| No , no , not Sophie Davis !
Strongly consider Hopkins. I definitely wouldn't go to Sophie Davis...first of all, although you are guaranteed of a spot in a med school upon admission, it could be SUNY Downstate, upstate ( they almost lost their accreditation last year ), Buffalo, and NYU... but the idea of these 6 year programs is to take away the pressure of premed so you can concentrate on your medical studies... a complete fallacy. You still have to compete to get into the better of these schools ( NYU , or Buffalo ), or you could wind up at Downstate in brooklyn, not exactly the most picturesque area of NY.
If you really apply yourself at JHU, you have the whole field of med schools available to you, Harvard, Hopkins, Wash U... why limit yourself? Also, I believe that you develop yourself when you have the uncertainty of med school acceptance to contend with. You are robbed of this in the 6 year schools. Some of the worst physicians I know graduated from these 6 year factories.
Also, how do you REALLY know you want to become a doctor at this age? Most people need those 3-4 years of undergrad in a competitive institution to really find that out. Don't let the misconception of guaranteed physician-level salaries and social prestige influence you at this age ... go to a place that you really can develop your mind, your abilities. You'll need that when you're a doc. Read my post on another thread, Hopkins BME vs Penn.
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