JHU question

[mimimac456]

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My dream occupation is to be an epidemiologist and a medical scientist specializing in drugs, and other products that affect health. I'd like to attend JHU for this, however my high school gpa is 3.7 and I've just taken the ACT but this one won't be on my transcript (my school was giving free vouchers). My counselor has helped me by telling me that my gpa must be a 3.7 or higher and my score on the ACT has to be a 32-34 or higher. I'm taking AP Bio, AP Stats, Anatomy and Chemistry next year as a junior. Senior year I plan on taking a CNA class, Medical Terminology and AP Chemistry. My rank of my classmates if I remember correctly is either 53 or 112 out of 309.

Besides Harvard, JHU is the top medical school in the country. But I'm unsure if it's one of those schools where I'd attend after finishing generals to become a doctor. The medical school in my state is hardly a medical school; its just the other school that doesnt focus on agriculture or music.

Do you think I'd be able to be accepted? I start applying for scholarships next year, and plan on doing more community service.

Thank you :')

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[OrthoTraumaMD]

My dream occupation is to be an epidemiologist and a medical scientist specializing in drugs, and other products that affect health. I'd like to attend JHU for this, however my high school gpa is 3.7 and I've just taken the ACT but this one won't be on my transcript (my school was giving free vouchers). My counselor has helped me by telling me that my gpa must be a 3.7 or higher and my score on the ACT has to be a 32-34 or higher. I'm taking AP Bio, AP Stats, Anatomy and Chemistry next year as a junior. Senior year I plan on taking a CNA class, Medical Terminology and AP Chemistry. My rank of my classmates if I remember correctly is either 53 or 112 out of 309.

Besides Harvard, JHU is the top medical school in the country. But I'm unsure if it's one of those schools where I'd attend after finishing generals to become a doctor. The medical school in my state is hardly a medical school; its just the other school that doesnt focus on agriculture or music.

Do you think I'd be able to be accepted? I start applying for scholarships next year, and plan on doing more community service.

Thank you :')

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To be an epidemiologist or medical scientist, you do not need to go to medical school. Just FYI.


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[AllBleedingStops]

Let me ask you OP, why is this the school you want to go to for your undergraduate education? How will Hopkins prepare you better than other places for MD, PhD, or MPH (those sounded like the things you were interested in)?

 

[longhaul3]

My dream occupation is to be an epidemiologist and a medical scientist specializing in drugs, and other products that affect health. I'd like to attend JHU for this, however my high school gpa is 3.7 and I've just taken the ACT but this one won't be on my transcript (my school was giving free vouchers). My counselor has helped me by telling me that my gpa must be a 3.7 or higher and my score on the ACT has to be a 32-34 or higher. I'm taking AP Bio, AP Stats, Anatomy and Chemistry next year as a junior. Senior year I plan on taking a CNA class, Medical Terminology and AP Chemistry. My rank of my classmates if I remember correctly is either 53 or 112 out of 309.

Besides Harvard, JHU is the top medical school in the country. But I'm unsure if it's one of those schools where I'd attend after finishing generals to become a doctor. The medical school in my state is hardly a medical school; its just the other school that doesnt focus on agriculture or music.

Do you think I'd be able to be accepted? I start applying for scholarships next year, and plan on doing more community service.

Thank you :')

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The middle paragraph doesn’t make sense. Hopkins is a good medical school, but there are plenty of good medical schools. Why Hopkins specifically? For some reason high schoolers on this forum are preoccupied with JHU.

I have no idea what the second sentence means (what are generals?).

And as long as the medical school in your state is accredited by the LCME, it is just as much a medical school as any other, including Hopkins. Which means that you can graduate with an MD and be eligible for medical licensure in the US.

If you’re interested in medicine as a career, do some internet research and read around this website a little (but be careful not to believe everything you read). It sounds like you have some idea of what the path to becoming a doctor is like but not a complete understanding.

 

[AllBleedingStops]

The middle paragraph doesn’t make sense. Hopkins is a good medical school, but there are plenty of good medical schools. Why Hopkins specifically? For some reason high schoolers on this forum are preoccupied with JHU.

You wrote what I have wanted to say for a while. I think part of it is just name recognition - it is the only medical school they hear about.

 

[ArteryStudyPainting]

I'm going to post another Hopkins reply I wrote:

As a Baltimore native, I can tell you that Hopkins is good, but not what you think it is.

Like many schools, Hopkins undergrad is good for select majors and tracks; other than that, it's not that selective and it's hype extends from the professional and graduate schools attached. IMO, undergrad is more-or-less like Loyola or Towson (bias: Towson grad); however, when we start talking professional or graduate-level, now we're talking world-renowned.

Undergrad for the most part is what you make of it. You have various cliques, groups, clubs. Vastly different from HS in that, if you want to never see a person again, you probably won't a second time before you graduate. You can do whatever you want. Cutthroats are everywhere, etc. Went to Towson and can confirm this; if you seek out the 4.5 gunners, you can always find them.

AND:

Side-note: IMO, Hopkins is okay, not great for undergrad. The undergrad is no better than surrounding schools in much less urban environments. The fame and regality comes when you talk about the professional and graduate schools; that's what that name means to people around the world, not their undergrad more the most part.

I will say their public health program is one of, if not the best. But that's not a medical school. You may want to look into that route for what your aspirations are.