<p>I will be a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology in a few years and I would like to apply to JHU's school of medicine with a pre-med and a degree in Biomedical from Georgia Tech. Do you guys know what JHU looks for in their applicants? Also does anyone know how many people applied to JHU's medical school and how many got in etc. Thanks for all your help.</p>
<p>A biochem lab, apparently. Ugh.</p>
<p>In 2009, 389 residents of Maryland applied, 97 were interviewed, 2 deferred, 23 matriculated into the MD program and 1 matriculated into the MD/PhD program. 4973 non-residents applied, 632 were interviewed, 5 deferred, 93 matriculated into the MD program and 15 matriculated into the MD/PhD program. 299 international students applied, 30 were interviewed, none deferred, 4 matriculated to the MD program and 1 matriculated to the MD/PhD program. Median accepted GPA was 3.9, with the 10th percentile going down to ~3.65. Median accepted MCAT score was a 36, with it going down to about 32 for 10th percentile.</p>
<p>Get a copy of the MSAR.</p>
<p>IOW, about the same as any other top-ranked research school.</p>
<p>haha phonyreal, i was wanting to apply to hopkins, but not anymore cuz I dont have biochem lab. so many schools and both amcas and tmdsas changed requirements this year.</p>
<p>Speaking of which, does any other school besides require biochem w/ lab? I’m definitely planning on taking biochem eventually, but I wouldn’t mind not having to go to another university to take the lab if I don’t have to, as my school only offers biochem w/o lab.</p>
<p>^^can’t you just cross-register with that grade-inflated college in Cambridge? :D</p>
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<p>Nah, we’re only allowed to cross-register with Boston University, Brandeis University or Boston College, all of which would be more than 45 minutes away (BC would be ~75 I think). Although I suppose if I were insane, I could take the course at Tufts’ School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences.</p>
<p>Graduate courses may or may not be easier. I took a 600 level biochem/molecular bio course at Cornell and while the material was more difficult, the grading was not.</p>
<p>Lots of research, volunteering, extra curriculars along with top scores, top letters, and a great personal statement.</p>
<p>Actually, I think they might have changed their new biochemistry requirement. A few weeks ago the website said that under the new (classes entering in 2012 and beyond) pre-requisites, biochemistry laboratory would be required. Now that requirement is nowhere to be found. See for yourselves: <a href=“http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/bin/y/x/20110505_Revised_Course%20Requirements_2012.pdf[/url]”>http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/bin/y/x/20110505_Revised_Course%20Requirements_2012.pdf</a></p>
<p>I’m guessing they got a lot of complaints from students whose schools don’t offer biochem lab, so they decided to revise the new requirements.</p>
<p>hmm maybe. it says biochemistry (4 semester hours) now. i still dont think ill have 24 hrs of social and bevahioral to apply</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies guys.</p>
<p>So what do you guys say, is admission to JHU SOM a crapshoot like admission to, say, Yale College?</p>
<p>No. It is much harder to get into JHU SOM than it is to get into Yale College.</p>
<p>Why do you say that (Not that I disagree), but can you elaborate? :)</p>
<p>I’m going to pull some numbers out of thin air and say that the average matriculant to JHU SOM has a 36 MCAT and a 3.80 GPA. If I recall correctly, Harvard Med and WashU have similar numbers, so it’s probably. not too far off. It’s a lot harder to get a 3.8 in college than it is to get a similar GPA in high school. Similarly, getting a 36 on the MCAT puts you in the top one percentiles among students who took for the MCAT (who therefore have already taken bio, chem, orgo, and physics and more importantly didn’t drop the premed track).</p>
<p>But you it’s easier to just look at numbers: About 5500 students applied for 125 spots at JHU SOM (2.3%). 27,283 applied for 1300 spots at Yale College (4.7%). The medical school applicant pool is likely far more competitive than the college applicant pool, and JHU SOM was still able to be more selective.</p>
<p>Oh dear… what kind of people get into JHU…</p>
<p>According to USNews, the numbers for med matriculants are:</p>
<p>Hopkins: 3.85/35.7, 5.6%</p>
<p>Yale: 3.82/36.3, 6.2%</p>
<p>With those numbers, it is kinda hard to say that Hopkins is much harder. All of 'em in that stratosphere are REALLY hard.</p>
<p>Bluebayou, my impression was that chesterstreet was speaking about Yale’s undergrad, not Yale’s Med School (which I agree is just as difficult to get into as Hopkins).</p>