<p>Ideas? Money does matter (i'm in state), but my parents are willing to pay for JHU if that's what i really want. I want an intellectual but happy environment.</p>
<p>You can have your intellectual but happy environment at UVA as well as JHU. Save your money and go in-state. Your parents can put the extra money towards your graduate degree (you’ll probably need one).</p>
<p>Minor points about JHU:</p>
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<li> On campus food is lousy (reported by nephew).</li>
<li> The area around campus is better than much of Baltimore but can still be sketchy. His townhouse just off campus was robbed.</li>
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