So first of all (don't know if you already this, but just in case), unlike most other countries, in the US, you have to get a bachelor's degree before you go to medical school. You can get your bachelor's degree in absolutely anything as long as you take certain pre-medical requirements - you have to take:
1 year of general chemistry with lab
1 year of organic chemistry with lab
1 year of physics with lab
1 year of biology with lab
1 year of english/writing
~18-24 credits (6-8 classes) in the humanities/social sciences
Some med schools also ask for a semester of biochemistry and a year of calculus.

Hope that helps!
-Tanmay

Well as mentioned above, there are certain Med school requirements that need to be met.  Other than that, you should ask yourself this very important question "What am I Interested In?"

If there is a definitive answer to that question (besides becoming a doctor) then you know what you should study and you should take classes that go with that and probably major in that area as well.  If you have no idea, then your first semester (since it's kinda like a Pass/Fail in that no one will ever see your grades, not even med schools, and the only two people who will know what your GPA was is you and your advisor) you should take a whole wide variety of things that sound interesting and find where you think you fit.  
***Word to the wise, if you plan on majoring in something other than sciences, you must be aware that your science GPA is pretty important for med schools and that the MCATS focus primarily on those intro level courses, so you better make sure do well in them.  Not to say that if your a sciece major you don't have to do well, its just that you'll be taking more science classes on top of the intro level ones so your science GPA will have more a balance to it than being soley determined by your 3 intro classes.

Hello everyone,

Does anyone know if John Hopkins has a Pre-Med major?
If not...what majors can I do, that will qualify the Medicine program...
Could I do Biology? Physics? Chemistry?

Thanks in advance

 :)

The public health major (natural science focus), has every prerequisite for medical included in its required classes for graduation, in addition to classes like epidemiology, biostats, health policy, etc... Like everyone else said, you can fulfill your requirements in any major- public health is just the one that the cool kids major in.  ;)

Which field? You can choose any major in the School of Arts and Sciences or School of Engineering and still be pre-med if you take the required classes listed above

If you decided to be a biology major, then you would be in the school of Arts and Crafts (I mean Sciences). If you decided to do Engineering (ie. Biomedical engineering), you would be under the guidance of the Whiting School of Engineering...From what I've seen, it doesn't really matter socially whether you are a Arts and Sciences major or an Engineering major. The Hopkins campus is pretty integrated, and I am often surprised when I find out one of my friends is an Engineer.

But, yes. Tanmay was right. You don't really need to major in a science (or engineering, or humanities) to be pre-med. No track is the "right" track...it all depends on you.

I'm having trouble deciding between Biology and Public Health (Natural Sciences). Both fulfill the requirements for pre-med but I'm not sure which one is more suitable for me. I'm afraid that Biology will suffocate me with sciences but Public Health will only be the bare minimum. Can anyone who is currently majoring in either one offer some advice?

I'm going to let you in on a little secret ... you don't have to decide now what major you are going to pursue. In fact, you have until the end of your sophomore year to decide.

Come to Hopkins ... explore both Biology and Public Health courses ... explore some other programs as well ... talk to faculty ... talk to academic advising ... then decide what is the right path FOR YOU. No one can tell you what program is going to work better for you, it is such a personal decision. That is why the curriculum at Hopkins is so flexible.

I'm looking to be a Psych major with a minor in Chinese.  I also may want to go to Med School.  Is this possible?  Does anyone have experience in these areas?  Thanks!

It's completely possible to be pre-med and explore your non-science interests. I'm a Neuroscience major, who's pre-med, yet I still had time to do a Theater minor, a Music minor, AND to study abroad. I've also taken classes outside my majors and minors, like "Perspectives on the Evolution of Structures" and "Constitutional Law"

The pre med curriculum, if you think about it, isn't THAT time consuming in terms of credits (though they tend to be the hardest classes of your curriculum so you do have to be careful not to overload when you're taking like, physics and organic chem at the same time). Most people are done with their hard sciences by their senior year, so there's a lot of time then to take fun classes. My friends who are pre-med seniors who didn't study abroad have jokes of schedules this semester. One of them is taking "Photoshop", "The Biology of Aids", "Expository writing", and a Synapses class in the Neuroscience department. (Well, that last one isn't a joke, but you get the picture)

Another pre-med friend is taking "Sleep, Dreams, and Altered States", "Medicine and Society" (basically learning that lower income families have worse medical care....every week, all weeks), "The Biology of Aids", and "Animal Behavior". Yeah.

In short- it's completely possible to be pre-med and pursue other things.

Hi, my name is David, and I am a rising high school senior who is looking at Johns Hopkins. I have a few questions about pre-med academics at Hopkins:

First of all, how does the GPA system work at Hopkins? Do they give you like a 3.8 for an A- and 4.0 for an A or do they give like 3.0 for a B, 4.0 for an A? Is it hard to get an A in science classes at Hopkins? And do you know what kinds of grades students typically get? Is there like an average GPA for pre-med students or something?
 
The reason I'm asking those questions is because I plan on going to medical school after college, and in order to get in a good medical school, it seems that your college gpa is extremely important. My dad's friends have told stories about a kid with a 3.2 from Yale not getting accepted to any medical schools while another kid who graduated with honors from the University of Georgia got accepted to the top medical schools.

Can anyone give me some insight into Hopkins' academics, especially in the science department? Or can anyone give me the contact information of someone else at Hopkins
who would be able to answer my question?

Wow, thanks, those links helped a lot.

I have two more questions though.

Take an average Hopkins student. What do you think his or her GPA at Hopkins would be?

And does anybody know how many percent of Hopkins students who are pre-med get an acceptance to medical school by graduation?

A Hopkins student's GPA depends pretty directly on how much work they do...

If we were to tell you that the average GPA was x.xx it wouldn't have much bearing on your performance or anyone else's, for that matter.  If you don't do your work, you won't have a good GPA regardless of what the University average is.  My point is, if you are concerned about your GPA just do your homework, study for your exams and hand in your assignments on time.  That usually helps you end up with great grades!

Don't sweat it.  If you're doing well in high school, as I'm sure you are, just keep doing what you're doing.