<p>ok so if i get into cornell and jhu, will being accepted into jhu actually increase my chances of being accepted into a good medical school more than cornell's? i know jhu has better resources, but will i be prepared more, or does undergraduate college even make a difference?</p>
<p>Your undergraduate college will make a difference to some degree, but what will make a much bigger difference is how you take advantage of the resources at whatever school you go to. Going to Hopkins might make it a bit easier to find medical research opportunities (since Cornell’s medical school is clear across the state), but there will still be opportunities for you at Cornell. Ultimately, no one should pick a college based on how it might affect their med school applications - pick wherever you think you would fit in better and enjoy your four years more. If Cornell isn’t the right fit for you, it’s going to be hard for you to get involved in the activities that will ultimately help your med school application (and vice-versa with Hopkins). I’m in med school at Duke now, and while my class has students from the “big-name” schools (Hopkins, Harvard, UMich, Dartmouth etc), we also have people from small colleges I have never heard of. Good luck!</p>
<p>thanks anyone else?</p>
<p>I agree with tanman 100%!! Please choose where you will be happier. Also what if you decide you don’t want to be a doc anymore during undergrad? I know that seems improbable but I know SO MANY people who were HARDCORE premeds who are no longer pre med for various reasons. Of course many or most who come in as pre med will leave as pre med, but keep in mind you may find other interests. If you go to a school just to be a doc and decide you don’t want to be a doc anymore, then what? Make a holistic decision and then everything will fall into place from there. :)</p>
<p>That’s the great thing about Hopkins is that 80% of the students really have no interest in going to medical school. So if you don’t want to go to med school… you’re in the majority!</p>