Chances of John Hopkins School of Medicine?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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I am going to be a junior this fall and I wanted opinions about my chances of getting in with the ECs that I have. I feel like my academics are pretty good. Please post any helpful suggestions you have on what more I could be doing to get into this school. This is my dream school but I feel like I don’t have enough ECs.

Shadowing Physicians.
Volunteered at many hospitals (150 hours+)
Varsity Golf and won the Coaches Award
Black Belt in Taekwondo
2 clubs at school
Coordinator of Ecology Club (soon to be secretary)
Gonna do some science state project next summer
Working on becoming a semifinalist in the Biology Olympiad

Do you guys think that I should join more clubs? Please leave any more ECs I can try to do.

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Here is my thoughts, someone else may chime in.

  1. Make sure your hospital experiences are clinical, not clerical.
  2. Make sure you shadow many different kinds of physicians
  3. JHU is a major research institution, you need some research ECs to impress those adcoms.
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Here’s the class profile page for JHU SOM: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/som/admissions/md/students/class_statistics.html

JHU is strongly research focused institution. You need in-dept clinical or bench research, preferably with a project over which you have primary responsibility for its success or failure. Publication is always a plus.

You are missing long-term community service with vulnerable populations.

Is you hospital volunteering in a clinical capacity? Have you volunteered in other medical practice
types?

ETA: JHU SOM’s admission rate is between 2-3% of applicants. Statistically speaking, you have an extremely poor chance of gaining an admission.

Average GPA 3.88 (range 3.8- 3.95)
Average MCAT 36 (range 32-40)

1 in 6 matriculants holds a PhD or other advanced degree.

EDIT: The OP is s HIGH SCHOOL junior.

There is absolutely no way to guess if you will be competitive for JHU SOM in 4 to 6 years.

Worry about getting in to college, then come back in 4 years when you have college GPA and a MCAT score.

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Wait! You are entering your junior year of high school! You do realize that you need a 4 year bachelor’s degree first in order to apply to medical school? Right?

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@ShrutiSapphire If you are clear medicine is your career choice, you can try BS/MD option during your HS Senior year. Visit the multiple program section in CC and there are many threads to understand the process and what it takes to get in to those competitive programs.

One other point is, be open, don’t get struck in your mind to do medicine only in one particular college. Since MD is so competitive and it is super competitive for Asians (assuming based on your handle name). There are many super colleges whether you have interest in research or non-research. So plan to apply broadly whether MD or BS/MD since no one knows the outcome even if you have a rock solid profile.

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Since you are in high school, none of this will matter 5 years from now if/when you submit your app to JHU.

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You’ve already received good answers about your chances now for the school of medicine. But if you want to go to Hopkins for your Bachelor’s as well, your ECs are fine. A demonstrated interest in research and community service / activism are the best kinds of ECs for Hopkins in particular, IMO. However, ECs like yours are pretty typical among Hopkins applicants. It’s really going to be a matter of highlighting the unique things about you through your application that will set you apart from others.

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ok. Thank you so much for your ideas.