Biomedical engineering at University of Texas

[sliceofbread136]

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This is the most poorly run department with the worst curriculum in all of the United States. Avoid at all costs. That is all.

 

[Jarudy]

And why do you feel this way, can't have one sided bashing without details /sarcasm

 

[sliceofbread136]

Upper division is set in stone with classes that should 100% not be required. Your classes are a mishmash of random subjects that have no correlation. I haven't learned the things that a freshman EE has learned. These same classes all have weekly homeworks. That's 4 long ass homeworks every week, with material that you won't be tested over. The tests for these classes always fall on the same week, usually the same day. Everytime. And every BME professor is just bad at teaching/structuring a class (I never know wtf my grade is until my final grade is posted). So I have to put up with this bull**** for 2.5 years. Even after you graduate, no one wants to hire a second rate electrical engineer. Because that's all you are.

The only reason anyone is actually in this god awful useless major is that it has the word medical in it.

 

[sliceofbread136]

I swear the department is run by chimps. I can't change majors though, because I haven't taken any classes that apply to any other major and I don't want to take 6 ****ing years before I graduate. I swear medical school is going to be a relief after this bull****.

 

[vapor90]

at least for my school's EE department, our faculty may be doing groundbreaking research and have an IQ of 250 but they cannot teach worth a lick. they also have the communication skills of a toddler. my study group couldn't solve a problem on a practice exam so when I asked the prof about it at office hours he told me that if I could not solve the problem then I should switch my major. this was for a fourth yr class too lol. my major isn't as poorly run as yours but 90% of EE profs are arrogant pricks imo.

 

[DocGodfather]

Upper division is set in stone with classes that should 100% not be required. Your classes are a mishmash of random subjects that have no correlation. I haven't learned the things that a freshman EE has learned. These same classes all have weekly homeworks. That's 4 long ass homeworks every week, with material that you won't be tested over. The tests for these classes always fall on the same week, usually the same day. Everytime. And every BME professor is just bad at teaching/structuring a class (I never know wtf my grade is until my final grade is posted). So I have to put up with this bull**** for 2.5 years. Even after you graduate, no one wants to hire a second rate electrical engineer. Because that's all you are.

The only reason anyone is actually in this god awful useless major is that it has the word medical in it.

I swear the department is run by chimps. I can't change majors though, because I haven't taken any classes that apply to any other major and I don't want to take 6 ****ing years before I graduate. I swear medical school is going to be a relief after this bull****.

Thanks for the nice laugh you just gave me, as I needed some humor it before my bio exam tomorrow. In all seriousness, just change majors if your unhappy or your grades are suffering. No major is worth being miserable for one semester, let alone another 2.5 years.

 

[sliceofbread136]

Thanks for the nice laugh you just gave me, as I needed some humor it before my bio exam tomorrow. In all seriousness, just change majors if your unhappy or your grades are suffering. No major is worth being miserable for one semester, let alone another 2.5 years.

I have a 4.0, but its coming at the cost of my sanity. And Im too entrenched to changed without taking atleast 3 more years of college.

 

[BA11]

The biomedical sciences department at Texas A&M says "Not so fast my friend". Got out as fast as I could.

 

[Midwestern Blot]

I think a poorly planned curriculum is probably pretty common in engineering. There is so much more freedom in a liberal arts/sciences degree.

 

[TXKnight]

This is the most poorly run department with the worst curriculum in all of the United States. Avoid at all costs. That is all.

It sound more like you chose the wrong major than the program having major issues. Having said that, I don't know in detail how bad or good that particular program is, but two out of the three friends I know that went for biomedical engineering at the Univ of TX at Austin ended up in MIT for their PhD's. Try to make your experience as good as possible, because ultimately, you are the only one responsible for your success in school.

 

[sliceofbread136]

It sound more like you chose the wrong major than the program having major issues. Having said that, I don't know in detail how bad or good that particular program is, but two out of the three friends I know that went for biomedical engineering at the Univ of TX at Austin ended up in MIT for their PhD's. Try to make your experience as good as possible, because ultimately, you are the only one responsible for your success in school.

The graduates could be getting their post docs on the moon for all I care. The department still has major flaws. Anyway I'm done venting. Have a good day everyone!

 

[BenzylAcetate]

Upper division is set in stone with classes that should 100% not be required. Your classes are a mishmash of random subjects that have no correlation. I haven't learned the things that a freshman EE has learned. These same classes all have weekly homeworks. That's 4 long ass homeworks every week, with material that you won't be tested over. The tests for these classes always fall on the same week, usually the same day. Everytime. And every BME professor is just bad at teaching/structuring a class (I never know wtf my grade is until my final grade is posted). So I have to put up with this bull**** for 2.5 years. Even after you graduate, no one wants to hire a second rate electrical engineer. Because that's all you are.

The only reason anyone is actually in this god awful useless major is that it has the word medical in it.

 

[therunner12]

Most BME programs are flawed, comes with the relatively newer major. Deal with it or get out.