<p>CMU or JHU for pre-med? Which one is better? Where will I get a better college experience?</p>
<p>I'd say JHU is more known for medicine..</p>
<p>munkeegirl, will you be attending CMU? Just curious. I've pretty much got my college options in line (most of my schools made it easy for me--rejections :(), and I'm curious to hear from other possible CMU freshies.</p>
<p>JHU is ultra-competitive and they will discourage you from applying to med school if you do not have a decent GPA. The college experience is important and I would recommend CMU for that rather than a dog-eat-dog world over at premed JHU.</p>
<p>This link from last year might be helpful:</p>
<p>Consider that at Hopkins in your bio, chem classes etc I'm gonna guess a good half of the people will be premed....you'll be competing against them, so if that's what you want go to Hopkins. After all it's known for premed, it's a top school, but there's a price to pay.</p>
<p>I like the idea from the link that at CMU you don't even KNOW if that person next to you is going to go to med school....it isn't so overwhelming. And CMU grads end up at top med schools.</p>
<p>fwiw, my son had this exact choice not long ago. I'd recommend to do what he did....an overnight at both places early April. A sleeping bag overnight Sunday at CMU then the same week he did an overnight for accepted kids at JHU. He picked CMU without hesitation----you may like Hopkins better. Good luck.</p>
<p>I heard from my D that JHU is very competitive at the undergradaute level. You're better off at a less competitive undergrad and applying to JHU as a graduate student or for medicine at that time. The undergraduate experience is critical when you're younger so that you can get a good foundation in the sciences. AND the new labs at CMU are "to die for," according to my D.</p>
<p>sgiovinc1, I'm leaning more and more toward CMU (but I still have UMich in mind!) I'm just a little hesistant because I'm worried that MCS may not have as many students get accepted to med school. I know certain schools (or primarily just JHU) may discourage students from applying to med school, resulting in a distorted med school acceptance rate. However, I'd be equally uncomfortable if very, very few pre-med students at MCS were accepted if many are on the pre-med track. What are your opinions?</p>
<p>If you look at the link I gave earlier, a MAJORITY of Bio majors(not premed) do go to Med School (taking into account some of them choose even more prestigious fields like Ivy League Law or top research centers).</p>
<p>AcceptedAlready, I know it's way too early to worry about this now, but I feel as though I may not get in med school (not because of which undergrad school I will attend). I guess I just need some reassurance right now. By the way, how would you compare CMU's science departments (particularly chemistry) with that of UMich's? The atmosphere of each campus appears to be polar opposites, and the academics seem to very similar as well, but I'm wondering whether CMU will be worth the additional $8,000 per year in tuition. I think I've officially digressed from the actual topic. Sorry</p>
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<p>I didn't get a letter yet... :</p>
<p>munkeegirl, do you have an AIM screen name? I'm wondering what you think of CMU, how seriously you're considering it as a school to attend, etc. (Sorry if this sounds like an interrogation)</p>
<p>Did I not just give you reassurance? :) Majority = Good </p>
<p>No offense to Umich but besides the school Ross, CMU basically crushes Umich. I also believe Pre-Meds care about special attention, research options, interning, and focus from the faculty. These things you will get at CMU with its 5k ugrad population but not at Umich's HUUUGE (what is it, 20k+ ugrad?). The sciences at CMU are also highly reputable (more than Umich's) as CMU students are seen by recruiters as highly educated, intelligent, and hardworking with focuses in the sciences/tech.</p>
<p>8,000 is definitely worth it. My friend here on NH 5 is getting 6,000 this summer for research (he is Pre-Med).</p>
<p>I'm wondering what the social scenes are like at both UMich and CMU. Someone (who has now graduated from CMU) has told me that sports at CMU is not a big thing and that the campus is pretty much dead on the weekends. I know Pittsburgh is a great city, but is there anything to do on campus during my free time?</p>
<p>I bumped up the social thread for you so you can check that out.</p>