<p>I am considering applying to John's Hopkins just because I feel as though I would have a higher chance of getting into their Medical School. Is this true?</p>
<p>No.</p>
<p>At any given med school, far more students are accepted from outside the med schools undergrad institution than inside it. </p>
<p>I was talking one day with a pre-med advisor at WashU, a very comparable school at both the undergrad and med school level to JHU, and she said that the one mistake WashU students make is thinking going to WashU undergrad will give them a leg up to the med school. It doesn’t. The hidden secret is, WashU Med limits the number of undergrads from WashU it admits and practically EVERYBODY who is pre-med at WashU applies to the med school - so the admission rate is horrible. And the fact that there are a few who qualify for auto-admission to WashU med through the University Scholars program lowers the number of slots available to ordinary WashU pre-meds even more.</p>
<p>I’m sure the situation is the same at JHU and every other med school in the country. They all like to mix up their classes from other institutions. In short, it’s just silly to try and target a med school before you have any idea what your MCAT and undergrad GPAs (cumulative and pre-med) are. That is likely to be an exercise in futility.</p>
<p>You may want to evaluate how very competitive JHU undergrad pre med may be.</p>
<p>Choose the UG that fits you personally the best. I mean your personality and wide range of interest. Your goal is to have very high college GPA and a decent MCAT score. So your personal fit is the most important. Being miserable will not produce results. Medical Schools do not care about the name of your UG. Just get appropriate stats, participate in medical ECs (opportunities for that are everywhere, at every UG, including those that do not have Medical school), grow personally - do not overlook opportunities for this aspect, which seems to be neglected by many.
If such place happen to be JHU, then attend at JHU. If it is another UG, then attend there. At this point, got to forget about Med. School. </p>
<p>From what I understand, JHU accepts about 10% of their own students but they are also the biggest premed factory in the nation in terms of medical school applicants. They suggest 20% of incoming class ends up applying with an 80% eventual success rate which means about 300 students are applying and 240 might be going to med school. The medical class size is 120 students which means about 12 students out of a possible 240 students (5% success rate).</p>
<p>Your chances are as good as any other students who is applying JHU. as @texaspg indicated a 5% chance. The chances to fail become a premed at JHU is higher because the competition at JHU.</p>
<p>Definitely not true! Medical school is a whole other beast from undergraduate school. The only thing JHU and their medical school may have in common, besides the name, is proximity. You won’t have an advantage until you meet their minimum admission standards. Even after that, it may still be difficult to gain admission.</p>
<p>Pick a UG that is inexpensive and allows you to thrive academically.</p>
<p>If you make it through the pre-med curriculum at JHU and apply to med school, your chances of getting into med school somewhere are pretty darn good. That said, you will not necessarily have materially increased your chances of getting into JHU medical school, specifically.
The pre-med advising at JHU is terrific. The undergraduate campus is physically separate, but JHU undergrads frequently do research, volunteer, or shadow on the medical campus. The relationships are as well integrated as undergraduate colleges and medical schools anywhere.<br>
Hopkins is a terrific school, apply if it appeals to you. But “because I want to go to med school there” is a very weak reason for it to appeal.</p>
<p>Thank you so much everyone! I will reconsider this carefully. I’ve never been to its campus so I’m not sure if I’ll even like it</p>