For someone applying to med school is undergrad JHU better than UMD?

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<p>So say someone wants to go to med school after 4 years, and they have decided to get an undergrad degree in whatever (say electrical engineering…whatever) will going to JHU over UMD college park, help them later in get into say: UPenn, Harvard or even JHU Med???</p>

<p>Assume they get similar grades, ec, mcat, etc…(I know getttin a similar gpa is hard, but just pretend ;))</p>

<p>thanks!!</p>

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<p>JHU will have more undergrad opportunities available since a hospital is next to the campus and the hospital has shadow/volunteer positions. Research at JHU is really easy to find than most colleges so that is a plus. Only downside is JHU is a very rigorous schools academically, but not cut throat.</p>

<p>I think going to JHU will probably be more helpful than a state school if you have the same stats, because most colleges know JHU is a tough school and the hospital is really nice next to it.</p>

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<p>I have heard that JHU screens its applicants. So if one does bad, the committee won’t write them an LOR-- hence they cannot apply to med school.</p>

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<p>^if one does bad, they aren’t getting into med school anyway.</p>

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<p>It should not be the committee’s job to decide who gets a shot at medical school and who doesn’t; that’s what medical school admissions committees are for. The undergrad committee’s job should be to give would-be applicants honest advice about their chances, but should do their job and write proper LORs if the candidate decides to apply.</p>

<p>Now correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the reason JHU’s screening behavior is viewed as negatively as it is, is because it only allows candidates that are nearly guaranteed to be accepted somewhere. This kind of policy leaves a lot of students behind; namely, the ones who might be accepted somewhere. The definition of “doing bad” is very broad; it should not be up to an undergraduate committee to decide what its definition is so that it can artificially inflate its med school acceptance rate.</p>

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<p>what the hell is a “LOR”??? letter or rec? why is it so important that you have on from the committee? shouldn’t your professor recs or internship recs more valuable?</p>

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<p>LOR=letter of rec</p>

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<p>1.) Letter of recommendation.
2.) Yes.
3.) Because you can’t apply to medical school without one.
4.) No.</p>