John Hopkins vs University of Florida?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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I was admitted into both of these schools for undergrad, and I applied for a biochem major. Also, University of Florida will be much MUCH cheaper since i have in-state. I would like to choose uni of florida solely because of the lower cost, especially since John Hopkins is very pricey, and I only got 5,000$ in aid/year. I applied for a biochem but there is a possibility of me doing medical school after, however I’m not sure. To what extent does my undergrad school matter/ affect me? Should I choose John Hopkins of University of Florida?

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UF, hands-down, especially if there is any chance that medical school is on the horizon.

Not taking anything away from JHU, but that tuition is steep. Wow.

A friend of ours graduated from UF medical school (and UF undergrad) and got an excellent education.

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I concur. Choose UF.

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I don’t really understand how someone could choose UF over Hopkins…Hopkins is such a better school…

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But lower cost is definitely good

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I suspect this is a false post given he can’t get the name right

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Now, that’s just a silly thing to do.

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I love Hopkins but UF hands-down. Money matters - especially if you also plan on funding your medical school expenses. Furthermore, Florida has a large number of established medical schools (7 MD programs last I checked) given its in-state applicant pool size (compared to CA and TX with 11 and 10 MD schools each, but larger in-state applicant size), so keeping your Florida connection strong and being one of the many students that stay in Florida and matriculate into Florida medical school isn’t a bad way to go at all.

Here’s some data: https://www.aamc.org/download/321460/data/factstablea3.pdf I was surprised to see how much Florida in-state applicants has grown just in the past cycle (12.4%!)

Where someone might benefit from Hopkins is if they lose motivation for medicine while in undergrad or become lazy and lose focus (that whole birds-of-a-feather thing). Hopkins will have more hard-working premed students with more opportunities for research, support, outreach, etc. (hence the price tag), but if you’re a go-getter and focused (which I assume you are since you got accepted to Hopkins) and do well at UF you can get many of the same opportunities with a UF undergrad degree as a Hopkins degree when applying to med schools.

It’s easy to think that these elite schools make the elite graduates they churn out, but I think it is just as likely that they are enrolling the best students who were bound to be successful no matter where they went.