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Message: <blockquote data-quote="b&amp;ierstiefel" data-source="post: 2311364">Having gone to Hopkins undergrad, I agree with this statement.  When you first step into the Homewood campus, almost everyone is premed (ok this is an exaggeration <img src="/smilies/laughy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":laugh:" title="Laughy    :laugh:" data-shortname=":laugh:" /> ).  And you hear about all these cutthroat stories about how people sabotaged others' orgo lab experiments and such.  I've never witnessed this stuff happen.  As you go through undergrad, you realize that it isn't that bad and that these stories are more myths to laugh at.  Competition?  Well I think most students at Hopkins are very hard working.  The exams are pretty difficult.  I was in Dr. Townsend's orgo class (I don't know if he teaches anymore) and on the first exam, the average was in the low 30's with the score distribution ranging from -7 to 58.  So do we compete with other premeds?  I would like to look at it as "trying to keep one's head above water."  Sure there are some high strung folks there.  Sure there are some uber-competitive jackasses.  But the important thing is that if you don't like those people and wanna avoid contact with them, you can definitely find some cool, chill people to hang out with whlie you're there.  Hopkins undergrad is a rather small population but there is quite a bit of diversity in the student population so you can easily find people who you get along with.  I've met some of the coolest friends from my time at Hopkins and we all had a blast there.  The biggest draw of Hopkins for me was the emphasis on undergraduate research.  It is easy to find a lab to work in and many undergrads do some pretty kickin' research.  When I was an undergrad there, not too many of us applied to MSTP programs.  I thought this was tragic because a good # of my classmates and friends were quite talented when it came down to doing research.  Finally, the rigors of Hopkins trains you very well.  Also, when you become a senior there, you really learn to stop giving a sh!t.  Unfortunately for some of us, this carries over to med school <img src="/smilies/laughy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":laugh:" title="Laughy    :laugh:" data-shortname=":laugh:" />And as for the Hopkins MSTP...just like the Hopkins MD program, I don't think they like to take more than a few of its own folks at most.  I think that their MSTP program is quite awesome (well back when I applied, there were problems with the administration).  Most of my friends and I did apply MSTP there but we did prefer a change of pace.  For instance, I wanted to get out of the city altogether...hence I am where I am now.</blockquote>

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