nj_azn_premed

Wow, I've done research at Rutgers in the past...and, it didn't seem anything like the way you just described a state school. Rutgers has a seperate (reasonably small) science campus that's teeming with hard-working Asians (huge stereotype at Rutgers). Classes seemed small enough and I talked with lots of students who claimed they had nothing to complain about the place. Quite honestly, Rutgers seems to differ from JHU mostly (if not entirely) in reputation. I even looked at Rutger's BME website and their staff is incredibly well-qualified (PhD's mostly from top schools: Cornell, UPenn, MIT, NU, Columbia, etc). Check it: Rutgers University Department of Biomedical Engineering

alonzojhu

thats for the people who can't get into hopkins

matthew_9:29

im in the same situation as you and though jhu is still my top choice, im thinking that going to my state school for *free* is extremely appealing, since med school will cost enough as is. and though my parents could pay for my undergrad at jhu too, it wouldnt be feasible for them to pay for med school. if you think about it, med school is what matters so jhu for med would probably be more financially wise than jhu for undergrad and med. but im still applying so we'll see what happens from there. =]