<p>hi Guys, I got in JHU, RICE and plan to go to medical school beyond undergraduate ,
which college has better chance if i study and work same hard?
I need to pay $22k for RICE , but $30K for JHU.</p>
<p>BTW: waitlisted on TULANE, NW, WUSL, CHICAGO, DUKE.</p>
<p>which school are you in at jhu? which program?</p>
<p>Biology department</p>
<p>Rice has a 90% medical school acceptance, and it is cheaper so I would go with Rice.</p>
<p>Rice - JHU concentrates on graduates (durh, amazing med. school), but Rice has always been dedicated to undergraduate education. Plus, if you go to Rice, you’ll be at tricycle distance from the largest medical center in the whole wide world (and, as suggested by probability, this galaxy). Plus, if you come to Rice, there’s a chance (1/400 assuming that you’re a male, and that the campus is 1:1 male:female) you’ll room with me, and who would turn down an offer that amazing?</p>
<p>I agree with markos alejo on the graduate focus. I have heard that JHU has a weaker undergraduate program, but obviously their medical school is amazing. Of course i have no first hand knowledge of this, it’s just what people say. I would say go to the college that you like. Neither will automatically gain you entrance to a top medical school (if your focus is ‘academic’ medicine, it just depends on how you work. To clarify, i’m not saying JHU is ‘weak’ by any stretch of the imagination.</p>
<p>Personally, i had JHU as basically my second choice school. I found Rice to be a more fitting school and has plenty of opportunities for undergraduates.</p>
<p>It’s very easy to get research and internship type opportunities at the med centers.
They are literally right across the street from Rice. Go to Rice! (I would say that even if it was a bit more expensive than JHU.)</p>
<p>to all above,</p>
<p>many many thanks for your very helpful comments, see you at RICE !!</p>
<p>^shouldn’t you wait for Brown?</p>
<p>Yes, I am kind of waiting for Brown; BUT Rice might fit me better, plus save me 10k/year .</p>
<p>Also, I am waitlisted by so many colleges and do not think brown will accept me.</p>
<p>If your ultimate goal is medical school, I agree that Rice is most likely a better fit than Brown.</p>
<p>Christian2,</p>
<p>I feel the same way. thanks</p>
<p>Pre med is stressful everywhere but often more stressful when surrounded by tons of premeds. Rice has always felt relatively less stressful a place than most similar schools to me, JHU more than most. Strongly consider saving some $ and heading south. Your chances of admission will not be different.</p>
<p>wbwa,</p>
<p>I feel the same. if learning becomes to0 stressful for fighting grades, then it is a suffering,
plus 4 years.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>RICE!!! happy beautiful place…we loved the unpretentious fun smart student body…</p>
<p>two words
RESIDENTIAL COLLEGES</p>
<p>no three words
RESIDENTIAL COLLEGES RULE</p>
<p>congrats though on great offers…Hopkins is a wonderful happening place as well</p>
<p>no merit money means my son can’t afford Rice since he has (happily)…merit options. however…Rice is a great institution and extremely generous in merit and in need offerings…we love the school’s culture and sense of fair play in all things—you are blessed.</p>
<p>Personally, I think Rice has a much tighter sense of community than Brown…and you have won the lottery.</p>
<p>Faline2,
feel so warm with so many help from other people.
many thanks</p>
<p>My D was accepted to both Rice and JHU also. From the JHU board, it looks like it’s not a happy place.</p>
<p>krug,</p>
<p>Interesting, I will visit both in April.</p>
<p>Best for your D.</p>
<p>“My D was accepted to both Rice and JHU”,</p>
<p>W T EFF wait listed Tulane but accepted jhu and rice?
nice.</p>
<p>ModernChem,</p>
<p>no kidding.
waitlisted in order of time: TULANE, WUSL, UC, … ; and two students at my high were accepted by Tulane though.</p>