<p>Sorry, guys..</p>
<p>I'm a Northeasterner and is leaning toward Rice right now....</p>
<p>I don't plan to major in premed, engineering, or science..
more of a humanities person...</p>
<p>With getting a great education as my priority, prestige
of a college is another factor that's important..(parents..lol)</p>
<p>Can you guys help me decide?</p>
<p>Husky..what are you thinking of majoring in? I went to JHU and was a history major...history is a great department at Hopkins. A lot of the humanities are very strong and the students are less competitive.</p>
<p>I'm considering English..and another major in economics, political science, or international relations...</p>
<p>Thank u for your reply...</p>
<p>I heard that the individual attention at JHU is great for nonscience majors, but also that the some of the humanities departments are very small.. </p>
<p>What were some of the pros and cons about studying at JHU as a history major?</p>
<p>If I may ask, did u go to a grad or prof school after graduating from JHU?</p>
<p>I just graduated in May and will attend grad school in the fall in history. The pros in history are the small classes (most with fewer than 10 people) and a lot of the professors are great. Professors in history take you out to lunch, some are willing to meet with you on Sunday, evenings, etc. They really, with a few exceptions, want to help students if you take the initiative. The department is probably focused more on the PhD program but for me that was positive because the department requires all majors to complete a major research paper plus an optional senior thesis. So you end up with a lot of research experience which helps if you are interested obtaining a PhD. The only downside is that the department is somewhat small and you have to be willing to approach professors and demonstrate a bit of personal initiative, but Rice and Tufts probably have smaller departments too.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins is arguably more prestigious than the other two. -- and I'll tell you the humanities are top notch.</p>
<p>J Hopkins in the eyes of many has its prestige primarily from its fabulous, i mean arguable one of the best med schools in the world, but I think that in the other areas such as in the humanities it is not as strong. For example, I think Cornell, which seems as rigorous as Hopkins carries the Ivy League tag and has overall better programs and professors in the humanities and sciences than Hopkins. However, I agree that JHU wins hands down in prestige over Tufts and Rice(which is a fabulous school as well).</p>
<p>I have to disagree with you on that note I applied ED to cornell (got rejected RD) with the same attitude but when my friuend who goes to Cornell found out I applied there for humanities she was horrified, she loves cornell so I was amazed when I heard her criticizing Cornell for humanities, I'm going for east asian studies so was dissapointed when I didn't get into cornel since they have a great program but my friend reasured me that EAS at JHU is top notch for the uses I want for it and I believe her since she isnt the hold yer hand type, go to JHU</p>
<p>If you look at the US News & World Report Graduate Schools guide, English Departments were just ranked (in 2005) by reputation.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins' English Department was ranked 8th overall (tied with Columbia) and higher than Duke, Brown, Penn, etc. Rice's English Department was not ranked in the Top 20.</p>
<p>It's important to note that at Johns Hopkins, the same professors that teach Ph.D. students, also teach undergraduates- and English majors often develop close relationships with these professors. Most humanities classes at Hopkins are small- similar to classes at an elite liberal arts college. Many of JHU's strongest programs are in the humanities.</p>