<pre><code> So I have been on this forum for quite some time now, and now that I have gotten my acceptances, I am in a dilemma to which I should choose. I am 99% sure that I want to go to Med school, but for now idk which pre-med to pick.
My 2 biggest choices are Johns Hopkins (Biomedical Engineering) and UC Berkeley (BioE).
I have also gotten into UCLA, UCSD, and Cornell, and though they arent my top 2, I cannot rule them out :\
I live in the Bay Area and have worken hard to get into these schools. Which school should I choose, and why?? Are there any benefits to paying 10K more for a private than a public? And what are the percentages each school has to getting into Med. school??
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<p>Any feedback will be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks :D</p>
<p>JHU Biomed engineering is number 1 ranked and if you got into that program, it is a great achievement since JHU says it is very hard to get in. </p>
<p>If you live in bay area, would you be able to stay home to go to Berkeley? Would nt that save you a lot more money? </p>
<p>JHU has the best premed prep in the country. They claim to place more than 300 each year in medical schools, 25% of the incoming class (I have not seen a comparable number from any other school). A professor at a med school told me that JHU generates such glowing recommendations for their students that it is very hard to turn down the candidate.</p>
<p>JHU is the best. Easy said. But there is a lot to say about Cornell and Berkely too. Many meds schools are looking for non-traditional students who are not bio/chem majors. My two cents, but JHU is awesome.</p>
<p>Assuming that the money is not an issue, for $10k you will obtain much, much better advising at most privates. Advising at Cal is lacking, a lot.</p>
<p>SD is also highly ranked in BioEng.</p>
<p>Being an Engineer and premed is extremely difficult.</p>
<p>Personally, I recommend Cornell bcos it can be more fun than Hopkins.</p>
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<p>Think about what that says about the matriculating Frosh. Given the fact that xx % are weeded out, perhaps 40%+ of the Frosh are premeds. Not much academic diversity in the dorms.</p>
<p>“Are there any benefits to paying 10K more for a private than a public?”</p>
<p>Run your numbers through a calculator like this one, and see what your loan burdens would look like for each institution after four years: [FinAid</a> | Calculators | Advanced Award Letter Comparison Tool](<a href=“Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid”>Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid) You need to remember that Med School is ridiculously expensive. If you are set on that goal, it will behoove you to keep your undergraduate debt load as low as possible.</p>
<p>Medical School admissions is heavily numbers driven. Your overall GPA, your GPA in the pre-med sequence, and your MCAT scores will be more important than the name on your diploma. Pick up the phone, and have a chat with the pre-med advisors at the institutions that you determine are affordable. They will be able to tell you about their programs, and about their admissions statistics.</p>
<p>BME at JHU is the epitome of a “hand-tooled” education. UCB is a great school at the graduate level–but you are little more than a number as an undergraduate. Spend a little time at each campus and the difference will be readily apparent.</p>
<p>you should look into the JHU reputation for difficult grading (eg. grade deflation) because GPA is of critical importance in med school acceptance. </p>
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That’s a misunderstanding of what their numbers say. 25% of the incoming class is most definitely not headed off to med school 4 years later!
So if 300 is 25% of the class, I’ll take your word on that, then the 111 undergrads that were accepted is going to be around 8-9%.</p>
<p>It’s becoming much more common for students to delay applying to med school; it gives you a chance to bolster your app with research work, perhaps take an extra class in an area in which you were weak in order to bolster your GPA, etc. </p>
<p>But it is apples-and-oranges to compare the total number of people accepted to med school that have an undergrad degree from JHU to the incoming frosh class size.</p>