<p>How much of an advantage is it to attend the same pre-med school as your medical school? For example, if I wanted to attend the John Hopkins Medical school, would it increase my chances of being accepted if I went there as an undergrad versus if I attended another prestigious undergrad school? Also, is it true that more students from private colleges are accepted into medical school than students from public universities?</p>
<p>I know this is a worthless answer, but it depends on the school. I do not know specifically about Johns Hopkins (by the way JHU people get defensive about the "s" on Johns). As far as the more students from private colleges accepted to med school, that might be true, since typically (although not always) private schools are more selective and often therefore produce a higher volume of high quality students that are more likely accepted into medical schools.</p>
<p>It certainly does have alot to do with the school that you attend. Someone stated in another thread that Uchicago students make up roughly a third of each Uchic. med school class. I was looking up information for my school as well, and undergraduates at Case Western are also favored for Case Med admissions. I don't know any specifics on Johns Hopkins.</p>
<p>Well not necessarily John Hopkins, what about Colombia, Washington Uni at St. Louis, Uni of Pennsylvania, Duke, and Cornell?</p>
<p>It's expected for the med school's undergrad to be highly represented since practically everyone from the undergrad will be applying to the med school. I have yet to see any evidence that says it's easier to get in. </p>
<p>Anecdotally, the opposite seems to be true. One of my best friends from Cornell received interviews from Harvard and Upenn but didn't even get an interview from Weill Med. Another friend had a near 4.0 in Cornell engineering and a 40+ on the MCAT but didn't get into Weill either.</p>
<p>Some schools explicitly favor their own. Chicago is perhaps the most prominent example. If memory serves, Northwestern and Emory fall into this track as well.</p>
<p>Some schools do not say so, but seem to favor their own. WUSTL is one of these.</p>
<p>Some schools do not say so, but seem to put their own at a significant disadvantage. NCG argues here that Cornell is one of these, and if memory serves Columbia is as well.</p>
<p>I did my undergraduate work at Duke and many of my friends did as well, and to be honest I can't quite tell what's going on there. My suspicion is that somewhere along the process they get an advantage, but it is hard for me to explain why exactly. Unfortunately, I won't elaborate on this.</p>
<p>The dean of admissions at Weill says they love Cornell grads so I guess you can file Cornell under the schools that explicitly state they favor their own but do the opposite.</p>