<p>There are a lot of topics like this, but I really don't know which school to choose. </p>
<p>I want to be pre-med, and I think I would have more opportunities at Grinnell (along with a nice GPA and, hopefully, MCAT score). However, I think if I maintain a good GPA at Johns Hopkins and get a really good MCAT score, then it might be better to go to JHU instead.</p>
<p>Also, will med schools look down on me if I don't go the biomedical engineering route at JHU? I know JHU says it doesn't matter what major pre-meds usually choose, but would med schools care that I didn't go with BME?</p>
<p>So, in addition to the above question, which school would offer me the better deal in terms of pre-med?</p>
<p>It is really whichever school you would perform better at.</p>
<p>I would say that Grinnell has less science majors (as opposed to Hopkins, with its big BME program), so you would probably have a higher GPA at Grinnell.</p>
<p>I think this mostly comes down to location preference; Iowa vs. Baltimore is a BIG difference. Beyond that, I'm not very familiar with it's premed program, but I imagine the tradeoff would be similar to other LAC's (closer relationships with professors, more individual attention, but less research/clinical exposure on campus). For some thoughts on Hopkins, see the thread 'If JHU is such an amazing school for pre-meds...'</p>
<p>Thanks, but would that matter if they look at the schools, though? Because if I got like a 3.9 at Grinnell or a 3.5-6 at JHU, wouldn't they like it better if I had gone to JHU?</p>