<p>Lol, why do girls care that Emma Watson is at Brown?</p>
<p>Everyone is a little bisexual.
Emma Watson is arguably top 10 hottest people in the world.
Therefore, 99% of girls are fairly attracted to her.</p>
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<p>Thats surprisingly not true. Homewood is located away from the grad institutions. I love JHU be/c of its immense research opportunities for undergrads. They have mad money for being a relatively small school (less undergrads than brown).
Brown doesnt have as many research opportunities. </p>
<p>Bad in humanities? Hopkins is top 2 in writing sems and top 6 is histoire. Their french dept is recognized by the French gov’t…only 4 other colleges are. Plus the humanities people at Hopkins are such a close-knit group. </p>
<p>I hate how people would choose a college just be/c it’s “Ivy”…hopkins ranks higher than brown overall in USnews and world rankings.</p>
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Equally annoying is someone who would choose a college b/c it has a “higher USnews ranking”. </p>
<p>In any case, I visited both and definitely did not like JHU. Atmosphere is really cutthroat and the surrounding Baltimore area is quite bad. Brown is a bit too liberal for me but I would still choose it over JHU.</p>
<p>Is Brown the school that has open curriculum? Or whatever that is where you don’t have those general requirements? (lol can’t word it) If so, then I think I’d go with Brown… sounds pretty cool</p>
<p>Brown–even for pre-med because of the heavy grade inflation.</p>
<p>I don’t know how someone can really make a statement that the atmosphere is “too cutthroat” from one or even two visits to campus… hey, dont’ forget, you’re shelling out 50 grand a year, you oughta BE studying .</p>
<p>However, it IS true, that Baltimore IS awful. Proof: all the media has to overtly support it “Baltimore is Best”, “Charm City USA” etc. Also, the Baltimore media is overly supportive of B’more…I have gone to the restaurants listed as “Baltimore’s Best” by the City Paper, and have been amazed… can customers be so blind? Bad service, disgusting food, bad attitude towards non baltimoreans abounds. We went to one such establishment, and the waiter said , " You’re NOT from around here, are you ? and sneered… now come on, can hickdom still exist in this globalized world ? Yes, if it’s hickdom covered by a thin veneer of urban renewal, a huge lie perpetuated by the b’more media… The ONLY reason baltimore is even solvent is because of Johns Hopkins, it’s the city’s LARGEST employer…Hopkins is an absolute international GEM in the middle of a city that is as ignorant as it is arrogant. Art museum can be walked through in 5 minutes.Baltimore symphony is not even nationally recognized.The Orioles are bottom dwellers, the Inner Harbor was developed forom funds earmarked for the urban poor,and is ONLY ANOTHER MALL… So, if you can shut that stuff out in your four years, you shall excel in your future.</p>
<p>I’d rather go to Brown. Open curriculum, open-mindedness, and friendly and non-cutthroat student body!</p>
<p>Until a couple of months ago, I didn’t even know Johns Hopkins was a university. I always associated the name with the hospital. And I still do!</p>
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<p>Didn’t she just drop out?</p>
<p>Well I’m going to JHU as a frosh in fall and I’m still overly excited. </p>
<p>Both schools were on my list, what made me love Brown was it’s open curriculum, but guess what JHU has no core curriculum either (for those of you who were wondering). </p>
<p>Yes Baltimore is AWFUL but it is survivable and as long as you don’t act like an idiot and put yourself in danger you’ll be fine. Providence is a city too people. according to many people I know who grew up in&near Providence the kids at Brown&RISD are overly snotty (so if you wanna go with that feel free).
Yeah Baltimore is awful but it’s actually a pretty great town and there’s so much to do, and SO MANY different schools in the city, always stuff to do. </p>
<p>I mean both schools are within a city, Brown is just substantially bigger undergrad campus then JHU, but both schools have their pros and cons. </p>
<p>But please people stop choosing Brown because it’s an ivy or cause it’s ranked so high in US News and World Report. If the ranking is THAT important to everyone, JHU is higher then Brown on the list. </p>
<p>Honestly I had to make a decision of ED to Brown or JHU and I personally chose JHU and I’m happy I did. </p>
<p>Just research&pro-con both schools, how I chose.</p>
<p>None the less both schools are great!
Good luck with your decision.</p>
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<p>I think you’re thinking of Harvard, although we do have a very good pre-med program</p>
<p>I’ve gotten the impression that Johns Hopkins has a very cut-throat, competitive environment. I’d rather go to Brown, quite honestly. More chill. I wouldn’t feel the need to slap a textbook out of someone’s hand and then their face every 2 hours. Open curriculum is pretty sexy, too AND you can design your own class with a group of people.</p>
<p>I think this “cutthroat” talk is a waste of time. HOW do you really KNow it IS that way…and also, how do you know you won’t improve yourself with a little serious competition ? You know, this the big leagues now, not competing against kids who would rather play Mario brothers than spend quality time with a book…if you don’t think you can cut it at JHU, fine, don’t go, probably a great idea. JHU is tough…and looking at the grade inflation at Brown, probably tougher…JHU is there to make you hone your abilities to think for the rest of your life, and if you can’t understand that, you’re better off somewhere else.</p>
<p>Seriously, calm down. Obviously you’re big on Johns Hopkins, but that doesn’t give you right to bark at others for offering their opinions in an opinion-based thread.</p>
<p>And why not, if it’s my opinion that they’re wrong ?</p>
<p>^ You’re allowed to express your opinion, but politeness never hurts.</p>
<p>lulz I just realized Johns Hopkins is the Blue Jays, and that “GoBlueJays” wasn’t necessarily just another Toronto sports team supporter</p>
<p>That said, Brown is the best thing ever</p>
<p>I like reading this. Makes me wonder if I’d rather go to brown.</p>
<p>If you’re doing Pre-Med, or pretty much any science, Hopkins is definitely better than Brown.</p>
<p>And Baltimore isn’t the best place to live, but learning to navigate a city can be an experience. I grew up in the suburbs of the adjacent county but as I’ve gotten older I spend more time in the city and as long as you don’t do anything stupid, you’ll be fine, and you’ll be able to find things to do. And honestly, if you’re at Hopkins it’s not like you’re going to have all that much free time to go exploring B-More anyway. (lol)</p>
<p>Wow. I haven’t posted on this forum in a REALLY long time, but stumbled upon this post when I googled “Emma Watson.” Hahahaha. Anyway, I am a Hopkins alum who graduated in '08, but I’m still at JHU (well, the School of Public Health to be more precise) working on my PhD. I still go to the Homewood campus frequently, and even enroll in an undergraduate course every now and then while working on my graduate school coursework. In fact, the latest class I took was in the Fall, in a course called “Physiological Psychology,” which many Freshmen who are interested in Neuroscience take during their first semester. Anyway, I think I have a pretty good handle of what the environment at JHU is like. </p>
<p>With that said, I am just going to tell everyone right now that the notion that Hopkins is a “cutthroat” school is a total myth. It was a myth when I matriculated in 2005, and it is a myth that has become even less true today. Ever since I came to Hopkins, it has become very apparent to me that the Deans at the school are putting in tons of effort to improve the quality of life for the students. One strategy for doing this might involve taking a closer look at the make-up of students that they admit to the school. I get this sense that recent cohorts of students who have been admitted to Hopkins are much more down to earth and well rounded than in the past. Therefore, it does not make a lot of sense to me that one could characterize these students as cutthroat. </p>
<p>Also, I’m not even sure by what you mean by “cutthroat.” Can you list specific examples? The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a “cutthroat” as a killer/murderer or a cruel unprincipled person. Therefore, I think that cutthroat competitiveness between the students seems to imply that students are actively trying to undermine the academic achievement of their peers. That definitely does NOT happen at Hopkins. Plus, I would imagine that any behavior along those lines would be a violation of the Undergraduate Student Conduct Code, which Hopkins administrators and students take very seriously. </p>
<p>For the most part, I believe that Hopkins is actually a highly collaborative environment. Students study together and work on assignments/homework together all the time, and I think that’s the norm here. In general, I think the students at Hopkins are smart enough to recognize that it is in their best interests to work with their peers rather than shut them out or screw them over. When students work together and explain concepts to each other, they tend to do better in their classes. Sure, there are a few students who prefer to work alone, and that’s totally okay. But hell, even these students are pretty friendly when they aren’t hunkering down in the library.</p>
<p>Honestly, I think this whole misperception that students at Hopkins are cutthroat stems from the fact that they are actually just hard working. Many students at JHU put in tons of hours to work in the library out of necessity. I will admit - the courses at Hopkins definitely aren’t easy. If you are not used to working super hard for an A, then Hopkins might not be the school for you. It seems to me that when prospectives visit the Hopkins campus and see a lot of students working in the library, those who don’t know any better are quick to judge and often mistake that for students being cutthroat. </p>
<p>I might be a cynic, but I think that saying "Hopkins is ‘cutthroat’ " is just a convenient excuse that students use to justify their choice of going to an Ivy League school even though Hopkins may potentially have the better program. I will concede that there are other valid points being listed here (e.g., location) that may tip the scale for one school over the other for some people. But seriously, let’s put the “cutthroat” BS to rest once and for all. Try to be more creative, people. ;)</p>
<p>Note: I do not work in admissions and made this post on my own accord.</p>