Johns Hopkins PLEASE HELP

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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I am an incoming senior in high school and have a couple questions about whether or not I should apply Johns Hopkins Early Decision. First of all, I know that if you are accepted Early Decision, you must attend the college. However, I have also heard that you may decline for financial reasons. Is this true? And also, I plan on studying Pre-Med in college. I've heard that Medical Schools require very high GPA's for acceptance, and I was wondering if it is even worth it going to a difficult school as Johns Hopkins and risking not getting a good GPA.</p>

<p>I wish to ask people who have attended or are attending Johns Hopkins: Is the school itself very difficult in terms of classes and coursework? I plan on majoring in Biology. Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p>

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<p>Here’s the data you are looking for on GPA and MCAT stats :<a href=“https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/157998/mcat-gpa-grid-by-selected-race-ethnicity.html[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/157998/mcat-gpa-grid-by-selected-race-ethnicity.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>What is not shown is that your state of residence matters a great deal with reference to acceptance to your state medical school. If you are from a state that only accepts in state applicants, your chances of acceptance with lower GPA and test scores goes up significantly. Do a search on CC for the threads related to pre-med for more info.</p>

<p>Re Johns Hopkins, or any school that you apply to ED - yes, you can refuse for financial reasons.</p>

<p>Finally, why are you so keen on Johns Hopkins for undergrad? Many schools offer excellent prep for pre-meds. Johns Hopkins is just one of the many.</p>

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<p>Your MCAT score is also critical, so trying to find a school where it’s easier to get a high GPA could backfire if you’re not learning as much.</p>

<p>Expect any school that produces med school matriculants to be very difficult.</p>

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<p>Thank you for all of your replies!</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins has been my dream school for as long as I can remember, but if there are other Pre-Med programs that are just as good, could you please name some? I just want to have a more broad perspective on potential schools I could apply to.</p>

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<p>I would highly recommend the top LACs if you are interested in medical school for several reasons:</p>

<p>1) The top LACs all have strong to outstanding sciences - excellent prep for the MCAT.
2) The smaller class sizes and closer faculty relationships makes it easier to get a meaningful committee letter
3) The culture of most small schools precludes some of the nastier competitive behaviors that are sometimes reported at large schools where students are desperate not to get weeded out.
4) LACs offer research opportunities and medical-related volunteering if you want it. It may not be cutting edge medical research, but unless you are planning a career in research and/or academic medicine that’s not important.</p>

<p>As for pre-med advising, the gold standard remains Amherst but they generously make the info available to anyone:<a href=“https://www3.amherst.edu/~sageorge/guide2.html[/url]”>https://www3.amherst.edu/~sageorge/guide2.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;