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Hopkins students can and do perform research at APL--although typically they do not work on defense projects which require a security clearance.
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<p>Do you actually know some people travel 25 miles to do research during the academic year (not summer intership program, which is open to non-JHU students, that APL has)? Are they getting academic credits for it? I found that the JHU's undergrad research page mentions other labs but not APL. To me, APL is a huge R&D center for the government and it isn't about educating JHU kids. It's created not by JHU but by the US governement; JHU was asked to maintain it as a public service. APL's website has no link about undergrad research or no link to the engineering school (other than the section under the adult continuing engineering program for which some JHU faculty teach some classes but the program is open to the public).</p>
<p>In any case, the faculty at JHU don't work at APL (probably a good thing anyway since most at APL don't have PhDs). It seems a stretch to me to say many students do "undergrad research" (is there such a thing at APL?) at APL, not as full-time employees, but part-time ones. As someone that works for an engineering firm myself, I'd be very reluctant to give part of my projects to someone who's not in the office often and somehow still meet my deadlines.</p>
<p>2) The freshman (east) campus is totally separated from the main part of the university (west campus) which is beautiful especially the chapel. It doesn't change the fact that the Durham Freeway separates the two. </p>
<p>The freshmen campus is East campus. This is a great idea - it allows all the freshmen to live together in a residential setting. Its cohesive and helps you meet people. </p>
<p>The rest of the campus lives together on West campus. This is also cohesive. West campus is basically the same as JHU campus minus freshmen, except bigger and with a forest around it.</p>
<p>And since only 50% of JHU students live on campus, compared to 85% of Duke students, I'd like to think the Duke campus is more cohesive since its students live together.</p>
<p>Either way, campus was just one of many different assertions Wealth of Information made that makes it seem as if JHU outmatches other schools (such as intellectualism and research opportunities).</p>
<p>That 50% number is old and is no longer the case. With the construction of Charles commons and the acquisition (and renovation) of the Charles and the Blackstone, just about 70% of undergrads live "on campus". Living off-campus usually means living in an apartment building across the street from campus, just like the students who live "on campus", save for the freshman.</p>
<p>Can we all agree that hopkins and any other school mentioned(Duke, brown, chicago, penn) are great school and it really doesn't matter about SAT scores, what they are ranked, etc. There isn't much difference between a top 10 school or a top 20 school.</p>