<p>What makes you guys think Cornell is better than JHU?
I know it is pretty silly to ask this, but just give me general ideas.
ex) better dormitary facilities..etc</p>
<p>location would be a big one...</p>
<p>definitely location and food. </p>
<p>i dont know if there are any bad dorms at cornell, but my friend at jhu showed me his dorm room and uh... it definitely wasn't pretty lol. but he told me that since he applied for housing late, that's what he ended up with. he's getting a really nice suite next year though, so.. yeah.</p>
<p>and i don't think this would be a major factor or anything, but when i visited JHU, generally all the buildings looked the same with very little difference in color/architechture to me. plus some of the buildings aren't named on the outside or something? so yeah, this made finding places at jhu really hard. my friends have said that they've gotten used to it, but... haha i dunno i didn't like it.</p>
<p>most significantly, Cornell is a major research university with an international reputation and across the board strengths. Hopkins is a fine, small school with a regional reputation except for its med school with a strong science and pre-med bias. Hardly comparable really....</p>
<p>Let's face it, JHU isn't located in the best place...</p>
<p>whatever redcrimblue said</p>
<p>personally i chose cornell over jhu b/c i did not feel comfortable with the general atmosphere and location of jhu. the best thing to do is visit.</p>
<p>for undergrad, cornell has better opportunities as it is an ivy league. but there is little difference as both are pretty close in rankings. also keep in mind that JHU blows virtually every other school away in some discoplines of science and in med. programs.
also, it might interest you that in terms of its graduate med programs, JHU is your ticket to success. but it might be a bit early for you to think about that.</p>
<p>i don't think you can say one is overall better than the other. it depends what you're looking for. and if we knew what you were looking for we could help you out better.</p>
<p>redcrimblue hit the nail on the head. JHU would like people to continue thinking cornell vs. jhu? is a valid inquiry. in reality, it's not.</p>
<p>i will concede that jhu is nationally recognized as one of the best international relations/ hard science schools, and will get you respect anywhere. but cornell overs the same greatness in many more programs, and has a lot of benefits. i chose cornell over jhu because of the location, food, atmosphere, etc. from everything i hear, jhu is a realy really boring place to go to school and is insanely cutthroat with little partying.</p>
<p>yea, JHU = 4 years of pain + little bit of success later on</p>
<p>Cornell = 4 years of study + social life & successful career with lots of really successful alumni who can help you a lot when it comes to internships and jobs, and its ivy league.</p>
<p>But, if you really want to do international relations Georgetown is by far the best around, along with American U.</p>
<p>I'd personally go with Cornell anyway</p>
<p>i really don't think you all are giving JHU enough credit. It's a fabulous school. MUnited, statistically, financial success and one's alma mater bear no correlation. Ivy league is a nice label, but it's still just a label.</p>
<p>Yeah, I think everyone's really biased towards Cornell. I mean, I'm going to Cornell, but I agree with sparticus that JHU is a great school. There's no need to insult another school to make our school seem better.</p>
<p>I also think JHU is an excellent school. It is, however, very different and much more limited than Cornell. btw, there is a strong statistical correlation between alma mater and financial success. It doesn't play out with each and every alumnus or alumna, but the average graduate of, say, Cornell and SUNY-Binghampton, Penn and Penn State, Harvard and UMass, etc. make statistically significant different amounts of money. What this disregards is the role of self-selection and institutional selection at the elite schools; in other words, whether the quality of students and alumni would have engendered their financial success irrespective of college attended. To say, as Sparticus did (for whom I have respect as a poster) that there is "no correlation" is obviously and demonstrably incorrect.</p>
<p>Ok! my conclusion :
it is totally up to your preference</p>
<p>yeah, it's your choice. Both schools are excellent, apply to both and visit both. Also it depends on what you want to do. Engineering is more renowned at Cornell. International Business at JHU, sciences are strong at both. One campus is urban, the other is rural. The differences are huge. If you're just looking for a status college, then you're not doing the application right and you should focus more on what appeals to you rather than what will sound good when you tell others.</p>