Which one is better?
JHU. 100% Also they have way more opportunities for work and internships in a hospital, since they are right in Baltimore. Duke is a little bit in the middle of nowhere (trust me I spent a summer studying at Duke: complete isolation)
Duke is not isolated. There are hospitals in the area, and it is located in the greater Research Triangle area.
Funny, my daughter’s best friend from high was over our place last night, she was a pre-med at JHU and is now applying to med school. She said if she had to do it again she wouldn’t go to JHU. It was very cut throat to get good grades. She made some good friends, but thought the environment was very stressful.
Both r excellent schools and Duke is in research triangle area with tons of medical research related firms. Also, it is in a much nicer environment, climate- and safety-wise.
Heard very similar things about JHU, getting good gpa is very hard (guess they haven’t received the grade inflation memo yet) and I don’t think it is a walk in the park in Duke, but JHU (and Princeton for that matter), seems to be in the hard to get strong gpa group.