St. Johns B.S./M.S. Biomedical Engineering

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I recently stumbled upon this program which is 5 years ( 3 at St. Johns and 2 at NYU Polytechnic University). This program is for Biomedical Engineering and by the time your done, you have masters as well. My question is that is it worth going to a mediocre school like st. johns or will it just it hurt me in future as i am applying job/medical schools. Also, they said they have an affiliation with SUNY downstate, do they guarantee you admissions into that medical school?

 

[LaxGoaliePharm]

This doesn't really answer your question but from what I've heard, engineering classes can be difficult. This could make it harder to get a good gpa, which would reduce your chances of getting into med school. However, having a masters degree would probably look good to med schools if your grades are good enough. Also, I'm sure that with a master's degree you could find a decent paying job as a biomedical engineer if you don't go to med school.

Sorry this really didn't answer any of your questions but hopefully someone else does have those answers.

 

[cfrost]

I would just add that it is very common for engineering programs to have a 5-year masters program so you are not limited to St. Johns if this is something you're interested in.

I'm biomedical engineering major at the University of Michigan and we also have a five year program --actually for BME a masters is kinda a minimum expectation for most companies so most programs assume that you will complete a masters (usually this is a five year program that is 4 undergrad + 1 masters), complete a PhD, or go to medical school (which is around 1/3 of my class).

As for guaranteeing your acceptance to medical school this is not very likely, as the other poster mentioned I would definitely take into consideration the difficulty of doing an engineering major. Looking back at my own program I can say that I enjoy my classes but they are certainly much more difficult that the classes my peers are taking in other majors. Realize that as an engineering undergrad you will be taking pre-med classes just like everyone else but instead of taking those classes with "filler classes" you will be taking them with engineering classes like thermodynamics and fluid mechanics (which will be just as hard or even harder than Orgo, P-Chem, etc).

Also just realize that although there is perhaps some minor consideration given to engineering majors in terms of GPA (some schools will look more closely at your MCAT than other majors), this consideration is really minor. A 3.7 history major will almost always get chosen over a 3.4 BME major.

 

[Obnoxious Dad]

I recently stumbled upon this program which is 5 years ( 3 at St. Johns and 2 at NYU Polytechnic University). This program is for Biomedical Engineering and by the time your done, you have masters as well. My question is that is it worth going to a mediocre school like st. johns or will it just it hurt me in future as i am applying job/medical schools. Also, they said they have an affiliation with SUNY downstate, do they guarantee you admissions into that medical school?

If you want to go to medical school, getting an engineering degree is absolutely stupid. Medical school admissions committees will not be impressed that you have an engineering degree. You will end up taking four semesters of calculus and all of that gory stuff like statics and dynamics. These subjects are useless in med school and the grades you get in them will destroy your grade point.

If you are a New York resident, save yourself a lot of cash and go to Binghamton. Major in biology, take algebra based physics and the science classes you need to get into med school.