<p>jhu is as hard to get into as what other school?</p>
<p>You can't really say...I mean I find that JHU looks at their applicants in a much more holistic way than most other schools. I mean I can tell you that JHU and Cornell are both ranked 13 nationally by UsNews, but that doesn't mean that if you got accepted into Cornell that JHU would take you. Each school reviews their applicants in a different manner and it's difficult to predict if you'll get in or not.</p>
<p>It really depends on which pile on which admissions officers desk your app happens to fall down on sometimes</p>
<p>From talking to freshman its more like " I mean I can tell you that JHU and Cornell are both ranked 13 nationally by UsNews, but that doesn't mean that if you got accepted into JHU that Cornell would take you. Each school reviews their applicants in a different manner and it's difficult to predict if you'll get in or not."</p>
<p>im not sure, and no one bite my head off, but im gonna say that since cornell is an ivy, more people are gonna try to get into that school = more competition</p>
<p>i give the edge to JHU only because it's not freezing there 7 months in the year... and this is coming from someone who lives in buffalo ny. Weather is big for me so if I got into both I'd choose JHU. not to mention JHU's acceptance rate to students going to med school/law school are darn near close to 100%.</p>
<p>It all depends on what kind of student the school wants to get. If Student A has quality A, and school X wants quality A they'll take him, if School Y with the same 'ranking' (which is subjective) doesnt need quality A they could reject Student A</p>
<p>wasn't there a discussion about why the acceptance rate to med/law school is so high? i remember reading that they allowed people with a chance to apply or something like that and shunned those who didnt. but im not sure</p>
<p>Yeah, you're correct, BanKai. Hopkins only allows its top students to apply for medical school. If they don't think you'd be accepted, then the dean won't write you a letter. It's a dog-eat-dog world.</p>
<p>aboo, are you serious? so if i am a mediocre student, hopkins litterally WONT let me apply to med school?</p>
<p>they will let you apply, but they will right you a bad letter of rec.</p>
<p>Oh wow. <em>wibbles</em> I'm glad I'll have a choice of schools if I do get accepted there, then!</p>
<p>But is the converse true, that if you do well at JHU you've got a good chance of getting into their/another good med school?</p>
<p>how did you guys accumulate this information? or is this all in another thread that i should go check?</p>
<p>that is so scary.</p>
<p>i read it in another thread, here is the link of an article about jhu med-school acceptances:</p>
<p>This was posted in the "Best undergraduate pre-med program" thread in the "College Search and Selection" forum.</p>
<p>Yeah, hotpiece hit it right on the nail. That's the site that I found also while reading up in the pre-med forum. I was a naive little senior too just a few hours ago, but now I feel "alienated." It makes you think twice before deciding on a school. Yes, you're totally right rheasilvia, ifr you do well at JHU, you can go basically anywhere. I've got a feeling most of us are going into medicine. What are you guys planning to major in?</p>
<p>Right now I'm focusing more on MIT; I applied there EA and got in, which was terribly surprising. Before, I'd been really excited about JHU, then turned off a little by the fact that the acceptance rate to their med school for their own undergrads is pretty much the same as the general acceptance rate. As to majors: at MIT, i'd want to double-major in brain and cognitive science and economics. At JHU, something similar--maybe neurology/econ, or neurology/IR.</p>
<p>Hey, sounds like we're in the same boat rheasilvia. I got accepted EASC to Yale, but I'm still "shopping around." Where did you find those stats on acceptance to JHUMS? Really interesting. I was considering a double major in cognitive science and political science, because I really don't want to major in something super-difficult like biomedical engineering which would mess up my GPA and thus, my chances to med school (although I'd love to study such stuff). Do you think cognitive science will prepare you for medical school and still be relatively easy to keep a decent GPA while being interesting? I know it's about how the brain functions with relation to language, psychology, and everything, but I don't know much more than that. What kinds of courses does MIT have with it? But that's cool how we're on the same track - let me know what you decide and I'll do the same.</p>
<p>Congrats on Yale!</p>
<p>I'm honestly completely cold to all engineeringish disciplines ;). People laugh when I say this (get lots of "why'd you apply to an institute of <em>technology</em>, then?) but it's true. BCS at MIT is a fascinating proposition; I've heard that it's quite manageable in terms of a double major, and that you get to choose your concentration (neurology/neuroscience/psychology/linguistics/whatev). Of course it really doesn't matter what you major in anywhere; you'll be prepared if you take the pre-med courses, which are mostly prereqs at MIT, and those that aren't would be part of a BCS major. </p>
<p>I must confess I'm curious about GPA. Obviously that's a huge factor when it comes to med school admissions; that's something I don't want to jeopardize, but frankly, since I want to study things I'm actually interested in, and I've always had a good work ethic, I shan't worry about it <em>too</em> much until I go to MIT and fall flat on my face that first year. </p>
<p>What's scared me about JHU (my dad turned up the stats; I'll get the source when he wakes up) is reports of grade deflation and cutthroatness. I'm laid-back by nature and don't thrive in non-collaborative environments.</p>
<p>Wow, I swear we sound exactly the same. I'm sure if you were admitted to MIT, you have the skills to go anywhere. I'm totally laid-back too and I absolutely hate those cutthroat environments. In response to the deflation at MIT, unfortunately med schools supposedly don't take it into account too much. I was reading about that and Cornell in the pre-med forum, and they really don't, which is total cr*p. Who in their right mind would take a state school 3.8 over a MIT 3.4? I'd really appreciate the source of those stats whenever you get the opportunity.</p>