What are a few words that come to mind with these schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Daughter, a very good student who is highly accomplished considering three schools to apply early decision to.

George Washington
Johns Hopkins
UNC-Chapel Hill

All three are obviously great schools and each offer the program she is looking for. What is your impression of these schools?

GW = fabulous! DH got his JD there. Profs there are friendly and brilliant!
JH = Excellent. I know people who've gone both to main campus and SAIS. They were very proud.
UNC = Unfamiliar. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

GWU law school is good, but the undergraduate school is not worth the money IMO. I would not view an undergraduate degree from GWU any more favorably than one from U. Md, JMU or George Mason. The reputation is of rich kids from NY and NJ who didn't get into Cornell, but didn't want to go to Rutgers or SUNY-Binghamton.

JHU is a niche school for uptight pre-meds or lacrosse players who don't mind living in an unsafe part of Baltimore.

UNC is a nice flagship state university in a beautiful town, but it is definitely southern (far more so than Duke, which as a private school can enroll more kids from the Mid-Atlantic and other parts of the country).

[Anonymous]

My dad and uncle both went to GW (native Washintonians, no less) and both loved it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dad and uncle both went to GW (native Washintonians, no less) and both loved it.

Where is GW? No campus, just some random buildings downtown and not a single distinctive one.

[Anonymous]

How did you arrived at these 3 schools? All of them are pretty middle of the road.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How did you arrived at these 3 schools? All of them are pretty middle of the road.

Um, what? GW and UNC are "middle of the road" but Johns Hopkins is ranked #13 in the country, among the likes of the elites and the Ivies. To lump these schools together is hilarious. GW in particular. (And their law school is "elite"? Compared to American, maybe!)

[Anonymous]

In this order:

JHU
UNC
GW

GW undergrad is for spoiled rich kids. I would put UMD well ahead of it.

[Anonymous]

These 3 schools are not "middle of the road" (imo.)
Even if they were, everyone has different academic abilities, and things they look for in a school.

My dad went to JHU, and majored in poly sci, and loved it---the campus is beautiful, top-notch academics, and Baltimore is significantly improving..

[Anonymous]

I submit this order:

UNC-CH
JHU
GW

We visited UNC with my son a few years ago & loved it. He was accepted, but as is typical with OOS students, he wasn't offered merit funds & passed on attending. Still, it was near the top of his list--really outstanding programs.

I take it you already know the downsides to early decision and are committed to funding the education without guaranteed merit aid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In this order:

JHU
UNC
GW

GW undergrad is for spoiled rich kids. I would put UMD well ahead of it.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These 3 schools are not "middle of the road" (imo.)
Even if they were, everyone has different academic abilities, and things they look for in a school.

My dad went to JHU, and majored in poly sci, and loved it---the campus is beautiful, top-notch academics, and Baltimore is significantly improving..

What road are you on that JHU is middle of the road. You must be on River Road. Sorry but if you listed all the colleges in the United States and took the ones in the middle these would not be there.

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JHU- Great for smart, well-prepared STEM students. In terms of safety, typical for an urban university. Charles Village really isn't scary.

UNC-CH- Strong national reputation. Good choice for a student who doesn't know where he/she wants to settle down.

GW- Good regional university, good place to make local connections, could be a good choice for a student who knows he/she wants to stay in this area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My dad and uncle both went to GW (native Washintonians, no less) and both loved it.

Where is GW? No campus, just some random buildings downtown and not a single distinctive one.

I guess you've never heard of an urban campus? They exist. You should learn about them--just so you sound informed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GWU law school is good, but the undergraduate school is not worth the money IMO. I would not view an undergraduate degree from GWU any more favorably than one from U. Md, JMU or George Mason. The reputation is of rich kids from NY and NJ who didn't get into Cornell, but didn't want to go to Rutgers or SUNY-Binghamton.

JHU is a niche school for uptight pre-meds or lacrosse players who don't mind living in an unsafe part of Baltimore.

UNC is a nice flagship state university in a beautiful town, but it is definitely southern (far more so than Duke, which as a private school can enroll more kids from the Mid-Atlantic and other parts of the country).

haha, nice try. Have you looked at the resumes of successful doctors and lawyer here in DC? So many GW grads. Not so many those state schools.

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GW gets a world rating in the top 100 colleges in North America...