Northwestern vs. Johns Hopkins

al6200
Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:51:49 +0000

Given JHU’s ability to attract pre-med applicants, there’s probably a higher concentration of pre-meds there who are GPA-conscious and are competing for a limited number leadership positions in clubs/medical research. NU has historically attracted students of more diverse interests, e.g. communications, economics, music, sociology, education, journalism, etc.



Nah. JHU is just as strong in international studies, history, poli sci, philosophy, etc. It’s not just medicine. JHU has more pre-meds than other schools (it’s like 20%) but it’s not like they dominate life on campus.