But OPs child is interested in political science - which has it's graduate program at Homewood (same as undergrads). Same with graduate department in economics and there is also the Institute for Policy Studies there. There are also SAIS faculty who come teach (work) up at Homewood frequently. |
This is department dependent. At Hopkins, PhD Econ professors teach the economics courses. The large Micro/Marco Principles classes have a once a week session that is run by a graduate student TA but the professor tells the TA's what to cover. Usually it's giving more examples of what is taught in class, or going over homework problems, or exams. The only econ courses that were even close to being designed by a graduate student are a couple of summer course opportunities given to top grad students (as a stipend reward opportunity) who compete to apply. When I got this opportunity, the professor provided me with their entire syllabus and class notes....I could make whatever edits I wanted...but this was FAR from driving the bus. I'd be crazy not to take advantage of all the work that had already been done - since learning the specialty enough to teach it and then teaching each class is enough work. If we wanted to craft our own course - we'd get hired as adjunct at local colleges like Loyola - usually in micro/macro principles. I also had friends that were grad students in engineering and lab sciences. They also were not doing anything close to what this other person is describing. They usually taught a support/discussion section or helped to run the lab that went with the course. We didn't know English or History grad students...maybe it's different? |
give it a break.... |
Congrats to your new BlueJay! |
Can’t handle the truth?! |
Trust me when I say ending legacy admissions at Hopkins made no difference. One of the weakest alumni loyalty of any of the top 25 schools. |
Haven’t read all the comments, but I’d choose Amherst. Top school. Pleasant location. Individualized attention. Go to a place like JHU for grad school. |
I think most people really like Amherst and many really dislike JHU for college, but many like both. Amherst grads tend to write very well.
By the way, I'm a graduate of a big research u but I think many people do better at LACs and that is what I wanted for my kids. Amherst college is also exceptionally beautiful. |
Amherst in a second. First, I think Amherst is a better name than JHU (though I mention only because you did and don’t think it should be determinative). More importantly, from your description it seems clear that A is a better choice for your kid. You child will get a great education and lots of opportunities at A. |
Hi OP, congrats to your child - what amazing options to choose from! I can only speak to Hopkins as I attended Hopkins as an undergrad as an International Relations major (so a lot of overlap with Poli Sci) and absolutely loved my time at Hopkins. I still keep in touch with one of my professors from my time there and some of my classes by my junior and senior year were small enough that the students got to develop really close connections with our professors - that helped when asking for recommendation letters for grad schools and references for jobs. Whatever college your child chooses, best wishes to them! |
OP here, Amherst is more expensive, but give more aid than JHU, in the end it's a little less, it makes no difference. Appreciate all the posts here, will let kid go with her gut feeling. |
Amherst likely if Poli Sci. If sciences, I would do JHU. |
To confuse matters a little more, here is Niche's rankings for Poli Sci. Hopkins 48 and Amherst 50.
Not much of a difference. This seems odd though for a ranking. GW 59th in Poli Sci? Anyways, I think Amherst could transfer to an Ivy in a year. Hopkins too but I think as far as SLACs Amherst is top 3-5 and will open up transfer doors and open up lots of slots. |
Niche for majors is silly. |
Why are you reactivating an old thread to say something so useless? |