<p>It is true in general JHU is "easier" to get into than the other schools. This is mainly because of JHU's poor yeild(30%). It has to accept 3 times as many students to fill its freshmen roster. It's yeild is a result of direct competition with the ivies, MIT, CalTech, Duke, etc... Thats a lot of schools that the top applicants can be divided into. JHU, by many, isn't considered as prestigious as the other institutions I mentioned (in my opinion it is!). JHU also gets fewer applicants in general. I'm not sure what repels the applicants (misconceptions of the social life/backbreaking work, college rankings, etc). Don't think JHU is an easy school to get into (because it ISN'T!). 29% acceptance isn't high at all considering its yeild, and the applicant pool is just as good as those other schools. Pre-med(not a major!) is no harder to get into than any other major. BME is only a little more selective at 22%, which means most applicants that apply for BME (and get into JHU) are accepted into the program.</p>
<p>The social life isn't as terrible as many people make it out to be. Most people who say its terrible are actually not in the school. I can say it's not bad, and I'm BME at JHU. There are frat parties pretty much everyother day (I don't go to any though). The Student Council/Activities council/Student Life (getting better every year) has been sponsoring some excellent activies (Last Comic Standing Dan Adoot, Playfair, O-Show, Fall Festival, and a lot more stuff). Most of my time is spent in student organizations and clubs. I rarely find myself doing nothing. I find time to do things outside of study and I'm BME. I asked a few of my upperclassmen friends and they pretty much feel the same way (except days before a major exam).</p>