questions about ED and johns hopkins

saif235
Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:18:46 +0000

1. The ED myth Technically the ED acceptance rate at Hopkins, Cornell, and many other schools is significantly higher than that of the RD round. However this includes the athletic recruits. If you remove athletes from the pool, there's not a very significant difference between ED and RD statistically.

2. Social life If you make an effort you can have a great social life at Hopkins (whatever that means to you). We have a reasonably sized greek population (large enough to be a presence on campus, but doesn't dominate the social sphere), lots of non-academic clubs and organizations, and generally lots of opportunities to meet other students and socialize.

3. Med school Premed is hard wherever you go. You'll need at least a 3.5 to be competitive and a 3.8+ for the tippy top schools (Harvard, UCSF, Hopkins, etc). Those kinds of GPAs are achievable at Hopkins, but they don't come without hard work.

4. Will you be prepared for med school? / Will Hopkins hel you get into med school? These are two very different questions. Hopkins offers you many opportunities to bolster your app. We have research, volunteering, clinical opportunities, ECs, etc that could help set you apart from the crowd. However, GPA and MCAT scores are king. If you can't get the scores you'll have a hard time getting into med school regardless of your ECs. As for acceptance rates, for Hopkins undergrads i want to say it's 70%-90% but that's off the top of my head. The pre professional advising office will know for sure. I personally think Hopkins prepares you reasonably well for the amount of work you'll see in med school. However that's anecdotal. In the end, med school is a completely different beast from undergrad.

5. Chances You're a competitive applicant. Can't really say anything else. Good luck!