<p>OK, so I'm one of those people who knows very little about John Hopkins other than that it's basically a factory of brilliant genius pre-med students. Can someone enlighten me about the other areas of study at JHU? Surely you don't all major in sciences, etc?</p>
<p>I don't know the statistics on pre-meds at JHU, but there's lots of students in other majors. My daughter is starting there in September as a Public Health major, and she's a friendly, outgoing, athletic smart kid who wanted a good science school in an urban area. Best bet is to tour the campus if you are interested.</p>
<p>I don't have any numbers for you but chances are, if you ask, say 20 random students, I would say no more than half are pre-med (of course, assuming you're not asking people in a freshman-year bio course or the like). A majority of the people I am friends are not pre-med, and believe me, you'll find plenty of "brilliant genius" non-pre-meds.</p>
<p>There are no official statistics that I am aware of--mostly because being "premed" is not a major but a state of mind, i.e., an intention to apply to medical school at some point in the future. The last informal numbers that I've heard is that about 1/3 of incoming freshmen indicate some interest in medical school. That number always goes down (at Hopkins and everywhere else) over the 4 years of undergraduate study. Typically, something like 20-25% of seniors apply to medical school through the pre-professional advising system (which is optional although highly recommended), and 80-90% of those typically are admitted to medical school. In other words, contrary to the stereotype, the vast majority of Hopkins undergraduates are not premed--although there are a larger proportion of premeds than at most schools.</p>
<p>raelah: Be careful with spelling. Its John*s* Hopkins.</p>
<p>The percentage of pre-meds declines steadily and sometimes preciptiously as people who are going to be marginal for the MCAT are ruthlessly "weeded out".</p>
<p>This is not a criticism of Hopkins per se but a commentary on all major university pre-med
processes.</p>
<p>I think 20% sounds about right if I remember properly. I think it was something like</p>
<p>1/3 Engineering
1/3 General Arts/Social Science studies
1/3 Science</p>
<p>Pre-Law, Pre-Med, Pre-Vet, Pre-_________ are intermingled throughout all of those areas.</p>
<p>Whoops...JohnS Hopkins then!</p>
<p>xD</p>
<p>Thanks for that.</p>
<p>First, don't forget the S!!!!</p>
<p>Second, great answer bonaza. </p>
<p>Third, some previous threads that continue the discussion:</p>
<p>(1) <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/johns-hopkins-university/613071-questions-about-johns-hopkins.html?highlight=pre-med%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/johns-hopkins-university/613071-questions-about-johns-hopkins.html?highlight=pre-med</a>
(2) <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/johns-hopkins-university/614212-question-about-jh-med-school.html?highlight=pre-med%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/johns-hopkins-university/614212-question-about-jh-med-school.html?highlight=pre-med</a></p>
<p>It does have an amazing Medical school</p>
<p>The Med School and the undergraduate school are two separate entities. Doing Hopkins pre-med doesn't guarantee anything when it comes to their med school.</p>