<p>How hard is the pre-med program? Is it really as cutthroat as it has been described? Can a graduate from the program get into almost any med school more easily coming from JHU?</p>
<p>I'm not pre-med but I can tell you that it is not as cut-throat as it is rumored to be. Whether or not you get into a top medical school is dependent on how you do in class, research, recommendations, MCAT's, community service,...</p>
<p>although "it is not as cut-throat as it is rumored to be" it's probably more cut throat than others.</p>
<p>Alohasam89 since you are not a student at JHU why would you say that? My son's roommate is pre-med. Yes he studies a lot but he spends a lot of time as a key member of multiple theater groups on campus. He has a social life and certainly doesn't spend all his time in the library. I've spoken to 3 undergrad neuro-science majors none of whom finds JHU to be "cut-throat". One of my best friends son is a freshman in computer engineering and I spoke with him when I last visited Hopkins. He studies about an hour a day and is doing fine (OK so maybe he's a genius). His friends and roommates are science majors and they all say the "cut-throat" reputation is a huge myth.
Finally if you search the threads there are certainly postings by unhappy undergrads but I don't recall one who is miserable because of a "cut-throat" atmosphere.</p>
<p>The bark is way worse than the bite. It's equally as competitive as any top 15 selective private college. Some uptight stressed out kids, and some laid back kids who really couldn't care less about grades. Mixed bag like at every school.</p>
<p>How hard is the pre-med program?
I would say that it is very hard. You-as a pre-med- (or I and almost every other pre-med I know) study your butt off. It definitely takes a lot of discipline, and many many long hours of studying. Of all the classes I've taken here, I would say the hardest ones are the pre-med ones. Aside from the classes though, many pre-meds here also do volunteering, research, and other EC's that are typical of premeds. So the hardest part is probably time management, because not only are you going to be taking classes that will challenge you, you also have to figure out how you can find the time to study while doing research and volunteering.</p>
<p>Is it really as cutthroat as it has been described?
IT'S NOT CUTTHROAT. I'm not just saying that because I'm a Hopkins student and I'm trying to recruit you. I think many people mistakenly assumes that just because a program is competitive, it's cutthroat. People won't burn your lab notebook or screw with your experiments (like my AP Bio teacher told me in high school). BUT you really feel the competitive atmosphere. That's because in most (if not all) of your pre-med classes, you're competing with your classmates for the grade. So not only do you need to make the grade, you need to be at the top X% of your class in order to get an A. So (based on my experience), it's not cutthroat, but most people won't just give you their notes if you decide to skip class the first semester, neither will they do something that will possibly put you ahead of them. This is simply because you are competing with your classmates to get that A (or B), and by helping you, they're hurting themselves. </p>
<p>Can a graduate from the program get into almost any med school more easily coming from JHU?
The 90-something percentage of acceptance rate to med school from Hopkins undergrads are for those students who went through the Hopkins committee. This is the committee that basically assesses your record and tells you whether you have a good chance of getting into med school or not. But just because you graduate premed at Hopkins doesn't mean you'll get into your med school of choice. You still need the GPA, the EC's, and other things expected of a well-qualified premed student. So if you graduate with below a 3.3 and wasted your time here, no you won't get into any med school more easily than say someone who graduate from your state university with a 3.9 GPA and did tons of EC's. So the point is, yes, the name Hopkins backing your diploma will look impressive, but it's not going to be the ONLY thing admissions officers look at.</p>
<p>btw, I'm a junior at Hopkins, and yes I'm a premed. So this is just from my own experience, and not everyone may feel the same way I do, but I hope this gives you a better idea of how pre-med is like at Hopkins and know what to expect when (and if) you come here.</p>
<p>How many JHU freshman students in pre med ?</p>
<p>[Hopkins</a> Interactive Guest Blog: The Hopkins 500: One of the many myths about Hopkins](<a href=“http://hopkins.typepad.com/guest/2008/11/the-hopkins-500-one-of-the-many-myths-about-hopkins-1.html]Hopkins”>http://hopkins.typepad.com/guest/2008/11/the-hopkins-500-one-of-the-many-myths-about-hopkins-1.html)</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins: the Pre-med factory</p>
<p>brown2009:
Is there a reason why you keep asking the same question after it has already been answered? You are not going to get any more of a specific answer.
(See: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/johns-hopkins-university/720375-how-many-freshman-students-pre-med.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/johns-hopkins-university/720375-how-many-freshman-students-pre-med.html</a>)</p>