Yale vs JHU vs U Penn for premed

prezbucky
Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:48:54 +0000

These three schools are all great and are full of great students, whether they are pursuing pre-med or not. I’m not sure there is a fool-proof way to rank them in terms of pre-med difficulty. All will have outstanding career support, and I imagine that extends to pre-med curricular planning and med school applications. Organic Chemistry is hard everywhere.

So I would make this decision as if you were not planning on med school; in other words, make it about fit and finances:

Academic fit (majors and courses you like, curricular style, research opportunities, etc.)

Social fit (social vibe, sports vibe, political vibe, etc.)

Environment/Location (campus size and look/layout/logistics, weather, food and housing, etc.)

Cost

In your case, evaluate Plan B at each school – if you changed your mind, or could not pursue medicine, which academic and vocational detour would you take?