<p>We all know JHU is great if you want to go directly to grad school. But it seems from here that JHU students have difficulty securing jobs compared to peer universities, confirming my belief. 10% of the students who were not going to grad school were unemployed/seeking a job by graduation. This is actually scary for me. I want to get a full-time job post graduation and it seems I'll have to do it somewhere else. I'm not letting my parents pay full tuition for four years for me to end up with a 37k job, when I can get a 50k+ job going to my state school.</p>
<p>I looked at the career survey for CMU. For most majors, the average salary was between 45k and 55k, with CS actually at 72k.</p>
<p>Someone from JHU, please tell me it isn't so!</p>
<p>AdmissionsDaniel, I'm curious to hear your response to this post. Is JHU making an effort to improve their career services? I understand that JHU has a lot students going to grad school so that might detract recruiters from coming on campus. But at the same time, do you think the students who want jobs are being taken care of?</p>
<p>I understand you want to represent JHU in the best light possible to attract the most students. But for me, what's important is to learn as much as I can about JHU - the good and the bad - before making a decision. If you want, you can PM me instead of responding to this post.</p>
<p>The Career Center is fantastic. <a href="http://www.jhu.edu/careers/jobsearch/guide.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.jhu.edu/careers/jobsearch/guide.html</a> is a step by step process they've outlined for finding a great job. They will help you with any step of the process. JHU hosts multiple job fairs every year- employers come here to recruit! Yes, lots of kids go on to graduate school, but it's just a testament to the intelligence and talent of Hopkins students, and of COURSE employers will want to tap into that.</p>
<p>I have experiences at a number of colleges (some equally respected to JHU and some a notch below) and I will with all confidence say that the JHU Career Center is the best I've seen. You are basing your judgment on some report that actually does not go into great detail. </p>
<p>From the students I know and the staff I know in the Career Center, I personally believe the services, experience, and results of the JHU Career Center is equal to that of many elite schools out there. The one most critical point is that not all JHU students utilize the services of the Career Center - and in the end that is their loss. </p>
<p>Students who want jobs and follow the advice of the Career Center will be successful. Students who want grad programs and follow the advice of the Career Center and Office of Preprofessional Advising will get into the best schools in the country. And the students who want none of this can also do that.</p>
<p>In the end it comes down to having initiative, listening to advice, and motivating yourself to succeed. In the end, we are Johns Hopkins University and that name carries A LOT of weight.</p>
<p>Also CMU tends to have a more technical bend to its programs it seems. People in the sciences and engineering seem to get higher paying jobs. JHU is more balanced between the humanities and sciences. That's why the overall pay could be lower.</p>
<p>Med school acceptance rate ranges from 90 - 95%. The list for medical school is: Hopkins, Columbia, U Chicago, Wash U, Vanderbilt, Harvard, U Maryland, Ohio State.</p>