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Good luck......

As some other posters have noted, having your school paid for by your girlfriend's family may turn out to be a HUGE beat, but good luck with that too....

FWIW, unless you have ambitions about being a high powered academic sort of guy, it really doesn't matter too much where you go. Your residency is a lot more important, and while there is a bit of a "legacy" halo at some programs, it's just not that big a deal. Pick out a place you'd like to live, where the students seem a bit less psychotic than the norm. And don't kill yourself midway thru your second year - it gets better in the spring.

MM MD

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i.e., don't go to JHU if you have another option such as emory.

i did not go to jhu med school, 4 year undergrad, started premed and it was cutthroat as hell. i've heard med school there is worse.

also, i wasn't a huge fan of the city either. just my opinion as someone who lived there 4 years.