<p>Reposted from the JHU thread to see if I can garner more response... Sorry for the double post:</p>
<p>Hi everyone!</p>
<p>I'm a Canadian student accepted for the JHU Class of 2013, hoping to study mechanical engineering. I was wondering, on a national/global scale, if Whiting had a good reputation for undergraduate engineering. I am deeply interested in doing undergraduate research, as I have done so in my high school years (competed at ISEF twice) and really enjoyed it.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I have the option of studying at the top Canadian engineering schools (UToronto, Waterloo, Queen's), so I was wondering if it would be worth travelling to the US to study at JHU instead of just staying in my own country. In the long run, I want to get into a US grad school.</p>
<p>I'd appreciate your input!</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>If you want to get into a US grad school, JHU will have better name recognition.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, Whiting School of Engineering’s undergraduate program is ranked 14th alongside Northwestern and Princeton according to US News report.</p>
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<p>Hopkins does a lot of research too (top university in US in terms of research & development spending), so opportunities are plentiful to continue research with professors who are renown experts in their field.</p>
<p>I’d vote for JHU over the CA schools on its own merit, but if you’re aiming for grad school in the US, then doubly so.</p>
<p>I say JHU too especially if you wanna go to grad school. I don’t think Queen’s has much of a rep outside of Canada…</p>
<p>JHU for sure. no contest, unless you want to work in Canada, and even then, JHU might have a stronger name there. lol</p>