JHU vs. WUSTL vs. Michigan premed

PsychoDad10
Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:51:29 +0000

My son was accepted to all 3 schools and wants to major in Classics then go to medical school. I know the reputations of all 3 schools- solid for placing kids in med school. However, the student rep at JHU said that their acceptance rate is consistently in the mid 80’s. If you got to their preprofessions advising site at [JHU Pre-Professional Advising](Pre-Professional Advising | Student Affairs), click the link to premed/health applicants on the left , then the link to Applicant Kick-Off PowerPoint (November 2012). Go to slide 6. They had 236/361 applicants from JHU accepted (65%, which is still better than the national average of 45%).

It is mentioned in some posts that JHU selects which applicants they will support when it comes to application time, thereby inflating the acceptance rate. Anyone have a take on this?

I don’t think my son will go wrong at any of the three schools listed, but I wanted to get some thoughts from others. BTW, I am a physician and know the process of applying pretty well.