<p>I have to decide by Monday, PLEASE HELP ME OUT!!!!</p>
<p>Where will I get a better education?
I can major in ANY form of Engineering at either school except BME, which school will help me get into MIT for grad easier?
Which school will give me a better education?
Is the Hopkins "name brand" worth the extra $100,000 by the time I graduate?</p>
<p>HEEEEEELLLLLPPPPPP!!!!!!</p>
<p>I have no idea either.
If you don't get any knowledgeable advice by your deadline, what I would do is go to Hopkins for your freshman year. That way, you are in Hopkins already, because I would bet transferring in later will be impossible. Then, since Maryland is so close, you can compare the two. Go sneak over and sit in an engineering class or two at Maryland. Talk to the professor. Compare the engineering class you are taking at Hopkins with the one at Maryland. </p>
<p>Also, MIT will note from your transcript that you went to Hopkins your first year. Surely that will give you the value of the Hopkins connection when you apply to MIT? You can explain that economics forced you to switch to Maryland, which you researched and found was sufficiently comparable to Hopkins. </p>
<p>Of course, if you find from your comparison that Hopkins is the superior school, well, you have already positioned yourself there. No fears about transferring into Hopkins as a soph.</p>
<p>It depends on how much you can afford. I personally would go with Hopkins but recognize little can position yourself for MIT grad's school. Remember that JHU is very competitive so securing a high GPA will not be as easy at Hopkins than it would be at Maryland. However, it is my belief (not necessarily true), but the research necessary for admission to MIT's grad school would be more readily available at JHU than it would be at Maryland. But, if cost is not much of an issue, go to JHU.</p>
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<p>I would say no. Especially if you're going to grad school, undergrad prestige won't count for much. Furthermore, graduating with $100,000 less in debt will allow you to actually afford the grad school of your choice, while otherwise you may have some serious difficulty. A JHU experience is certainly spectacular. But don't underestimate how large a sum of money $100,000 is. You'll likely be paying that off for well over a decade.</p>