BME_Fanatic

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Hi David, I am interested in getting an MBA and MS, or MBA and PhD (in Biomedical Engineering). Why I'm interested in MBA: I am an entrepreneur in heart and very driven and independent, and also a scientist/researcher at heart. I have always been interested in owning/operating a business doing research to come up with new technologies as opposed to just doing it at a university since business is much more far-reaching (i.e - medical devices companies helping millions of people as opposed to an academic). Profile: Undergrad at top-15 engineering school of top-10 liberal arts university (in US) B.S. Biomedical Engineering AMET-Certified GPA: 3.800 (one semester of freshman year was 2.9, rest were 4.0 :D) GMAT: 790 first try! 4 years of research experience (did research from fresh-senior year) -extensive paper publications (3) in major journals!!! tons more in smaller journals -thesis award, senior honors thesis -business plan competitions across the country, from Cali to Wisc to MIT...won $10k at one of them -side businesses (e-commerce, campus ebusinesses) that i made with some friends of mine in CS -leader in an undergrad research program, attracted both funding and talented undergraduates (and was a fellow myself :) ) is there a way to do an MBA and PhD simultaneously (finishing MBA in ~3 yrs and PhD in ~5-6) or should I look into a 1yr. MBA and then PhD? or PhD and then 1 yr MBA? (because it would be much easier to get the best PhD fellowships first, without a year gap in research) what b.schools would reject a 790/3.8 engineer? :p i'm us born but an indian, does this put me in the pool of it indian guys?

this is for a friend who attends the same college as I do (in US) Profile: Undergrad: top-15 engineering school in a top-10 liberal arts university BS - Electrical Engineering, BS - Computer Science GPA - 3.810 GRE - 800Q/700V/4.5 4 years of research experience (entire undergrad) 1 year in an optical electronics research lab 3 years in a bioelectronics and biointerface/sensor R&D lab he worked as a software engineer at Maverick Software Consulting during summers (along with research) 2 paper publications in bioelectronics he wants to get into MIT. can he? if not, what are the colleges that he would be competitive as an applicant in.

seriously? no advice? 24-hr bump!

also i forgot to say if not, then 1 - what school could this applicant get into 2 - what could this applicant do differently to get into a top5/top10 school?

it might be very hard since you don't have a degree in computer science...they will look a lot at the courses you took. what is your CS background course/experience wise?

If you want to try and make it big, as an entrepreneur or business/industry/startup - oriented engineer: MBA (and possibly a MSEE with that to enhance your engineering skills) If you want a good job as an engineer in industry MSEE If you want to go into research and academia Ph.D look into engineering management MS programs as well, employers love those.

Hello, I need guidance on what is needed for admission to top-10 Biomedical Engineering graduate programs. Let's start with a hypothetical, shall we? :) Here is the profile of a Ph.D applicant (lets assume no MS is needed) B.S. - Biomedical Engineering AMET certified GPA - 3.800 4 years of research experience (have been doing research ever since the day i got here as a freshman!) broken down: Biochemistry (one semester, protein folding stuff) - unofficial publication/symposium presentation Bioinformatics (one and a half years, computational molecular analysis and algorithms) -1 paper publication in major journal Biomedical Engineering/NeuroScience (from the summer between Freshman and Sophomore until graduating, 3 years including summers, many different projects within the field of neuroengineering, both biology and engineering focused) -3 paper publications in major journal(s) Now I have done everything except in the BME/NeuroScience projects I do, only 1 publication not 3, however 3 is most definitely not an overestimation for what I'll have when I get my B.S. so could I get into John's Hopkins/MIT/UCSD/Duke/UWash which are the top 5 Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering grad programs? US Graduate Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering School Rankings would it make a difference if my GPA was, say, 3.7 instead of 3.8? what GRE/MCAT scores do I need? I am planning on applying to MD-PhD programs as well as BME grad, any advice on those?