New most desirable med school in the world

[bedrock]

Thanks to a $1 billion gift, most Johns Hopkins medical students will no longer pay tuition

Most medical students at Johns Hopkins University will no longer pay tuition thanks to a $1 billion gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies.

apnews.com

Hopkins will likely now be the permanently most desirable med school in the world going forward.
Ranking and name recognition equal to Harvard (for medicine) but free tuition for the majority of medical students puts it on top.

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[Agast]

I wonder how much money NYU raised to allow them to make tuition free for everyone whereas JHU had to put a cap on income level.

 

[bedrock]

I wonder how much money NYU raised to allow them to make tuition free for everyone whereas JHU had to put a cap on income level.

Good question.

But Hopkins is a far superior medical school to NYU, anyway.

 

[oneforfighting]

Good question.

But Hopkins is a far superior medical school to NYU, anyway.

Only matters if you care about name recognition/going into academics. Otherwise, it‘s all the same.

 

[bedrock]

Only matters if you care about name recognition/going into academics. Otherwise, it‘s all the same.

Not as important as a top 20 law school for lawyers, but it still offers advantages.

Easier to get into highly competitive residencies such as derm, ortho than if someone went to Hopkins compared to the University of Maryland med school.

 

[drg123]

But Baltimore...

 

[clubdeac]

You’ll get free med school but your risk of being shot increases 1000%

 

[Agast]

Look up where the wealthiest pain doctor went to medical school. Ivy League degree not necessary for fame and fortune.

 

[Ducttape]

i suspect that this is applicable to you too, but the most desirable med school is the one that i got my MD from.

 

[cowboydoc]

i suspect that this is applicable to you too, but the most desirable med school is the one that i got my MD from.

What about the 7 residencies?

 

[Ducttape]

well i got reimbursed (poorly, like all of us) for the 2 residencies and fellowship i did, but to get to do those, i had to graduate from med school first. and i paid for that.