<p>I hear that most pre-med JHU students have an average GPA of about 3.1. If that is the case then how does anyone get into any sort of good medical school which requires a 3.8 GPA? </p>
<p>Is it nearly impossible to study undergraduate at JHU and go to a good medical school such as Wash. U, Duke, or JHU itself?</p>
<p>Because the are going to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. Clearly, getting your undergraduate degree at a school like JHU, completing the pre-health advising tracks, and doing research at the Medical Campus makes you a very viable candidate to all medical schools. </p>
<p>Hopkins does not grade inflate and the best medical schools in the country know that. JHU pre-med students place at the best med schools, just like students at top schools like Harvard, Wash U, etc.</p>
<p>Don't stress about average GPAs and statistics so much....choose the school that fits your academic and social preferences the best.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>the simple answer is that most of them won't get into med school. This is no different than any other non-grade inflation school. Grad schools make some allowances for schools with no grade inflation, but not a half grade point. The two prime criteria for med school are gpa and MCAT scores, then ECs. A 3.1 vs. a 3.9 at Harvard.....hmmmmm</p>
<p>I preface most of my posts by stating that I'm not an expert... but this is my opinion...</p>
<p>I've talked to Medical School Admission Consultants before and they compare it to football drafting to the NFL. We are going to a D1 school (trying to go at least), and we will be surrounded by the best "athletes" this country has to offer. Since we are almost on a mini-NFL team to begin with the medical school adcoms look at this and say to themselves... "these kids can play with the top dogs". Having a 3.3 at JHU is a decent GPA at this type of school, and might get you into some pretty damn good medical schools, someone who busts their ass off to get something like a 3.8 is telling the adcoms "I prospered in an environment where I wasn't expected to be this good". And this in itself makes someone a prime candidate for getting into medical schools like Harvard, Johns Hopkins, WashU, etc... So instead of looking at grade deflation has a hinderance to getting into medical school, look at it as an opportunity to really show those adcoms what you're made of by pulling off a great GPA for a school like JHU.</p>
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