<p>Hey guys im having a major problem deciding where to go. I got into Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, and Berkeley. I'm planning to major in biology and take the pre-med path. I visited Hopkins and, in my opinion, it was in the ugliest area around. Baltimore sucks. I was leaning toward NU, but i don't really know if it is particularly strong in biology. I don't know if i'd be making a poor decision by going there. My dad is pressuring me to go to either cornell or hopkins. My mom doesn't really count, she rather me stay home and go to community college. I need help guys, is NU strong in biology? and how are the other campuses i applied to? I know Cornell is really isolated...</p>
<p>Hey man, I was accepted to NW, Cornell, and J Hopkins. I would not attend Hopkins just like the reasons you already mentioned and because it is cut-throat and not a very great atmosphere for undergraduate students. NW, I do believe has a great bio program and so does Cornell (being one of the best science ivies). You can't go wrong with either choice. Good Luck!!</p>
<p>my guess would be cornell has best bio program... but i doubt nu is that far behind so id compromise and go to nu for the location etc...</p>
<p>I know fosomeone whowent to NU undergrad and now is going to duke for med-school. Heliked NU and seems to be ahappy person today.</p>
<p>does NU have the first semester or quarter pass/fail like hopkins?</p>
<p>I just saw a post (do a search to find it) saying Berkeley's med school acceptance rate is only 60 something %. That's not much higher than the national average of 50 something. I also saw someone else put 88% for Northwestern but I don't know where he/she got it from.</p>
<p>NU is a really good choice for pre-med, if you ask me, but Cornell or Berkeley would be great too. I'm a film/psychology major who came in pre-med before changing to pre-law, and the stat we were given was an eighty-something percent med school admit rate.</p>
<p>Pre-med here is CHALLENGING. People drop like flies during the first two years, so there has to be something impressive about it. Of course, you'd still have to get As (no first quarter pass/fail...straight grades, kids). Our organic chemistry is the hardest in the country, if not in the Western hemisphere...no joke. Also, NU is all about community learning, which makes it a great place to be for undergrad.</p>
<p>All these schools will get you into med schools equally, the strength of "bio" is irrelevant. Why do you think there are so many non science majors in med school. If anything, don't go to JHU or Cornell since they are such huge weeders.</p>
<p>My advice: go to the school you like more, the academic differences are moot. In simpler terms, is a red porsche or a blue porsche faster? Exactly.</p>
<p>wow, i'm torn between northwestern and cornell too. i wanna do engineering. i dont know...:( academically and school-wise, i think i like cornell better, but i feel like the campus itself and the student life will be better at nu. aaaaaaaaah tough choices..</p>