<p>Johns Hopkins University!!!–the first and #1 Grant-Funded Research University in the United States of America!</p>
<p>A Beautiful and Cohesive Red-Brick and Marble campus located in Baltimore that gives you the feeling of rustic and well-choreographed beauty in an urban setting. The school is renowned as one of the most challenging academic experiences in the country and is well respected, as a result, by the top graduate and professional schools, as well as by employers throughout the country. This school, to be frankly honest, is not for the faint of heart and not “anyone” can just go there and expect to excel. Hopkins pushes students to do their best and truly treats undergraduates with the same expectations they have come to expect of their graduate students. Despite its global recognition for excellence in the medical and science fields, Hopkins has the top programs in the country for: Writing Seminars (Creative Writing), International Studies (SAIS: Regularly placed in at least equal or higher regard than Georgetown, Princeton, Columbia, Tufts, etc), Public Health (With the most research grants in Public Health of ANY institution in the nation), Physics (Top 3, with one of the discovers/termers of “dark energy” teaching Physics at Hopkins to undergrads as well!), Art History (With its OWN Nationally Recognized Museum, the Baltimore Museum of Art, basically ON campus), Music (Peabody Conservatory is one of the most prestigious Music schools in the country after Julliard and Curtis, and Hopkins took it over!–and offers amazing double degree programs, free concerts, lessons with Peabody professors, etc), French (One of Four Accredited in the COUNTRY by the French National Government!), German, Biomedical Engingeering(#1!!), Egyptology and a LOT more! Also, Hopkins has TOP 10 and TOP 20 programs in English, History, Math, Economics, Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience, Civil Engineering, and other Engineering…lol and obviously, ALL of the hard-core sciences, etc!
The school is also a convenient 45 minute and/or $7 MARC train ride away from Washington D.C. with a plethora of internships to be had there and in Baltimore if one is looking at politics, non-profit, etc. The school also has some of the top pre-advising programs in the country with 90%+ of pre-med applicants in at Medical Schools and around 92-95% (fluctuates) of pre-law applicants in at Law School.
JHU is also home to, probably, the most decorated history in Division I Lacrosse in the country, with the Blue Jays regularly dominating and beating out rivals each year. 
around 70%+ of all Hopkins undergrads do some forms of research or internships with either the school’s Medical School/Hospital, D.C., Bloomberg School of Public Health, or the variety of opportunities offered by the urban area.
The school, also, recently completed a $3.74 Billion Fundraising Campaign, the second highest achieving campaign in Higher Education EVER, which will go towards shoring up the school and building and/or remodeling the Homewood campus, including creation of a new multi-million dollar library that will extend from the current one through underground connection ;).
The student body is extremely diverse and, despite rumors, work very well together to get through the tough academics at Hopkins!
It has the feel of a liberal arts school and a research school because the school is so small (undegrad pop. is under 5,000), but so cutting edge in technology and capabilities.
There’s something for everyone at Hopkins, and there’s so much more to say, but I guess I will leave it at this :D</p>