<p>I have recently been accepted to JHU, NU, and UNC, but I can't really decide where to go for next year. I want to major in biology/biochemistry/chemistry with a pre-med track, and while I know that JHU is a really good school for pre-meds, they gave me the least amount of financial aid. I received a 32K scholarship from NU and JHU, but NU provided extra 2k for NM and other work/study and loan opportunities. I will call JHU for a better FA offer, but they may not change it. I'm still waiting to hear about scholarship and honors from UNC. I've visited UNC and will visit NU, but I probably won't have the chance to see JHU in person. My NU visit'll be too late (april 26-28) for me to actually change my decision though.
Has anyone else visited NU and/or UNC or JHU. If so, which one did you like the best and what was NU's "vibe" on campus?</p>
<p>I typed this in another response to a JHU vs. NU question, so I’ll just copy it over:</p>
<p>"JHU vs. NU was my primary decision for deciding where to apply ED, I visited both campuses and read A LOT about both colleges. In the end I determined that both the academics were pretty darn close and based my decision on the campus and atmosphere.</p>
<p>Honestly, JHU’s vibe seemed a bit more “nerdy” if you will, when I went there. Many of the people seemed to be cut from the same, intelligent but slightly socially awkward cloth. And for anyone from JHU reading… I’m sure there are socially acceptable people there… but that’s just the vibe I got. Also, the campus is very uniform, standard red brick all laid out in rectangular quads - very orderly, which kind of bothered me. The location of JHU itself isn’t so bad, my HS is in a worse location, so that could be it. However if you travel just a bit south into Baltimore, you get into some very… interesting areas,</p>
<p>When I went to Northwestern, the atmosphere seemed so much more diverse. Just walking around campus, it felt like you could stop and talk to any type of person walking along Sheridan. The buildings are very different, gothic architecture, neo-brutalist, standard brick -it’s diverse. On that note, the campus isn’t exactly “college-like” and that drew me to NU too. Plus it has two beaches (JHU has one, that’s not on the water) and the view of Lake Michigan is beautiful. Evanston is a great little city and there’s an El stop so you can go right into Chicago."</p>
<p>I heard half the students at JHU are pre-med students… no diversity there…</p>
<p>yeah, and apparently the social life at JHU isn’t that good. I want to have fun as well as a good education at college, but I don’t know how much a degree from Johns Hopkins would help me when applying for med. school</p>