Pre-Med Hopkins! Help! Help!

Med_TMuds
Sat, 25 Jun 2005 21:34:41 +0000

collegiate has a valid point: The case may not be the same at other schools but there are respective benefits/negatives attached to each case.

-The thing is, JHU is one of THE BEST. Pretty much, if you have a good GPA, the letter from JHU officers (i.e. Fishbein), that rec places a greater value than getting an ordinary letter from Cornell or Duke when you compare two individuals with same stats. Because medical schools recognizes this unique process at JHU, they would give more preference to JHU candidates who receive such a positive rec because they realized that this thorough, meticulous premed process is unlike any of the other college’s processes. Thus I think the quality of a top notch pre-med process such as JHU or even Harvard is what is unique about these schools that have the screening processes.

However Collegiate, the problem wiht Hopkins is that only the strongest survive and that is the really top med school candidates. Thus only really good candidates receive such a high positive recc from JHU, which I feel where the problem lies. You have to be a great science genius to succeed, while at other ivies, you can do perhaps not so qualified and still get a good recc., but at Hopkins, you’ll get a neutral/bad recc.

I hope this clears the argument. Personally, Duke is my choice for an overall experience.