<p>Hiiii</p>
<p>i am having difficulty deciding between committing to Emory or Hopkins, especially now that there's only like three days left. I am planning on majoring/double majoring (maybe!) in a history/archaeology/anthropology type deal and minoring in music. Even though hopkins has a better history program according to rankings, i am very interested in the biological anthropology major that emory offers.</p>
<p>can anyone offer any input to help mee???</p>
<p>thanks :D</p>
<p>majoring anthropology at Emory is a HUGE plus with resources there…but you won’t go wrong with either Emory or JHU…</p>
<p>Biological anthropology is a definite plus at Emory. Most of the department is focused on bio (as opposed to cultural) and your access to research amazing. The YERKES primate research center is down the street and many people have internships/jobs there. IF you haven’t yet, check out the website [Emory</a> University | Department of Anthropology<a href=“note%20the%20professor%20on%20the%20first%20page”>/url</a>. The faculty also have their research interests listed so you can get an idea of the kinds of programs you might be working on [url=<a href=“Error 404 | Emory University | Atlanta GA”>Error 404 | Emory University | Atlanta GA]Emory</a> University | Department of Anthropology | Faculty](<a href=“Error 404 | Emory University | Atlanta GA”>http://anthropology.emory.edu/)</p>
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Hopkins is extremely strong in both history and archaeology. Anthropology is good but focuses on cultural anthropology.</p>
<p>History: [JHU</a> Department of History Undergraduate Studies](<a href=“http://history.jhu.edu/undergrad.html]JHU”>http://history.jhu.edu/undergrad.html)
Archaeology: [Archaeology</a> major to be offered in fall 2009 - News & Features<a href=“brand%20new!”>/url</a>
Ancient Law/Egyptology/Assyriology: [url=<a href=“http://neareast.jhu.edu/undergrad-prog.html]Undergraduate”>http://neareast.jhu.edu/undergrad-prog.html]Undergraduate</a> Program](<a href=“http://media.www.jhunewsletter.com/media/storage/paper932/news/2008/11/20/NewsFeatures/Archaeology.Major.To.Be.Offered.In.Fall.2009-3555385.shtml]Archaeology”>http://media.www.jhunewsletter.com/media/storage/paper932/news/2008/11/20/NewsFeatures/Archaeology.Major.To.Be.Offered.In.Fall.2009-3555385.shtml)
Museum Studies: [JHU</a> Program in Museums and Society About the Program](<a href=“http://sites.jhu.edu/museums/about.html]JHU”>http://sites.jhu.edu/museums/about.html)
Anthropology: [Undergraduate</a> Program](<a href=“http://anthropology.jhu.edu/undergrad.html]Undergraduate”>http://anthropology.jhu.edu/undergrad.html)</p>
<p>Hopkins has an undergraduate history journal.
[Foundations[/url</a>]</p>
<p>The Baltimore Museum of Art is right next to campus.
[url=<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Museum_of_Art]Baltimore”>Baltimore Museum of Art - Wikipedia]Baltimore</a> Museum of Art - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://ww2.jhu.edu/foundations/]Foundations[/url”>http://ww2.jhu.edu/foundations/)</p>
<p>The Walters Art Museum is also good for archaeology.
[Walters</a> Art Museum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walters_Art_Museum]Walters”>Walters Art Museum - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Hopkins even has a dig in Egypt that takes undergrad students.
<a href=“http://www.jhu.edu/egypttoday/[/url]”>http://www.jhu.edu/egypttoday/</a></p>
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You can’t go wrong with a minor at Peabody.</p>
<p>[Peabody</a> Institute - Conservatory Admissions: Musical Opportunities for JHU Students](<a href=“http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/172]Peabody”>http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/172)</p>
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Although Emory (and even more so Duke) is stronger in biological anthropology than Hopkins, it’s definitely possible to at least take courses in that area at Hopkins. In fact, the editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology teaches at Hopkins.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.bio.jhu.edu/Faculty/Ruff/Default.html[/url]”>http://www.bio.jhu.edu/Faculty/Ruff/Default.html</a></p>
<p>thank you so much everyone!!!</p>
<p>the music programs could be the deal breakers. Isn’t Peabody a very elite Conservatory that requires auditions and a lot of upkeep and rehearsal? Obviously, the Baltimore/DC corridor will bring you a high level of performers a year to see in person. </p>
<p>I like Emory’s program/orchestra for non conservatory students. Atlanta Symphony Musicians are often the instrument teachers for private lessons…the Emory Symphony takes a trip together annually to perform, …and there are many music majors in the Symphony…but a non major will fit in as well. performance hall was quite lovely in my opinion, and Emory has a decent budget for bringing in top performers to campus…</p>
<p>If you are considering taking classes at Peabody, investigate the logistics. While a shuttle goes between the campuses, I remember reading several complaints from Peabody students that the course-practice times and other schedules don’t fit well with the Homewood campus.</p>
<p>that’s true. i take lessons from a clarinet teacher at peabody now, which could carry on through college</p>
<p>but since i live in maryland, atlanta would be a nice change of scene</p>
<p>you will take a shuttle at Emory your final two years…or live off campus with your car. Upperclass housing is a different location than the main campus which houses freshmen and sophomores and frat members in their houses for their junior years…
still, requirements for Emory rehearsal are likely to be less demanding…my sons were shopping for non-conservatory based symphony orchestras…it is all about what your match is in music performance. My sense was that the Emory Orchestra accommodated both levels of players. For at least your first two years, you would merely stroll over to the music center on Emory campus. Hmm…other diffs from Baltimore…you will miss the closeness to the coast and water…but be free of the muggy humid summers of the Chesapeake.</p>
<p>^^and Atlanta is NOT muggy, humid? :D</p>
<p>No…not like Potomac/Baltimore/Chesapeake muggy where you are covered in a mist of sweat on summer days. Wmsburg is muggy, Hopkins in the summers is muggy…Atlanta is HOT.</p>
<p>Students miss most of the uncomfortable heat in Atlanta because it doesn’t start until June. The first couple of weeks after people arrive for orientation is the only time when it is unpleasantly hot/humid.</p>
<p>with all due respect folks, it is both hotter and (slightly) wetter in Atlanta than it is in Bawlamer (which is logical since the “heat” patterns stem from the Gulf and sweep northward in a clockwise direction).</p>
<p>August in Atlanta has a mean of 79 degrees, with an average range of 88-70; relative humidity in the afternoon (the heat of the day) is 60%.</p>
<p>Baltimore is only slightly less with 55% humidity, and temperature ranges of 85-64.</p>
<p>Rain totals are similar. Nevertheless, both can be uncomfortable. Personally, I thought boating on the Chesapeake was one of the best places for relief from the sweltering heat.</p>
<p>OK bluebayou, your stats win. and the heat is really not relevant to the kids packing up in May to go home… However, I lived for eight summers of my life in Atlanta (several with no A/C) and a few in Los Angeles as well (miss that breeze)…and have been in VA for a long time…Wmsburg is humid in summers like a sauna and DC life is also very humid.</p>
<p>there is a certain something in the moist summer Potomac heat that is unique in urban summers in Baltimore/DC city that perhaps I am not explaining well. My son lived on Capitol Hill a few blocks from his job at the LOC…and every morn he would stroll in to work and arrive completely damp. My other son did two summers at Hopkins and he is a runner. He was amazed by the humid heat. </p>
<p>I live in the mountains now…
I really like Georgia weather frankly. Lots of sunshine, lots of short pants. A nice autumn. Mild winters with a few ice storms here and there. Spring is awfully superb in Atlanta. Miss those springs.</p>
<p>haha yeah, im trying not to let the weather impact my decision too too much, but i do love snow</p>
<p>uh…as the trees that have budded into white spring flowers start to drop…sometimes in a breeze in Atlanta…it looks like snow. :)</p>
<p>faline:</p>
<p>did you know that back in the dark ages, the Brits used to receive “hardship pay” for being stationed in the Potomac Swamp. :)</p>
<p>i just committed to hopkins! :D</p>
<p>Enjoy attending one of America’s greatest schools. Congrats. The campus is way underappreciated in my opinion. It has a historic feel to it like Wm and Mary.</p>
<p>thanks! </p>
<p>although it was the hardest decision of my life to make :(</p>