<p>Are all the majors about the same difficulty to get into except for BME?
even the Pre-Med majors?</p>
<p>Except for BME, then yes, most majors are probably about the same in terms of acceptance. I've heard biology might be a little more difficult, but I haven't seen any proof. Most colleges realize many people change their majors (and a ton of people drop pre-med) in college, so it's not an important factor.</p>
<p>btw there IS no pre-med major! premeds just take the courses they need to in order to prepare for the mcats, and they can major in whatever they want. and, lots of people decide not to do premed after a while, so your major really shouldn't make a difference when they're making their admissions decisions, right?</p>
<p>All applicants are looked at the same way by the Admissions committee, including the BME applicants. The adcoms are interested in an applicant's intended major(s) so that they can match up academic strengths and weaknesses to those areas. What I mean, is that an applicant to the electrical engineering program needs to be reviewed differently (more emphasis on math and science work) then someone applying to the Classics major (more emphasis on english, history, and languages). Applicants are lumped pretty much into humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, or undecided and that is how major plays a factor. </p>
<p>The exception with BME is not for general admission to JHU but rather admissions into the BME major specifically, which is quite competitive. A BME major has the same shot for admission as any other major -- the selectivity is for entrance directly into the major.</p>
<p>Hope that helps a bit.</p>
<p>(And yes, pre-med is not a major.)</p>
<p>when the admissions committee is deciding, they don't put a limit on the number of students in each major.....do they?</p>
<p>So laxfan, what i heard was that people applying for BME and other majors are put in one big pool, evaluated, and either accepted or rejected. THEN they send the BME applications (the ones that got accepted) to the BME school and they evaluate there to see if they got into the BME program or not?</p>
<p>BTW i think BME is the only major that they put a limit on right?</p>
<p>btw, laxfan, are you like an admissions guy from JHU or something? you seem to know quite a bit.</p>
<p>^haha I know right, maybe she's an undercover adcom, with that said, laxfan you have beautiful eyes you know? lol</p>
<p>ok...first, no i am not an "admissions guy" -- i am a sophomore who works in the admissions office. a couple of the counselors asked that I post on CC since there was a lot of misinformation.</p>
<p>second, jose1 - you are correct on how you interpreted the BME policy, and yes it is the only limited major at Hopkins.</p>
<p>and finally, prpltrmpt - except for BME where there is a limit to enrolling only 100 freshmen, no other program is limited.</p>
<p>Based on how I am understanding the whole BME policy, by putting BME as my first choice major, I am not hurting my chances of getting into JHU for a non-BME major (my second choice). Am I correct? </p>
<p>The reason I ask is because I'm not sure if I am competitive enough to get into BME, and I don't want to hurt my chances of getting into a non-BME major by putting BME as my first choice.</p>
<p>you are correct. Selecting BME does not hurt your chances for admission to Hopkins in general. The competitiveness is for admission directly into the BME program.</p>