<p>I got into JHU, but could not make to their BME.
Can I still take courses of pre-med?
and what makes JHU good for pre-med?
Thanks</p>
<p>This one is easy: do some research on Google. You'll come up with limitless results.</p>
<p>You are not required to be BME in order to do pre-med. You can do any major and be pre-med. Pre-med is a set of required courses which are mandated by medical schools. </p>
<p>JHU is good for pre-med because A) It has one of the best pre-medical advisors in the nation; B) Located in the same city and part of the same institution of the highest ranked hospital in the nation, Johns Hopkins Hospital; C) Being the younger sibling of the second highest rated medical insitution in the country doesn't hurt.</p>
<p>Hopkins has a stereotype of being the place where future doctors go, whether graduate or undergraduate. When I tell someone I am going to Johns Hopkins, 95% of the time the response is, "Oh wow! So you want to be a doctor?!"</p>
<p>Then by how much do people get into JHU medical school if they go to JHU and take pre-med at there?</p>
<p>You have the same chance as anyone else to get into Hopkins Medical School. Maybe a fraction of a percent greater chance, but not much.</p>
<p>The main thing you should focus on is the fact that Johns Hopkins has 90% of its pre-med students who applied to medical school getting into a medical school. The national average is 50%... So that's something to think about.</p>
<p>So, I can major in Chemistry and apply for medical school at Johns Hopkins and it won't hurt me because of all the good pre-meds applying there?</p>
<p>Yes, you can major in Chem and apply to Hopkins med. The chances of getting in to Hopkins med, regardless of your major or where you do to for your undergraduate degree, are very low and being a Hopkins undergraduate has a very minimal, if any, advantage.</p>
<p>i do believe, however, that the largest number of people from any college who gets into Hopkins med school are from Hopkins undergrad...i believe it was an average of 18 to 20 per year.</p>
<p>But I heard the 90% acceptance rate to med. school is doubtful because JH actually "discourages" students of low-stats from applying. As a result, most of the people who eventually apply are "elitists", thus yielding a 90% acceptance rate.
Is this one of the myths?</p>