<p>Ok. So I applied to four schools, Johns Hopkins (Early Decision), UChicago (Early Action), UMichigan (Rolling), and RutgersU (Rolling). I got accepted into all of them. The early decision contract says that the binding rule only applies to those students in the Biomedical Engineering Program, so I should not be affected since I intend to do biology. I am still very uncertain about the contract though.</p>
<p>Anyways, I'm wondering which school is better if I could swap. UChicago or JHU. Tell me your opionions on each school and which you would rather go to. Thanks.</p>
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Chicago is the superior school IMO, but it is harder, more far, and easy to fail out.</p>
<p>I don't have any pressing reasons - but I will cast my vote for UChi. You are right that Chicago is difficult to earn a good GPA at, but I've heard similar things about JHU. At any doubt, I think anyone smart enough to get into both that has determination will excel at either school. If you like Chicago, you should go.</p>
<p>Um... I'm pretty sure you have to go to JHU.</p>
<p>It's not binding if you applied for the biomedical engineering major, but was rejected for that. However, if you were accepted to JHU (after rejection from BME) then it's NOT binding.</p>
<p>If you applied as a biology major and was accepted, you have to go to JHU.</p>
<p>the contract for johns hopkins early decision is as follows:</p>
<p>If you wish to apply for Early Decision, you, your parent or guardian, and your counselor are required to sign this statement.
Early Decision Agreement: The Johns Hopkins University is my first choice, and I wish to apply under the Early Decision Plan. I understand that
applying as an Early Decision candidate involves a commitment to matriculate at Johns Hopkins, if admitted. I realize that I may not apply to any other
institution under an early decision plan and that I must withdraw my regular decision applications to other universities if accepted under Early Decision
at Hopkins. I will be notified of the decision by December 15, 2006.</p>
<p>Early Decision applicants who are admitted to Johns Hopkins but who are not admitted to the biomedical engineering (BME) major at that time: applicants
in this category will be allowed to apply to and consider offers of admission from other institutions. The commitment to matriculate at Hopkins if accepted,
as stated in the Early Decision Agreement, is null and void in this circumstance. Such candidates will have until May 1, 2007, to reply to Hopkins? offer of admission.</p>
<p>My interpretation of this is actually the opposite of what platypus said and I am having trouble understanding the second paragraph. Cant someone please translate the 2nd paragraph in laymens terms, I have to know what kind of restriction early decision in JHU has. Thank you.</p>
<p>Only people who applied to BME and didn't get admitted yet, but were accepted to the university will be able to apply elsewhere. Your admission, however, does not rely on the BME major, so you ignore the second paragraph and are bound under teh conditions in the first paragraph.</p>
<p>I hope this is ok with you, because you shouldn't have applied ED if you though it only applied to BME students.</p>
<p>The nonbinding aspect is only if you applied ED to the biomedical engineering program and didn't get accepted to the major but got accepted to the University. This is why that part is put under the ED for Biomedical Engineering Category.</p>
<p>If you applied ED to Hopkins and were admitted, you have to matriculate.</p>
<p>Update: okay, the person before me posted while I typed. However, if you don't want to attend Hopkins, call and tell Hopkins you were misinformed by the website and ask them to reconsider the binding agreement.</p>
<p>Don't you think for something as important as this you should take the question to your guidance counselor, or even a family friend with legal expertise if you have one, to read the wording with you? </p>
<p>There are some very fine, logical thinkers on this site, but really, if you're truly concerned, take the contract wording to a professional in real life. </p>
<p>Unless you actually aren't caring too much re JHU vs. Chicago and were just toying around with the choice in your mind and posted here. Those things happen, too. If it's no big deal, let it go and enjoy JHU. If you're really bothered by what happened, take it to a lawyer type and /or GC to see if "None" has a good approach.</p>
<p>UChicago is more renowned in social sciences and humanities than JHU, but not in the sciences and Johns Hopkins has a very top med school in comparison. However, I think it's difficult to quantify how beneficial this is in terms of quality of instruction or any type of grad school placement, besides that probably more people in JHU med school or science PhD programs come from JHU than any other school.</p>