<p>Any schools offers you preparation for med school. Its just basic courses like intro chem, general bio, organic chem, physics 101, calc1/2, english courses etc…You can find even professors that teach these courses better than Vassar and JHU. These premed reqs are pretty basic, they are available at almost every single college in the country. </p>
<p>It ultimately comes down to peer competition, grade inflation/deflation, internships/research opportunities and resources, access to a quality premed advising office, and where you will be happy and successful all four years of your life. An institution that has a proven track record of sending premeds into reputatable schools will help to.</p>
<p>I would kinda would like to dispel the first part and the second to last part. Yes, many ppl would like to say…go to a school with less competition, go to a school where you’ll be happy and successful, go to a school where its easier to get 4.0 grades so its easier to get into medical school. News flash ppl medical school is no walk in the park as well. Competition to get into medical school these days are pretty fierce. These simple and tried tactics do not work since medical schools these days say they could fill their class 2.5 times with more qualified students but they can’t because they have only a 100-200 spaces to fill in a class. These days, most medical schools have acceptance rates hovering below 5% marks. Its even harder to get into a t20-25 medical school…than it is to say Harvard or Yale these days going by purely the number of applicants they accept and reject.</p>
<p>All I got to say is, JHU is challenging in design and because of that, students go into medical school prepared for the evenmore hellish homework and cramming and intense memorization that is involved. You bet you want an undergrad that has succesful forced you through the same hellish hell and has taught you the crucial tools you need to succeed in medical school and not leave you hanging to be eaten by the dogs. The academic intensity exists to serve a purpose…to help get you ready for medical school. Medical school is no walk in the park either, I heard there are even more competition past your step 1/2s test, third year clinical rotations, and when it comes time to choose your residencies…residency selection is just as competitive as well, maybe even more competitive.</p>
<p>It prepares you well for things in life if you are among peers as dedicated and driven as you are. It pushes you to your boundaries. Things are not easy here. Though I’d recommend you check it out more to see if it is right for you.</p>
<p>JHU premed here, I think you should go to JHU. like…unless your up for just any medical school, vassar will do that very fine. research opportunites, amount of top ten programs, academic reputation, affiliation with the medical school, and top 1,2 or 3 premed advising office in the country. I doubt you can even ask for more than that.</p>