JHU vs. Brown: Student life, neuro and linguistics, research opportunities

College Search & Selection
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Hi! After receiving all of my college letters, I’ve narrowed it down to Johns Hopkins and Brown. I’m planning in majoring in cognitive science (at JHU with my focuses in neuroscience and linguistics, at Brown with a second major in linguistics). It’s a possibility that I’ll end up being pre-med, but it’s not anywhere near a certainty.

JHU seems to be a better school for my field, but from what I’ve seen it looks more difficult to achieve a high GPA there than at a comparable school. From firsthand observation, there does seem to be quite a bit of stress, something that worries me because of my anxiety issues.

The point:

  1. How does student life compare at Brown vs Johns Hopkins?

  2. How are the neuroscience and linguistics programs at Brown?

  3. How easy is it for undergrads to do research at Brown compared to Hopkins?

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Your questions (and then some) about JHU are answered in this thread: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/johns-hopkins-university/1880071-hopkins-vs-brown.html#latest

Post if you have additional questions about JHU or its Neuro program (which has a cognitive concentration). Additionally, yes, you could major in Psychology or in Cognitive Science (which also has a Linguistics minor). Heads up, the Neuro program is more interested in structure/anatomy and on a molecular level as opposed to the cognitive approach, though the cognitive concentration does give you some of that. I bring up Neuro just because it is more popular than these other related majors at JHU (not that that necessarily indicates anything).