JHU is .. beautiful?

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Anonymous wrote:Bloomberg money being spent to make it look spiffy?

It doesn’t hurt! His money did make it need blind

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the school has gotten rich from donations and aggressive investing. higher endowment than brown, cornell, dartmouth and a bunch of other top schools. it’s good they are reinvesting

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https://www.highereddive.com/news/how-the-value-of-the-20-largest-college-endowments-changed-last-year/707578/

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Anonymous wrote:It’s on my kid’s list bc the cost is amazing in state and they have friends there. They are a little nervous it’s a hard partying school.

how is the cost amazing instate? are you thinking of umd?

Yeah. Wtf? My kid got in this year but headed to an Ivy instead. Not a Baltimore fan.

JHU is private so it’s $87k/yr—maybe the person misread it as JMU?

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Anonymous wrote:Bloomberg money being spent to make it look spiffy?

It doesn’t hurt! His money did make it need blind

It was need blind in 1992.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bloomberg money being spent to make it look spiffy?

It doesn’t hurt! His money did make it need blind

It was need blind in 1992.

not for international students which it now is. several ivies and top privates are still need aware for internationals

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https://www.bloomberg.org/founders-projects/johns-hopkins-university/#:~:text=In%202018%2C%20Mike%20Bloomberg%20gave,next%20generation%20of%20global%20leaders.

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Their new grad school building in DC that opened earlier this year is a thing of beauty.

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Anonymous wrote:Immediate parts around campus are also safe but downside is there are some sketchy parts of Bmore if you travel a few miles away from campus. On the plus side, there are also amazing college student and tourist friendly parts too like inner harbor, harbor east, fed hill, fells point that are hipster deeper into baltimore. Proximity to towson mall as well.

Campus is gorgeous but it can get cold during winter with snow.

I live in Baltimore and it doesn't snow much anymore. It is a pretty campus and has a nice walking trail alongside it (I walk my dog there sometimes). Lots of off campus housing nearby too.

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It is still a grind that chews up students into bone dust. Massive grade deflation. It is one of the hardest universities in the country.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s on my kid’s list bc the cost is amazing in state and they have friends there. They are a little nervous it’s a hard partying school.

how is the cost amazing instate? are you thinking of umd?

I think they are confusing JMU with JHU.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bloomberg money being spent to make it look spiffy?

It doesn’t hurt! His money did make it need blind

It was need blind in 1992.

not for international students which it now is. several ivies and top privates are still need aware for internationals

Fine with that. Save the $ for the US kids. In fact, let’s raise the bar on what constitutes need.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s on my kid’s list bc the cost is amazing in state and they have friends there. They are a little nervous it’s a hard partying school.

My bad. I read that as JMU.

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Anonymous wrote:the school has gotten rich from donations and aggressive investing. higher endowment than brown, cornell, dartmouth and a bunch of other top schools. it’s good they are reinvesting

Don’t be silly. Endowment per student:
JHU 329k
Brown 642k
Dartmouth 1.3 million
Cornell 395k

JHU endowment per student rank: #83

https://www.collegeraptor.com/college-rankings/details/EndowmentPerStudent

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Anonymous wrote:We toured it yesterday along w DC schools last week and it really shines. So many new facilities, lovely grounds, so much money and research opportunists.

It was really one of the prettiest campuses we’ve seen, which surprised me.

What’s the downside? Is it still a grinder school? Kid would be majoring in something like international relations, def not pre med.

Go during the year. Stray from the tour. Go into buildings and see every classroom filled, and kids packed like sardines studying all the time. On. A. Weekend. Campus will suddenly feel small. More importantly, it will feel soulless.