<p>Also, how selective is the committee in deciding who is an eligible candidate for medical school? I've read a lot about Hopkin having great acceptance rates to med, but I recently saw that most of these persons took gap years etc after graduation and that is something that I DEFINITELY do not want to do. If that is the case, can anyone tell me how successful the people who actually graduate and apply in the 4 years are at getting into good medical schools?</p>
<p>Also, what proportion of pre-meds at Hopkins actually get the chance to apply to med school right off the bat?</p>
<p>Jcan, you probably didn’t look this up thoroughly, but Med Students who want to go into Medical School immediately after graduation must apply towards the end of their Junior Year and the beginning of their senior years in order to receive a decision in time for fall of the year that they want to go to med school.</p>
<p>In that regard, Hopkins is absolutely phenomenal in sending students to medical schools. All schools, Harvard, cornell, Yale, etc included, will play around with their numbers to show boosted rates of acceptance. However, know that Hopkins is among the most respected pre-medical institutions in the country, if not THE most respected. Pre-meds from Hopkins get into some very surprising schools even with lower than average scores. All med school applicants can apply right off the bat. There is no limitation, and even if a student with a 2.0 GPA insisted on applying, the pre-med advising committee can not stop him/her. </p>
<p>With that said, if you show throughout your Hopkins years that you are hardworking and dedicated to medicine, the Committee will write you a very powerful and useful letter of recommendation, re-stating the faith of the Johns Hopkins University on you as an applicant. That tends to throw a lot of weight and credibility into an application.</p>
<p>typically, success rates with Pre-Med Advising range from 90-95% as well as from 85-90% for first time applicants. This is very far above the national college average of around 45-50%, I believe.</p>
<p>Thanks for the clarification. That part about the Hopkins numbers being untampered is what I could not find out about.</p>