Johns Hopkins vs Dartmouth

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Yes, it is certainly good, but many people don’t consider JHU “great” (like on par with MIT/Stanford/Harvard etc) because JHU’s “ranking” isn’t higher. [/qutoe]</p>

<p>Not too sure how to interpret this statement. The acronym is called HYPSM for a reason. NO college is on a par with those four.</p>

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“I am doing my undergrad in Electrical Engineering. My GPA is below 3.0. Will you consider the difficulty of the program into account?
Yes. We have a lot of people in that situation. It is just another factor in the application.”

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<p>Perhaps, but none of the <3.0s will be accepted right out of undergrad.</p>

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“I am a mechanical engineering student but have a GPA slightly less than 3.5. Do you take the difficulty of this course load into consideration?
Yes - We always consider difficulty of course load, no matter what the major”

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<p>Yes they do consider major and course load, but in a different way. Professional schools prefer liberal arts majors over so-called ‘vocational’ majors. English/Bio over kinesiolgoy.</p>

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I’ve seen the MIT data was surprised as well. I suspect though, that the committee and premed advising resources at other schools might be better than those at MIT. The lack of a medical school or affiliated hospital also doesn’t help. This might be in contrast to some schools which prep applicants for interviews and the application process in addition to providing a recommendation letter. This is speculation however, as I don’t have first hand experience with MIT’s career services advising office.

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<p>Actually, MIT provides excellent advising. My (fact-free) theory is that med schools just don’t like engineering types.</p>