Cornell University v. Dartmouth v. Johns Hopkins (BME program) v. UC Berkeley

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<p>I'm having a hard time deciding. Location is not a factor. I'm thinking of maybe going into Pre-Med, but not 100% sure (I also have interests in liberal arts). Thinking of also possibly going to ivy league later (HYP) for graduate. Which one has the best academics/sets me up best?</p>

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<p>Hands down Dartmouth! Dartmouth is amazing for pre-med while JHU is perfect for Medical School~~</p>

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<p>Location needs to be a factor. You’re LIVING there for 4 years. Do you honestly enjoy rural, suburban, and urban environments equally? For grad school placement, I think Dartmouth is the best pick.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the response! I enjoy the cold weather and I don’t mind the small, rural area (lower crime rate and great outdoor facilities :D). </p>

<p>Ashkenazy, could you explain your reason to why you say Dartmouth is great for pre-med? Thanks!</p>

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<p>why don’t you try these threads:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/965913-dartmouth-premed-program.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/965913-dartmouth-premed-program.html&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/91859-premed-dartmouth.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dartmouth-college/91859-premed-dartmouth.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>For BME, Hopkins is the easy choice – The Hop is generally considered #1 in BME. But note, any type of ‘E’ is generally a gpa killer.</p>

<p>For general premed, it’s a personal choice. Both do premed; at Dartmouth I would guess a quarter of the incoming Frosh are premed, at Hopkins its closer to 35%, making it a tad more intense. Both have great liberal arts. Both have excellent grad school placement.</p>

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<p>Why did you apply for Hopkins’ Biomedical Engineering Program, an elite program ranked #1 in the world, when you want to go “into Pre-Med, but not 100% sure (I also have interests in liberal arts)?” </p>

<p>By all means, let someone else who seriously has a passion and desire have that elusive BME spot. Someone who will truly appreciate it. If you do not have a passion for that now, how will you muster up the drive to do the massive amounts of work that degree requires in the next four years? </p>

<p>If you want Pre-Med or Liberal arts, you should have applied to Hopkins’ Zanvyl-Krieger school, not Whiting school of engineering. It doesn’t make sense.</p>

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<p>rather harsh, lagunal. Perhaps the OP just finds the field of BME fascinating. (I know I do.) And where does it say that a pre-Engineer should not want to take liberal arts courses? With top notch engineering and lit/hume, Hopkins is perfect for those kinds of interests.</p>

<p>And no, the OP would not be taking someone’s “spot”. Hopkins knows that some of its BME matriculants, just like a bunch of its premeds, will not be able to run the gauntlet and will ultimately end up majoring in something else; thus, they over-enroll in that major.</p>

<p>According to Hopkins’ own website (advertisement) reason #4 to attend the Whiting School of Engineering:</p>

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<p>Thank you. I have decided that I would like to do pre-med track and perhaps just take some liberal arts courses on the side as a hobby. I have narrowed my choices down to Dartmouth and Johns Hopkins. If I attend Johns Hopkins, the only
underside of the BME program is tha I am not focused in the “E” part. I know that the locations are both so different but I can see myself at both, it now all comes down to academics and what will be better.</p>