<p>I'm a Canadian student accepted for the JHU Class of 2013, hoping to study mechanical engineering. I was wondering, on a national/global scale, if Whiting had a good reputation for undergraduate engineering. I am deeply interested in doing undergraduate research, as I have done so in my high school years (competed at ISEF twice) and really enjoyed it.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I have the option of studying at the top Canadian engineering schools, so I was wondering if it would be worth travelling to the US to study at JHU instead of just staying in my own country. In the long run, I want to get into a US grad school.</p>
<p>You’ll get way more attention at Hopkins, guaranteed than at any Canadian university - it just depends on what you’re looking for. Hopkins is smaller than U of T, McGill, UBC, and Waterloo which are probably the ones you’re considering because you’ve been accepted to Hopkins.</p>
<p>Hopkins only enrolls 400 first year students across 13 engineering majors so it’s incredibly small and you will get a lot of attention in the engineering school. The engineering school is ranked among the best in the world mainly because of the quality of research that students produce.</p>
<p>I would strongly suggest a visit, if you haven’t already. It’s an amazing place. </p>
<p>The other cool thing - if you’re into that - is that Hopkins is mega-international so you’ll meet people all over. Just looking at the accepted student stats page there are students from all over the world applying and enrolling. </p>
<p>I really think you should go for JHU if finance is not a problem.</p>
<p>I visited almost all the good engineering school in Canada and even stayed there for camps and other programs to get a feel of the school: UBC, Waterloo, U of T, MgGill, Queens. And almost all of those schools gave me a feeling of “too big.” Of course, I love big campuses, but as a student who came from a very small high school, I benefited so much from small classes, teacher knows you very well, etc.</p>
<p>I havent visited JHU, so im biased. But I seriously recommend you to reconsider before you set your mind on Canadian schools. You should do school visits before you decide.</p>
<p>if your objective is good grad school in us, then McGill is just as good as jhu, especially if you are BME. you may even do much better academically aMcGill than in the jhu environment, i hear it’s not for everyone – i.e., not everyone thrives and succeeds. so why waste $$ on something comparable. of course, if you are into need tin attention etc. then it would make sense but it’s unconscionable amount of money. and i bet you have plenty smart people at McGill.</p>
<p>Absolutely not. McGill is comparable to top publics in the US (Michigan, Cal, UVA) but in no way does it compare to the elite, highly selective private universities in the US. This is in no way against McGill because I think it’s a great institution - but the experience is exceptionally different and the opportunities are as well. You’ll do fine at either but the quality of what and WHO you have access to is remarkably different. </p>
<p>McGill has 24,000 undergrads and Hopkins has 4,400. Apples, Oranges.</p>