<p>I got into Rutgers, Michigan, Brown and Hopkins. I am considering a physics major, or another science or math. Which school would be best for the sciences, right now I am leaning toward Brown but I am not sure.</p>
<p>Have you heard of the Applied Physics Laboratory? It's part of the Johns Hopkins Institution. It lead the Hubble</a> Telescope launch:
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In 1983, the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) was established after something of a power struggle between NASA and the scientific community at large. STScI is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) and is physically located on the Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, which is one of the 32 U.S. universities and 7 international affiliates that comprise the AURA consortium.
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I can't speak much for Brown. Not a big fan of Providence, though. Brown is a great school, but if you're a fan of structure and organization, Hopkins may be a better choice.</p>
<p>Go to Brown. It's easier.</p>
<p>JHU for sciences.. brown is great too though.. biased</p>
<p>The atmosphere at Brown and JHU are VERY different in my opinion and you really need to visit to determine which you prefer. While it may be great that the STScI is located here at campus, and that the Applied Physics Lab (APL) does a lot, but I really question what benefit undergraduates get out of these programs. The portion of APL located on the Homewood Campus is quite small compared to the 3,000+ employee sector located outside of DC, and they tend to hire engineers to help them (after all applied physics is engineering). I have also spoken with my housemate who is a senior Physics major and he claims to have little to no interaction at all with the Hubble people. So its great that these things are here at Hopkins, but how much do they benefit the undergrads? Nonetheless, the Physics department here at Hopkins is top notch, very small, and quite popular amongst the students in the program. I haven't heard any complaints about it from them so I have nothing but high recommendations for you to base your decision off. Good luck in deciding, but try to vist both schools if you can</p>
<p>Ha Ha Ha - Brown or JHU. (Sorry inside joke!)</p>
<p>please to elaborate....on this inside joke, what's so funny? lol</p>
<p>yah, i'm not getting the joke-- but anyways, go to Hopkins</p>
<p>To learn the inside joke you will have to enroll at Hopkins, become an Admissions volunteer as a freshman, befriend AdmissionsDaniel, and catch me in one of those moments were I reveal personal information (which actually I do often).</p>
<p>I am from Rhode Island so I can personally tell you that Providence is a boring city. However, I know a lot of people going to Brown and they enjoy it. RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) is very close and has a lot of...interesting people to interact with. There are some fun things to do in Providence, but the variety is very limited and most things get old pretty quickly...</p>
<p>I actually had to make this decision myself last year. I chose JHU because I wanted to get a little further away from home. I knew that if I went to Brown I would go home every weekend. JHU also seemed to be more researched focused, which is very important to me. JHU is also better for the sciences in general I believe (I am a BME). I always thought of Brown as more of a humanities based school than a science one, but I could be wrong.</p>