Johns Hopkins or Wash U?

<p>Got accepted to both. Pre-med. Just some thoughts on where you think I should go and why?</p>

<p>Both places have great pre-med programs and great med schools so if that’s your only criterion, you might as well flip a coin. There are many other issues to consider. If I remember my visit to WashU at all, it’s in something of a suburban area while Hopkins is clearly in the city of Baltimore. If you believe any of the publications, WashU has better food and a higher quality of life; having gone to JHU I can’t compare the two. JHU has a reputation of being a notoriously work-heavy school with very driven students focused on their careers. People sometimes complain about the lack of parties and the like but if you came to JHU that’s not what you signed up for. JHU has no core curriculum and no required courses (I don’t remember the details for WashU) so many people double major. Many of the departments at JHU, especially outside of bio-related ones, are fairly small so it becomes very easy to know professors. Finally, nearly all of my close friends at JHU and I got into top-5 graduate schools in our respective fields (none of us applied for jobs).</p>

<p>The takeaway from my post is that you need to consider a lot of factors and should visit both places if you can.</p>

<p>Hopkins is more well-known than WashU and has stronger programs such as engineering, public health, internatinal relation, etc. JHU also has more nobel Laureates. JHU international ranking is much higher if that is worth anything.</p>

<p>you sound very bias against JHU wallrus75… JHU is not is a bad area. Is it safe to walk off campus alone at night? probably not but that’s almost any city. The actual campus is very secluded from the city and has a suburban feel to it while on the campus. Speaking of which, JHU’s campus is notoriously beautiful. I know several people who moved JHU from the bottom to the top of their list after seeing/visiting the campus.</p>

<p>The Professors are (for the most part) very friendly and open to letting undergraduates join in their research, and the food is actually pretty good (you just get tired of it after a while), and most of the dorms are really nice.</p>

<p>I got into both too! I’d say you should go visit WashU, since they’ll pay for your plane tickets & transportation. Then try to go to Hopkins’ SOHOP event for an overnight stay. Maybe it will help you decide? WashU’s campus is wonderful and beautiful. Hopkins has a very nice campus as well, but for some reason I fell in love with WashU’s overall campus. They’re both wonderful colleges though. Can’t really go wrong.</p>

<p>Dreamsarereal–may I ask what you are/will be studying? My D has been accepted by both schools also and will do overnight at both.</p>

<p>From DreamsAreReal “I was admitted to all those schools too! And I’m stuck between UNC Chapel Hill and Johns Hopkins at the moment…”</p>

<p>This guy DreamsAreReal is trolling. Whenever there is comparison with Hopkins, he is always admitted to both. Becareful about what you read on an anonymous board.</p>

<p>What are you talking about? I was accepted to WashU, Emory, Hopkins, UC Berkeley, UNC Chapel Hill, UCLA, and Tufts. I’m not going to WashU because I have already decided that I’d prefer staying on the East Coast and closer to home, and Hopkins can offer that. However, it’s a personal preference of mine, and I didn’t think it’d affect the OP’s decision. I feel that Hopkins and WashU are on the same level, so I might as well pick Hopkins over WashU because it’s close to home. My other option, Chapel Hill, is there because I’m not sure if I can handle the competition. I’m only looking for what fits me best, and I’m trying to decide between the two. However, I am on here offering my opinions on two schools I’ve been accepted to. I myself have also visited both and am encouraging the OP to visit both. How is that trolling?</p>

<p>^^
I apologize if that’s the case.</p>

<p>@Professor101 Apology accepted. It’s okay though. I do see why you’d think that, since Chapel Hill isn’t as comparable to Hopkins or WashU for premed and most people would rather choose between WashU and Hopkins rather than Hopkins and Chapel Hill.</p>

<p>AAustin - really don’t know how you can say Hopkins is not in a bad area. One look at the crime stats within a 10 block radius and one can see it is far worse than WUSTL. It is true, however, that within the bubble of JHU it is pretty safe and, with moderate common sense, one can enjoy Baltimore safely as well. But there are definitely some rough neighborhoods quite close to JHU, similar to some other urban campuses and more so than others, and definitely more so than WUSTL. But you are also right that at ANY campus one has to use common sense when it comes to safety.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.jhu.edu/security/annual_report.pdf[/url]”>http://www.jhu.edu/security/annual_report.pdf&lt;/a&gt; page 28 </p>

<p>compared to </p>

<p><a href=“http://police.wustl.edu/crime%202011.pdf[/url]”>http://police.wustl.edu/crime%202011.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Also see here: [2</a>. St. Louis - The 10 Most Dangerous U.S. Cities - Forbes](<a href=“http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mlj45jggj/2-st-louis/]2”>2. St. Louis - 2015-10-29 - The 10 Most Dangerous U.S. Cities)</p>

<p>St.Louis is worse, nothing more needs to be said.</p>

<p>Hmm, D enrolled at WUSTL over JHU. Lots of people say aweful things about colleges they don’t know anything about. We live right here close to JHU campus. WUSTL is located at Clayton, not St. Louis itself. D spent several summers at JHU, and did quite a lot of activities with the university. Safety was a big concern for her.</p>

<p>It will be nice if you tell future students why they should come to your school instead of destroying the reputation of other schools.</p>

<p>Yeah to say St. Louis is worse is a complete non sequitur. Like all big cities, there are terrible areas and much better ones. WUSTL is not particularly close to where the really violent crime is in St. Louis. That would be like comparing Manhattan to Harlem. After all, they are both NYC, right?</p>

<p>And no one is destroying the reputation of another school. North Baltimore is just not as safe an area, in general, as the part of Metro St. Louis where WUSTL is located. I have been to both many times.</p>