Pre-Med Hopkins! Help! Help!

Sam_Lee
Sat, 25 Jun 2005 22:57:26 +0000

collegiate,

It’s really not my business to tell what JHU should do. My point, however, is that the admit rate that JHU like bragging about is the rate based on some kind of “prescreening” process. Even though a student with marginal GPA can still apply if he/she insists; I am sure many less qualified ones would drop out once they realize the committee isn’t supportive and enthusistic about their application. The good side of this process is if you find yourself being fully endorsed by the committee, you’d feel pretty good about your chance.



For many undergrads, however, seeking guidance from Fishbein and Savage can be an intimidating, sometimes negative encounter.





“I feel that they try to demean people who’s grades are marginal in order to convince them not to go to medical school,” he said. The result is, said Gutterman, that people who could get in marginally with a 3.2 do not even apply. “They think people won’t get in, but I personally know people who’ve gotten in with a sub-3 GPA and sub-30 MCATs.”





A few premeds expressed their concern that the GPA and MCAT requirements held by Fishbein and Savage are merely an effort to maintain the high admit-rate of Hopkins premeds to medical school, and to uphold the extreme integrity of the Hopkins recommendation letter.



I think everyone sees the recurring theme. I am sure if Amherst/Chicago…etc does what JHU does, its admit rate would be much higher. After all, Amherst does show that for the more qualifed group, the admit rate was 87%, not much lower than JHU’s and much higher than 73% overall.