<p>I think that all three schools are excellent choices for what you are planning to study, but the three schools are very different and it gets down to a question of fit. I am familiar with all three schools as I have close family members, a child, and a spouse who went to all three. Hopkins is definitely more scientifically oriented and frankly quite cut throat in premed. I would say even more so than Cornell or Chicago. Chicago will require you to take the core curriculum so you may get a more well rounded education, but you may also have to take social science and humanity courses that you may not want to. Cornell is huge, so you will lose some of the personal attention that you would probably get at Hopkins or Chicago. Cornell is also in a more rural/small town environment. I happen to love both Baltimore and Chicago ( Chicago is really an incredible city and offers a lot of opportunities to students), but certain people love the feel of Ithaca. Check out all three if you can. They are really different. Also, the campuses are quite different. Hopkins is Georgian with lots of Brick, Chicago is Gothic ala Harry Potter and Oxford and Cambridge, and Cornell is also beautiful, but very large.</p>