<p>At which school do you beleive the courseload as well as workload for a biochemistry major would be more difficult, Georgetown University or Johns Hopkins University? </p>
<p>Just curious.</p>
<p>well, if you were to say which school was harder to get into, it would have to be Georgetown, but interms of course load, especially for biomed, JHU without a doubt.</p>
<p>i visited both this summer, and even @ georgetown they admitted Hopkins' science program was stronger. They are more poli sci etc...</p>
<p>but i'm sure both programs are good nonetheless...</p>
<p>updown88.. i hope you are right because i got rejected by georgetown... AND northwestern.. how nice</p>
<p>Well you see, I am one of those students who has been working extremely hard in high school. I know that being a premed in college will be alot of work and I just wanted to know which one you beleive will consist of the least out of class work? In other words, which school will I actually be able to have a life at? Georgetown or Hopkins</p>
<p>bump........</p>
<p>Georgetown is an excellent school without question. JHU, however, is harder to get into. Student coursework is difficult at both but I think the students are a little more dedicated at JHU. JHU has been the number one research university for the past several decades and, thus, it attracts better science faculty. A substantial majority of pre-meds get into medical school because of the quality of the program at JHU. You can have a life aat JHU through the close student body, numerous student functions, and fraternities. JHU is a much better choice over Georgetown when it comes to science programs. If you want a relaxed way into medical school, I don't think there is one at Georgetown or at JHU, but your odds of getting in to a great medical school go up with JHU.</p>
<p>Hopkins doesn't have a biochemistry major actually. But the work is HARD. VERY HARD. In the sciences, VERY VERY HARD.</p>
<p>Are people sure that JHU is harder to get into than georgetown?</p>
<p>Well look at the data. Since I'm at Hopkins, I know their numbers and not Georgetown's but last year it was 24.2% overall, 21.1% RD, and 44.2% RD. They accepted 3588 out of a little less than 15,000 I believe. I don't know how many applicants/admits Georgetown had.</p>
<p>Don't really know anything about Georgetown, but their website has a 20%</a> acceptance rate last year for ED and RD.</p>
<p>Doesn't really matter which is harder to get into, depends on the person. I have a friend who got into GT but not Hopkins.</p>
<p>Although Gtown does appear to have a lower admit rate, this statistic isn't as predictive as people would imagine it to be. I think Hopkins actually gets a stronger applicant pool (numerically) so I would say they are close to being even. </p>
<p>I think one of the major differences is that I feel Georgetown is used moreso as an Ivy safety whereas Hopkins really is the first choice of a lot of students and is routinely chosen in RD over lower ivies, specifically Brown & Cornell.</p>