<li><p>Would it seem logical for a student who wishes to pursue medicine to have his or her major as physics?</p></li>
<li><p>Which is more competetive in terms of getting into the major for hopkins: physics or neuroscience? Or are they both not that competetive, meaning it’s not a limited major like BME.</p></li>
<li><p>Does JHU superscore the SATs?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks very much!</p>
<p>to the 1st question, when I mean logical, I mean since there isn't a pre-med major in Hopkins, choosing one of the sciences instead of applying for like an english major.</p>
<p>Im pretty sure JHU superscores their SATs.</p>
<p>When pursuing medicine, as long as one fulfills the prerequisites requirements for the med school you are applying to, then one can major in anything like- English Lit, Philosophy, or in your case, Physics.</p>
<p>No, BME is the only restrictive major at JHU. Every other major is open to anyone. So, Physics and neuroscience are good to go when applying.</p>
<p>hope that helps, im applying to this year :)</p>
<p>but between physics and neuroscience, which is more competetive to get into?</p>
<p>JHU's physics major is very small, just like JHU's math major (ask Yanksdolphin). So, in short, you are more likely to have a large scale neuroscience majors vs the small scale physics majors. Both are competitive, but not necessarily to get into... As you know, with JHU, you apply DIRECTLY to the UNIVERSITY... not to a department... Hence, you get accepted into the university, and not into the major AT the university.</p>
<p>What do you know? I'm right here! As Ambitiousteen pointed out, both the math major and the physic major are small. Math a little bit larger since you have overlap-that is, most people who get degrees in math also get degrees in physics or economics or something else. Most people who get degrees in physics are pretty science-geared so they'll stick with math and physics. If you major in physics, you will be very well-prepared for the physics questions on the MCAT's, and getting through quantum will certainly boost your confidence. If you think you can handle it, why not major in both?</p>
<p>ohh i see..
so the only purpose for marking which major you want to pursue is only to tell the admissions board what you are interested in?</p>
<p>pretty much (to the above question)</p>
<p>It could help that when choosing your major, hopefully they see that you've done ECs around that support it... i mean even if you are an Arts major, its great that you've focussed ur ECs on science, but then having absolutely zero Art ECs wouldnt make any sense... it would confuse the admissions in my opinion... good to be diverse but dont make things obscure.</p>