<p>I would go to Johns Hopkins if I were you. BU is a good school but JH is an excellent school.</p>
<p>What do you intend to use “communications” for? For example, a substantial percentage of students at some communications schools are interested in journalism. Hopkins certainly can give you a great background for journalism–and Hopkins has produced some great journalists. Russell Baker (retired New York Times columnist), Wolf Blitzer (I actually went to school with him but he called himself Zev in those days [which is Hebrew for wolf]),P J O’Rouke—just to name a few.</p>
<p>daniel</p>
<p>I think you have some research to do. </p>
<p>JHU may provide you with the opportunity to study what you want. However, given that there is no department, you may have to be a bit creative to do so. My view (which seems to be a minority view) – If you know what you want to study, and you cannot do so at JHU, I would recommend going to BU.</p>
<p>BUMP IT!! (last one, it’s just that I still haven’t fully decided but the deadline is going to be soon…)
leaning towards BU right now mostly because my parents want to save the 4000 $ a year (Which is in fact a real good reason to choose this school)…
some words about BU’s campus? is it THAT dispersed compared to a traditional one?</p>
<p>BU is a city school, it really doesnt have big grassy quads. From a practical point of view (i.e., getting to class on time) it should work out fine.</p>
<p>It’s also important to consider if you switch majors. A JHU degree trumps that of BU. You’ll need the reputation boost should you choose to stay in Boston and compete in consulting and a lot of other reputation driven fields. You’re honestly weighing two schools that are pretty different from one another, socially and academically. BU has more of a college town feel, but has a pretty poor academic reputation. Personally, I don’t see why there’s such a dilemma outside of 16k (total - most people would kill for that kind of college bill) - but it might mean more to you. You’d be hardpressed to find people that would choose hopkins over BU for a reason. One thing that concerns me would be your stats, however. You’d no doubt have an easier time at BU considering the academic quality of your peers would not be as strong.</p>
<p>Still can’t decide.
As an international student I got in wiht a 1930 SAT with 650 cr 580 m and 700 wr with tuition at both schools.
I just can’t understand how I got into JHU as I am attracted to the Humanities area and will not study science or math.
By checking collegeboard I found out that only 4 % of hopkins accepted students have a math score between 500 and 599!! But those would probably be athletes or who knows what type of special kids, so why me?</p>
<p>( for the information i’m not the traditional hopkins kid if there is one, i play in a rock band, do karate, studied ancient greek and latin in highschool, not science focused…and really value social life…)
I’m not bragging about getting in, I seriously can’t understand how this happened. </p>
<p>Will I be prepared to do well in the Humanities or Film and Media studies at JHU with the critical reading and writing score I achieved compared to american students or international ones there? (also got a 111/120 TOEFL score BTW). </p>
<p>Should I go to BU for a lighter courseload and wonder my whole life what would have been? </p>
<p>Would the fact that I am slightly considering communications (which BU has but not hopkins) be a major factor in deciding? (a poster at the beginning of this thread said i can still get a communications industry preparation at hopkins with writing courses business etc, what do you think?)</p>
<p>I’m used to studying a lot as the ITALIAN highschool I go to here in florence is horrendously hard and stressful, but what will happen at hopkins? </p>
<p>If I chose this school I would definitely go there determined to do my best as I’ve been fighting against my highschool classes for years, but what if I still can’t get a gpa higher than 3.00 at hopkins? what will be for work or internship opportunities? what will I do?
why me?</p>
<p>I would assume that if JHU accepts you, they think you can do the work. Since you don’t want to be in a math/science oriented field, I wouldn’t concern myself about the SAT-M score.</p>
<p>Studying Communications at JHU – good question. I’d speak with someone in admissions. Perhaps they can get someone to explain to you how to do this. No personal knowledge, though.</p>
<p>Let us know what you ultimately decide.</p>
<p>The notion that BU offers more in the humanities is a myth. The notion that there is more quality in any area of the humanities at BU than at JHU is a JOKE. Johns Hopkins is outstanding in MANY areas of the humanities alongside Ivy league institutions and the top level privates/publics. BU is middling at best comparatively speaking. Now if we were talking Drexel or Fordham than I would say BU would be in the running, but this thread should not really even been about a choice - it’s a no brainer - go to JHU.</p>
<p>Would go with JHU. </p>
<p>JHU is stronger overall, and it’s misconception that JHU isn’t excellent in the non-science departments. In fact, JHU is excellent in MANY of the social sciences and humanities.</p>
<p>JHU is the clear winner here.</p>
<p>and i would make it with my critical reading and writing score?
what about the communications arcane?</p>
<p>OP do not make a mistake;</p>
<p>Go to JHU</p>
<p>1) Prestige is not even comparable. JHU is a world class university; when it comes to medicine and certain sciences, JHU is the world leading university. BU is a reputable school, but they are just not on the same level.
2) Academics is not even comparable.
3) People you meet will not be comparable. The quality of students are not comparable. The fiends you make, the network you build will last a lifetime.
4) Seriously, just go to JHU espicially when you have full-tuition scholarships to both schools.</p>
<p>^^^ </p>
<p>Agree with above post.</p>
<p>I’ve never seen an easier decision to make in my life-Hopkins, and don’t look back.</p>
<p>And Hopkins it Is!! Hope I’ve made the right choice!</p>
<p>so psyched</p>
<p>btw Thank you all so much! you really helped me as I needed external voices since I live outside the United states and since I wasn’t really getting that college decision or just any college discussion-vibe (or obsession?!) that is so big in the US</p>
<p>cheers</p>
<p>Congratulations, and best wishes for your years at JHU!</p>
<p>Congrats! I hope you have an awesome time.</p>
<p>btw: start following Hopkins Lacrosse online as they start their run to the naitional playoffs.</p>
<p>You made the right choice. Work hard, and have a great time.</p>
<p>Just saw this and completely agree with the Hopkins choice, given the academic level (and after you’ve gone through the Italian system, I’d be worried that you’d find BU “easy”)…so glad you went for it 
My kids are dual citizens, too, so you’ve also given me some hope that they just might find as good a deal as you have just gotten!! Did you apply undeclared? What made you apply to those two to begin with and where else did you apply to? Did you look at the UK at all? Would love to know more about what you went through this year, I suspect it’ll be a sneak preview of what my son will go through in September!</p>
<p>hey thanks for the kind words!
I was undecided but listed as possible majors Sociology and Philosophy. I applied to BU because I liked Boston and because I had the opportunity to take an exam in Ancient Greek which would award me full tuition at the school for 4 years. Amazingly enough I got the scholarship and even more incredible even JHU gave me basically full tuition. </p>
<p>I applied to Johns Hopkins because I thought it was a school that was similiar to Georgetown, only in Baltimore, a city my parents like a lot, as with Maryland in general, and because of its’ prestige and academics. I’ll admit that It was one of the schools on my list of which I knew the less, and was so surprised to see the acceptance letter after all the rejections. </p>
<p>I applied to many other high caliber (top 20) schools but got rejected by all (9!) of them (Exept a safety where I hardly got 30k a year). One of the reasons for all these rejections was probably the need for almost complete financial aid. </p>
<p>Even though my parents wanted me to apply to the UK, I didn’t want to because since I was born, I always wanted to go to the United States (and not just for Summer each year!)</p>
<p>Your son has stressful days ahead of him. Toefl, Sat I and IIs, essays, asking professors, who know nothing about the system for recommendations, translating transcripts, interviews…
some things I advise:
calculate enough time to take the sat twice (not once as I did)
start the essays really early and don’t get to the last minute
apply to at least one school Early Decision, or early action, i’ve read that it’s so much easier to get in! (JHU ED: 38% acceptance, RD: 16% !!!)</p>
<p>Are you italian? Because you seem to know how hard and stressful the italian highschool system is (particularly the Liceo classico where I go to school) </p>
<p>p.s don’t worry about your sons GPA too much! mine was a 7.4 out of 10 (though my school has HUGE grade inflation) and I still got in!</p>