overally, is WashU more prestigious than JHU?

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<p>overally, is WashU more prestigious than JHU?</p>

<p>for economics?
for political Science?</p>

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<p>hereiam2, I am going to ignore the "prestige" element of your question because I don't think that prestige should be your focus when you are dealing with two schools as good as these.</p>

<p>WashU has a fabulous, high ranked political science department and a strong economics dept. WashU has just hired some top name economics professors with the goal of becoming a top 10 econ. dept. WashU also has the Olin business school where you can cross major or transfer into if you find a passion in the business side of economics.</p>

<p>JHU, on the other hand, has a top International Relations department if that is an area of interest for you.</p>

<p>The two schools are both known for their top notch medical schools and pre-med programs. However, I believe that JHU's reputation and "prestige" is more linked to it's medical school than is WashU's reputation. When most people think of JHU, they think of medicine. (The non-pre med kids at JHU have a facebook group named "Yes, I go to JHU and NO I AM NOT PRE-MED!) WashU on the other hand with its law school, business school, school of architecture...etc has a broader reputation.</p>

<p>The two schools also have very different "vibes". Many find JHU to have a fairly intense, competitve atmosphere. WashU has a more cooperative, non-cut throat environment and a friendly mid-western attitude.</p>