<p>I am currently a junior and I'm deciding what collge I want to apply to ED. I am going to major in Public Health when I go to college. I have narrowed down my choices to Penn and Johns Hopkins. I love Penn and it is my dream school. However, JH has a program where Public Health major juniors can apply early to their grad school for public health which is the top in the country. I don't know what to do. Does anyone have input?</p>
<p>i was admitted to both actually, and i chose penn, but my situation was a bit different. i wasn’t set on a specific major. if you’re dead set on public health, then johns hopkins is the best if not among the best in that field…also it’s own school of public health may only be second to harvard’s school of public health. so if you’re POSITIVE that public health is what you will do and will want to do, then go johns hopkins. if you’re not as sure, i chose penn because it felt like a much better social environment for me. academically speaking, you’ll get great professors, opportunities, and an overall excellent education from either institution. you should also keep in mind that many people change majors once they get into college, so if you feel like penn’s social environment is more conducive to your success, then id say penn. this of course is somewhat narrowly speaking b/c i can’t say i know johns hopkins’ social environment very well, but id say you can’t go wrong with the “party ivy” label haha</p>
<p>Thanks for the great advice axc. I’m like 95% sure that public health is what I want to do. Do you know if Johns Hopkins has good financial aid? I don’t want to be accepted only to find out that I can’t afford it.</p>
<p>Even if you are dead set on public health, you should apply ED based on fit. Penn has excellent grad placement. Turning down Penn for Hopkins isn’t worth it, especially if Hopkins’ only draw is sub-matriculating into Bloomberg (public health).</p>
<p>^^ I disagree. Penn is a great; but Hopkins offers a lot in this case.</p>
<p>I think Penn is a strong place of course but there are some serious draws to Hopkins including a small undergraduate student body (1/2 that of Penn) with very few graduate students (Penn has 14,000 grad students on campus), all liberal arts curriculum including engineers and incredible research opportunities as an undergraduate, particularly in public health. I don’t think the “Health and Societies” major is as well known at Hopkins Public Health. </p>
<p>I think this sums it up:</p>
<p>Hopkins::Public Health
Penn::Business</p>
<p>Hopkins does have quite a good social life but the students are quite intellectual there so social life isn’t all gettin’ drunk at frat parties but involves wide range of things.</p>
<p>I like both schools for different reason but Hopkins is a very, very compelling choice for undergraduates who want public health. You can take courses at Bloomberg as an undergraduate. Unfortunately, the graduate program in Public Health at Penn is very new and not as well established.</p>
<p>Uh you do realize Johns Hopkins isn’t exactly friendly with Financial aid compared to Penn? Put ED in and you’re giving the school even more reason to give less aid.</p>
<p>If Hopkins had its own Public Health school that you could apply to separately, was extremely prestigious, highly selective and famous, then you might have an analogy on your hands.</p>
<p>But Hopkins has no such school.</p>
<p>You also didn’t read my post very closely; I said that if the OP wants to attend Hopkins ONLY for the ability to SUBMATRICULATE, she should not do it. I don’t think anyone would disagree with that.</p>
<p>If, however, you’re genuinely in love with the school and the Public Health department; by all means, apply ED to Hopkins.</p>