Help! Cornell? Amherst? Hopkins?

gd016
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:40:23 +0000

Yeah, Hopkins med might own Weill Cornell, but pre-meds rarely, rarely matriculate to their own med schools. Going to JHU so you might be able to go onto Hopkins med is an incredibly uninformed decision; like you said, JHU is pre-med central which just means you’ve got an entire campus you’re competing against. Hopkins med is arguably the best in the country, they don’t need to take a bulk of their applicants from their own, they can pick and choose from the best from every part of the country.

Hopkins has a good med school, but at the undergraduate level Cornell or Amherst are better schools + much nicer environments where you don’t have to wear a bullet-proof vest when walking off campus.

Personally, I’d go with Amherst. Boston > Baltimore hands-down.

But if you’re a boonie loving person, Cornell is forest haven.