<p>Actually Cornell’s is relatively low.</p>
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<p>I don’t know what connection you have to Hopkins or Baltimore, but yes, it is that bad.</p>
<p>hey thankfully its not like Tulane’s homocide rates..</p>
<p>Quote:</p>
<p>“You’ve never been to Baltimore have you?”</p>
<p>Actually, I grew up near Baltimore and have been there many times. I admire Johns Hopkins. Baltimore is a dump.</p>
<p>The OP’s provided suicide stats are pretty old.</p>
<p>By the way, Phead128, the dig on Baltimore was a JOKE. Lighten up.</p>
<p>How can Hopkins have the third highest suicide rate at 6.9 per 100,000 if the national average for all colleges is 7 per 100,000?</p>
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<p>common misconception. Someone jumping over the gorges is, not quite sure how to put this, more elaborate and embellished than what usually happens at other schools so it gets more visibility in stories, news, etc, so people assume that Cornell has a high suicide rate, when it doesn’t, IIRC its inline with the national average. Just a myth that is spread around.</p>
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<p>I was also confused on some of the numbers in that post, but I believe, that the Hopkins number includes grads and the 7 per 100,000 doesn’t, and that grad students simply don’t commit suicide very much so it lowers the average.</p>
<p>The comparison was top engineering schools, not all schools in the nation.</p>
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Ironically, Jessie, I think that blog post started its life as a post here on CC. :)</p>
<p>so do you guys think its because of the competition and stress? i mean i can totally imagine this scenario.</p>
<p>Asian : Oh my God
Asian 2: What happened?
Asian: I got a B+ on my exam
Asian 2: Wow.. you are so stupid. you should just go kill yourself right now by drowning in the Charles River
<em>Asian</em> drowns in Charles River</p>
<p>I heard JHU has the highest suicide rate. Not that it’s a contest or anything.</p>
<p>There was a pretty controversial case a while ago. A girl who went to MIT (and previously attempted suicide when she was not her high school valedictorian…) lit her room on fire and subsequently died. She was found to be on prescription drugs at the time, and it was officially deemed an accident after the family sued MIT for inadequate mental health services. The people who are going to attempt suicide are people who would do it anyway; I don’t believe for a second that being at MIT specifically makes a difference.</p>
<p>^ ok so its not being at MIT that makes the difference but the difference is its that the STUDENTS who attend MIT are crazy. gotcha. my tour guide told me she had like 4-6 hrs of hw everyday; i cried hearing that</p>
<p>Is Cal Tech any better or worse?</p>
<p>what lol, i heard William and Mary had the highest, but i dunno</p>
<p>the W&M myth is a rumor started by UVirginia students lol</p>
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<p>I remember them telling us that Caltech has the highest counselor to student ratio of any school in the country, and, for incoming grad students, 1/3 of people visit the counseling services within the first year.</p>
<p>Haven’t heard of any successful suicides while I’ve been here, though I have heard of a few instances where undergrads drank enough they were at the brink of death.</p>
<p>An undergrad, a recent alum (graduated the previous summer), and a grad student at Caltech all committed suicide in a few month span in 2006-2007. Given Caltech’s size…</p>
<p>Tech schools in general have a reputation for tough academics and less bustling social scenes. I don’t think suicides reflect poorly on any particular school; rather, such students should have carefully considered their options before enrolling at a college that may not have been the best fit for them. Plenty of counseling and tutoring services are available at all top universities, and choosing not to avail oneself of them is, for some people, a fatal mistake.</p>
<p>A 2002 article in the UCSD Guardian, for example, reported that
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<p>It’s unfortunate that any student should feel driven to such a drastic measure.</p>