<p>Anyone can give me a comparison? Especially on things like study environments, professors, quality of program, etc.</p>
<p>I'm an international majoring in astronomy/astrophysics by the way</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>To be perfectly honest, one major things affects the study environment, professors and quality of program:</p>
<p>Berkeley Freshman class: 6,000 students
JHU Freshman class: 1,200 students. </p>
<p>Basically, JHU has fewer students in the entire fresh/soph/jr/sr classes as Cal does in the freshman class alone. Also JHU has the famous STI (Space Telescope Institute) for astrophysics. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.stsci.edu/resources/%5B/url%5D">http://www.stsci.edu/resources/</a></p>
<p>Though Berkeley is tops in astronomy and probably has the best faculty throughout all of its departments in the world. But yeah, JHU will have much smaller class sizes, more intimacy with professors.</p>
<p>East Coast or West Coast? Part of your consideration should be based upon your current location if you want to experience a different part of the country. Without more info., that is all that I can offer.</p>
<p>Agree with WealthOfInformation--class size is a big factor. You'd get much more attention from professors at JHU than UCB.</p>
<p>I visited Berkeley before deciding on Hopkins and sat down with a professor and some of his grad students for an hour or so. They were all fairly unanimous in saying I should go to Hopkins - since the cost of both schools is comparable (I was out-of-state for Berkeley), I would get a lot more individual attention and access to professors at Hopkins. Not that Berkeley isnt a great school, or that professors wouldn't pay attention to you there, but in their opinion, Hopkins had the better bang for the buck.</p>
<p>I'm also trying to decide between Berkeley and Johns Hopkins...
Thing is, Berkeley would be like a $20,000 discount compared to Hopkins. And I have a scholarship there.
I'm in bio btw, and I want to do research.</p>
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<p>Also, I was wondering how well Hopkins undergrads who apply to medical school do? like what % get in?</p>
<p>I believe the med school admit rate is about 83% for first-time applicants. That is * very high * and I believe it is one of the strongest in the country. </p>
<p>"The MCAT average at Hopkins is 30.9 (9.8 verbal, 10.5 physical sciences, 10.6 biological sciences, and a P writing sample), and the average non-science GPA is 3.65. Successful applicants also need to establish relationships with at least four faculty members and a professional in their field of choice who know them well enough to write substantive letters of recommendation."</p>
<p>Check that out and the rankings speak for themselves. For your field Berkeley is ranked 3rd in the nation behind only Cal Tech and Princeton. JHU is not even ranked top 25. This is a no brainer. Good Luck!</p>
<p>FYI.. those rankings are based on peer evaluations of doctoral programs from 15 years ago (1993)</p>
<p>This more recent ranking places Johns Hopkins as #6 in the country</p>
<p>Also, check out this press release</p>
<p>Headlines@Hopkins:</a> Johns Hopkins University News Releases</p>
<p>One thing. How hard is it to get into Berkeley and Johns Hopkins as an international?</p>
<p>Both UC Berekely and Johns Hopkins are highly selective, 23% and 25% respectively. </p>
<p>Its very hard as a US citizen outside of the state of California to get into UC Berekley. I bet its even MORE harder to get into Berkeley as an international student, given the preferrence for California residence and US citizens in general.</p>
<p>I didn't know this but Johns Hopkins has an VERY strong Astronomy and Physics program. Hodson Hall is a megamonolith building dedicated to Astrophysics. Its impressive.</p>
<p>Incase you didn't know, Space Telescope Science Institute is the center that is run by NASA on the Homewood campus. It is a collection center for all the data coming from the Hubble Space Telescope and all the information is beamed down to the STCI and is collected there. Very impressive.</p>
<p>UC Berkeley is by far the BEST choice for Astrophysics. However, the likelyhood of an international student getting accept is kinda slim. You can't go wrong with Johns Hopkins. Ranked #6 in terms of AStrophysics, many of the industry leaders know of Hopkins and know of the strength of our program. I don't think you can go wrong with Hopkins if UC Berkeley fails.</p>
<p>I think you mean that BLOOMBERG is the megamonolith building dedicated to Astrophysics. </p>
<p>Hodson hall is a moderately sized building dedicated to.... interdepartmental classrooms. </p>
<p>The point is still the same though!</p>