#JHU vs WASHU ED1/ED2

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primal pecan
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Schools: JHU vs WASHU ED1/ED2
Intended major: Neuroscience/Biology
Similarities: Very good pre-med programs, with a great chance of being admitted to medical school after your 4 years.

JHU
School 1 Pros:

  • Lots of research opportunities
  • 90% acceptance rate to med school
  • Nice campus

School 1 Cons:

  • Harder to get into
  • Very competitive pre med program
  • In Baltimore 💀
  • Students seem miserable

WASHU
School 2 Pros:

  • Great pre med program
  • 76% acceptance into medical school
  • BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS
  • Easier to get into than JHU (still wildly competitive)

School 2 Cons:

  • More expensive than Hopkins
  • Far from home

Tiebreaking considerations:

  • How do the research opportunities compare at these two schools?

Addendum: Would like to be either in Cali or stay near home in NY. But this isn't a huge deal.

jaunty valley
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id ED1 jhu and ED2 washu

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but both are rly good for premed and high acceptance rate to med school

void bridge
# primal pecan **Schools:** JHU vs WASHU ED1/ED2 **Intended major:** Neuroscience/Biology **Sim...

I visited jhu and was really set on EDing there my junior year, but the students genuinely seemed miserable and didn’t seem to have a work life balance - it was just studying or doing extracurriculars basically 24/7. The students there said jhu isn’t as cutthroat competitive as it used to be (it’s a lot better now) but definitely still competitive. It is a gated campus though so you like that + are ok with Baltimore it should be fine. Washu is definitely great too, and they pick majority of their applicants either from ed or wl (supposedly), great pre med fs (they do have some weeder classes). However, if you’re not a huge fan of St. Louis is cost is a lot more then maybe jhu is the way to go at least for ed1 (jhu also doesn’t count legacy or anything so their ed rate isn’t inflated by that)

carmine fractal
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I am a current JHU student, and there is an opportunity to achieve a good work-life balance if you avoid procrastinating on assignments. There are people on my floor who go out and have fun every weekend, regardless of their majors—I'm pretty sure many of them are BME or engineering majors. The experience of living in Baltimore depends on where you reside; for me, coming from a big city like NYC, it is not much different from what I am accustomed to. However, if you are from a suburban or rural community, it is something that is different. The research opportunities at Hopkins are excellent, especially if you proactively reach out, particularly for biology or neuroscience.

drifting geyser