<p>hey im an international admit to jhu n i eventually want to study medicine. i applied for BME but got biomol engg instead. i want to transfer to BME asap but i hear that getting into a good medical school is extremely numbers driven and now im thinking that if its easier to get a higher GPA in biomol engg than in BME then would it better for me in the long run to stay in biomol?</p>
<p>ne advice?</p>
<p>o0o im planning on going to jhu's med school too (IF i make it in) and yea, i read over this thing on hopkin's site about med school, and one of the biggest advice they give is quality over quantity. meaning its always great to have many classes and hard classes on ur record, but if u do poorly on those classes versus few classes and easier ones but doing really well, the few classes always looks alot better. so im going to retake all my ap classes again, to give me an easy freshmen year as well as boost my gpa (hopefully). im in ur situation, so i dont think i know anymore about hopkins than you do, but if i were u, id take biomol eng instead of bme if u think u cant handle it. goodluck tho :)</p>
<p>thanx nguyent. </p>
<p>ive also heard that hopkins being a grade-deflating school makes it very hard for ppl like us to get into other med schools apart from hopkins. Do u know how far this is true? Let's say theres a person with a 3.5 GPA from hopkins BME, and theres a 4.0 GPA from Colby College, who would have a better shot at a med school (lets say the hopkins person din get hopkins med school)?</p>
<p>Just wanna know where i may stand if i get into BME :)</p>
<p>...well IF i get into BME...i may have sounded a bit cocky there...lol</p>
<p>haha nothing cocky about that, but honestly, i really dont know, and i wont make any assumptions. and plus, just like any other application process, im sure that they take more into consideration than just gpa (even tho that may be a very big part). just like how many many people think that getting into good colleges depend almost entirely on your stats, but a person is made up of more than numbers. i guess the best that i can say (that is true) is that its up to you to know what you can handle and what you cant. getting into med school is important, but trying to make the best experience out of hopkins undergrad is also important also. so dont overwork yourself, if you're skeptical about bme now, if i were u i wont stress myself out. basically, im doing the same thing, i CAN go into bme if i wanted to but i WONT. because i hate hate hate hate more than anything engineering, and i knwo that if i really tried, i may be able to survive, but i'm not going to stress myself out for 4 years just to look a lil better on my resume. but then this is an advice coming from a person who's really lazy and doesnt want to think unless i NEED to. :/ lol if ur hte kind that can work really hard even if u hate what ur doing, then go ahead, try it, but if ur like me, know what my strengths are, i wont suggest you overworking urself
sorry if that was long, i tend to write and talk alot lol ^_^</p>
<p>hate to crush your ambitions, but BME premed is a ridiculous career track. As a JHU senior, I can tell you 90% of the people I knew who came in freshman year who wanted to be premed have changed their goals or their major. Hopkins BME is the best in the country with no resonable doubt. I have friends who will be making 60-70,000 first year out of undergrad working for Medtronic, etc. with a 3.2 or 3.3 GPA. However, with JHU's preprofessional advising, it would be very difficult to get your application endorsed with these kind of numbers. The average BME GPA is well below a 3.0 here and it's difficult to get into medschool with that no matter where you went. That said, there are definately BME's here who get 3.8's to 4.0's and go to top ten medical schools easily. However, they work their asses off to a degree that I'm sure highschoolers can't even comprehend. Not only do they have to do the work required for BME (which is one of the hardest undergrad courseloads in the country) but they must make time to volunteer and do research. If you are serious about being premed and going to a top ten med school, I would recommend you consider a biology major as it is far more flexible and allows you time for research and some semblence of a social life. Also, at a school that's nearly 25% premed it will allow you to distinguish yourself accademically. Pardon my attrocious grammar, I'm slightly hammered at the moment. Best of luck with your decision and hope you love JHU as much as I did</p>
<p>thanks a lot JHUdude. </p>
<p>Haha.</p>
<p>JHU dude
What is your major and what was your experience at JHU.S has been accepted to BME so just wanted to hear about your first hand experience. I haven't seen any other JHU seniors posting here.</p>
<p>how does JHU med school generally view its undergrad premed jhu BMErs?</p>
<p>hey guys,</p>
<p>im a Hopkins senior as well. i was a neuroscience major (graduated a semester early and now just bumming). while i agree with JHUdude's point that BME is difficult, the BMEs I know that applied to medical school this past year got into the top programs...that is to say that if you do well in BME, med schools love you. JHU med school thinks along the same path...JHU med school does not give any special preference to its undergraduates but every year 10 - 15% of their first year class is made up of HOpkins undergraduates. this happens mainly because we send our top premeds to the best med schools across the nation and Hopkins Med is one of them...secondly, as Hopkins undergrad, you have the opportunity to research at the med school and many students make the right connections wit professor at the med school who can then write rec letters for them. hope that helps.</p>