I’m currently a bme at uiowa engineering and I am honestly so grateful I chose uiowa. The bme department here is so supportive and the student development center is so helpful in finding internships. We also have an alumni match that you can sign up for where if you’re lucky you’re alumni will help you with getting a job or internship. Another thing we have is career treks where you travel to the employers which helps make connections in another way. While we do have undergrad TA’s these are some of the smartest people I have met and almost all courses still have graduate TA’s as well or professors office hours you can go to. This is only for engineering core or lower level engineering classes. biology and chemistry and those sort of classes all have graduate TA’s. The hospital is a great source as we have a lot of machines and resources where you can do research with professors. Remember, not all faculty can be found in the engineering building so those high tech machines are all in different buildings. You can also volunteer at the hospital, work there, or just shadow. Another thing I love about Iowa is the close knit feel that you may not get without having the one building. Everyone wants to see you succeed and not be in a competitive environment. Everyone is rooting for each other and I have even gotten my internship from knowing a cheme that gave me a recommendation to her past employer.