. Meaning they have by far the lowest grad averages. So it's not a pleasant experience. That said, if your child is truly interested in it, go for it.

I worked for many year in interdisciplinary sciences (bio, chem, materials science, chem E, BME). It's possible to do the same work in different majors too.

2026 USNWR Top Undergraduate Schools for Chemical Engineering

1. MIT
2. Georgia Tech
3. Berkely

24. JHU

Not bad when most could have gone to Georgia Tech and Berkeley.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know for sure, but the BME departments often come from the ChemE departments (I believe this is true of Hopkins). ChemE is a punishment major. Meaning they have by far the lowest grad averages. So it's not a pleasant experience. That said, if your child is truly interested in it, go for it.

I worked for many year in interdisciplinary sciences (bio, chem, materials science, chem E, BME). It's possible to do the same work in different majors too.

2026 USNWR Top Undergraduate Schools for Chemical Engineering

1. MIT
2. Georgia Tech
3. Berkely

24. JHU

Anonymous wrote:Just talked to my current BME sophomore. She is headed to the movies with friends. This is a Tuesday at 9pm. Not too hard to be successful in BME if you're already a strong student (which most are)

Anonymous wrote:I have a current senior BME at JHU (who also has 3 premed roommates). Absolutely loves JHU! Tons of study groups within BME and sounds like the kids are very supportive of one another. Is having a blast in Baltimore (sometimes I feel like too much). Not sure of her GPA, but she was never really a kid who stressed much. No problem getting research after freshman year and then an internship the next summer. Already has a job for after graduation. If your kid is someone who enjoys working with others, they will find their people at JHU. Of course there will always be outliers like a PP friend who is studying 12/day, but that has not been my DDs experience

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Anonymous wrote:I heard from a parent of JHU freshman that it’s brutal. I think they were BME, but switched majors already and still struggling. The average class gpa is 3.4 and the kid despite going to all office hours, using all available tutoring, studying 12/day still can barely get a B in the hardest classes. The grade deflation is real.

I'm sorry, but this is really unlikely. Perhaps you got wrong info from your friend, PP, but it's hard to believe a BME admit is going to struggle to that degree in a less demanding major, even a STEM major. And no, the grade deflation is not that bad at JHU these days.

There are some admits who struggle because they came to a selective college very unprepared, for whatever reason. However, the BME program is quite selective and they tend to screen applicants pretty well. I really doubt your friend's kid was a BME major.

My bad, they are chemical engineering major.
I’m pretty sure the average gpa in her class was either 3.4 or 3.5 and her was just 0.1 above average.

So this shows the she wasn’t an outlier who came unprepared. I know that girl, she is extremely accomplished and studied extremely hard in high school.

Anonymous wrote:I don't know for sure, but the BME departments often come from the ChemE departments (I believe this is true of Hopkins). ChemE is a punishment major. Meaning they have by far the lowest grad averages. So it's not a pleasant experience. That said, if your child is truly interested in it, go for it.

I worked for many year in interdisciplinary sciences (bio, chem, materials science, chem E, BME). It's possible to do the same work in different majors too.

Anonymous wrote:Unless the alternative is BME or BioE at Harvard, MiT, Duke, Penn, Princeton, Columbia, pick JHU. If you have one of the other options, pick for fit. Go visit.
If Hopkins is the only top option it would be insane to turn it down.
DC is BioE at one of the ivies above. Good friend is Hopkins BME and finds the grading and collaboration is similar to the ivy. Lots of intense students but in a good way, all aim for top research jobs and most get one of their top three choices. On campus is extremely easy for every student to get research. They all had top summer positions after sophomore year.

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Anonymous wrote:I heard from a parent of JHU freshman that it’s brutal. I think they were BME, but switched majors already and still struggling. The average class gpa is 3.4 and the kid despite going to all office hours, using all available tutoring, studying 12/day still can barely get a B in the hardest classes. The grade deflation is real.

I'm sorry, but this is really unlikely. Perhaps you got wrong info from your friend, PP, but it's hard to believe a BME admit is going to struggle to that degree in a less demanding major, even a STEM major. And no, the grade deflation is not that bad at JHU these days.

There are some admits who struggle because they came to a selective college very unprepared, for whatever reason. However, the BME program is quite selective and they tend to screen applicants pretty well. I really doubt your friend's kid was a BME major.

My bad, they are chemical engineering major.
I’m pretty sure the average gpa in her class was either 3.4 or 3.5 and her was just 0.1 above average.

So this shows the she wasn’t an outlier who came unprepared. I know that girl, she is extremely accomplished and studied extremely hard in high school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard from a parent of JHU freshman that it’s brutal. I think they were BME, but switched majors already and still struggling. The average class gpa is 3.4 and the kid despite going to all office hours, using all available tutoring, studying 12/day still can barely get a B in the hardest classes. The grade deflation is real.

I'm sorry, but this is really unlikely. Perhaps you got wrong info from your friend, PP, but it's hard to believe a BME admit is going to struggle to that degree in a less demanding major, even a STEM major. And no, the grade deflation is not that bad at JHU these days.

There are some admits who struggle because they came to a selective college very unprepared, for whatever reason. However, the BME program is quite selective and they tend to screen applicants pretty well. I really doubt your friend's kid was a BME major.

My bad, they are chemical engineering major.
I’m pretty sure the average gpa in her class was either 3.4 or 3.5 and her was just 0.1 above average.

So this shows the she wasn’t an outlier who came unprepared. I know that girl, she is extremely accomplished and studied extremely hard in high school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard from a parent of JHU freshman that it’s brutal. I think they were BME, but switched majors already and still struggling. The average class gpa is 3.4 and the kid despite going to all office hours, using all available tutoring, studying 12/day still can barely get a B in the hardest classes. The grade deflation is real.

I'm sorry, but this is really unlikely. Perhaps you got wrong info from your friend, PP, but it's hard to believe a BME admit is going to struggle to that degree in a less demanding major, even a STEM major. And no, the grade deflation is not that bad at JHU these days.

There are some admits who struggle because they came to a selective college very unprepared, for whatever reason. However, the BME program is quite selective and they tend to screen applicants pretty well. I really doubt your friend's kid was a BME major.