Why is JHU not especially popular w DC kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Top 10 school. Close to DC and far enough away at the same time. Who so little interest?

We visited and honestly it looked to be a standard happy campus (kids were milling around, eating together) during the day. What crossed our mind was what happens in the evening. The outside of the campus felt uneasy at night. Also, if you venture off campus towards hampden etc, definitely not a walking comfort zone.

[Anonymous]

A friend's son recently got mugged right off campus. He was unharmed but very shook up.

A huge no to Baltimore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top 10 school. Close to DC and far enough away at the same time. Who so little interest?

We visited and honestly it looked to be a standard happy campus (kids were milling around, eating together) during the day. What crossed our mind was what happens in the evening. The outside of the campus felt uneasy at night. Also, if you venture off campus towards hampden etc, definitely not a walking comfort zone.

Hampden? That isn’t a high crime area and there are tons of people there at night because of all the restaurants/bars. I guess you avoid Dupoint Circle?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a really interesting discussion. I think what is going on is that people have experienced Homewood at different points in time. And different people have a higher tolerance for crime.

OP and other interested parents - perhaps the best approach is to visit the campus yourself. Visit on a nice day when it is somewhat warm and stay until at least an hour after sunset. statisticaly that type of day has the highest crime level.

Go out into the surrounding neighborhood, walk around and see how the vibe fits with your child. [/quot

This is great advice. Schedule a morning tour/info session, get lunch on St. Paul St. and stay for a lax game and dinner. We took this approach and DC was hooked and we as parents were able to get a more complete picture of the campus and surrounding area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a really interesting discussion. I think what is going on is that people have experienced Homewood at different points in time. And different people have a higher tolerance for crime.

OP and other interested parents - perhaps the best approach is to visit the campus yourself. Visit on a nice day when it is somewhat warm and stay until at least an hour after sunset. statisticaly that type of day has the highest crime level.

Go out into the surrounding neighborhood, walk around and see how the vibe fits with your child. [/quot

This is great advice. Schedule a morning tour/info session, get lunch on St. Paul St. and stay for a lax game and dinner. We took this approach and DC was hooked and we as parents were able to get a more complete picture of the campus and surrounding area.

JHU also offers different camps during the summer. Good way to see dorms and learn the area

[Anonymous]

What the heck was the filter here.? Who gives a shit about graffiti and destruction of property reports.


well, i do!

Better think twice about sending your kid to college then, there is no college in the country that doesn’t have petty crime, sexual assaults, theft, etc . .

As has been pointed out up thread, VaTech and UVA have had more students murdered than Hopkins.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think most posters here have Hopkins from maybe 20 years ago in mind (or possibly the medical campus of today). The undergrad (Homewood) campus has gone through an amazing renaissance. The campus looks beautiful. The Agora Center and the new Student Center are under construction but looking amazing per plans. Hopkins is a hidden jewel at this point. I teach in the Whiting school, which is now awash with resources.

I went to Hopkins more than 20 years ago and the campus was beautiful then too. Never had any worries about safety on or off campus.

What some posters have here is never stepping foot near Hopkins and an irrational fear of cities.

It’s rational to be afraid of the city with the second highest murder rate and highest robbery rate, dumbass.

[Anonymous]

7.3% acceptance rate, 51.2% yield, 1560 75th percentile SAT. JHU is popular no matter how you slice it, despite sentiments on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think most posters here have Hopkins from maybe 20 years ago in mind (or possibly the medical campus of today). The undergrad (Homewood) campus has gone through an amazing renaissance. The campus looks beautiful. The Agora Center and the new Student Center are under construction but looking amazing per plans. Hopkins is a hidden jewel at this point. I teach in the Whiting school, which is now awash with resources.

I went to Hopkins more than 20 years ago and the campus was beautiful then too. Never had any worries about safety on or off campus.

What some posters have here is never stepping foot near Hopkins and an irrational fear of cities.

It’s rational to be afraid of the city with the second highest murder rate and highest robbery rate, dumbass.

It isn’t actually. Do you just live your life in the outskirts of Northern Virginia?

[Anonymous]

Baltimore is depressing AF, that's why.

[Anonymous]

Compare it to schools, like Northeastern, and you can see why. It is clearly not what today's kids are looking for. They want a fun time, not 4 stressful years for the same diploma.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Top 10 school. Close to DC and far enough away at the same time. Who so little interest?

"Top 10" according to fake rankings? 99% of the country has never heard of it. For undergrad, it has zero lay prestige. Same for WashU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think most posters here have Hopkins from maybe 20 years ago in mind (or possibly the medical campus of today). The undergrad (Homewood) campus has gone through an amazing renaissance. The campus looks beautiful. The Agora Center and the new Student Center are under construction but looking amazing per plans. Hopkins is a hidden jewel at this point. I teach in the Whiting school, which is now awash with resources.

I went to Hopkins more than 20 years ago and the campus was beautiful then too. Never had any worries about safety on or off campus.

What some posters have here is never stepping foot near Hopkins and an irrational fear of cities.

It’s rational to be afraid of the city with the second highest murder rate and highest robbery rate, dumbass.

It isn’t actually. Do you just live your life in the outskirts of Northern Virginia?

Yes I live in Northern Virginia and not in a crime-ridden hellhole like Baltimore - this is precisely because I am rational.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too close to the hood.

I guess only the UMC whites do that for Yale or Penn.

Yale grad here. I would be fine with my kid going to New Haven, but not JH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Top 10 school. Close to DC and far enough away at the same time. Who so little interest?

Never thought of it as T10. Maybe a little above average more like Georgetown.