Why is JHU not especially popular w DC kids?

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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?

We had a AIRBNB in Hampden and walked to and fro from the Homewood campus. The rowhouses are not all the street with the restaurants. We felt uncomfortable walking in the evening. I would not allow my college kid to walk alone or even with another kid during the night.

9pm is not night, 11 or after, kids should not be wondering around by themselves anywhere.

No college kid should be walking alone at night in any city. Street smarts 101.

You need to get out more!! Go visit some of the other cities at 9pm and walk around a one mile radius aeound some of the campuses and then give a lecture.

What lecture? 9 is not night for college kids, and kids should not be wandering alone in any city at 11,12, 1 or later. I also walked with a buddy when out at these hours near Hopkins and never had an issue, even living off campus three years. I also attended Penn, lived a few blocks from UCLA and spent years living in Washington DC and Boston, so feel like I am pretty well versed in urban living but appreciate your concern.

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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.

It’s been ranked between 7-9 for a long time now

That ranking is probably because of its medical school. It is top 40 by students' ranking. Nobody really wants to go to Hopkins.

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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.

It’s been ranked between 7-9 for a long time now

That ranking is probably because of its medical school. It is top 40 by students' ranking. Nobody really wants to go to Hopkins.

Hopkins received over 37,000 apps last year, considerably more than Rice and Emory for example, two schools that dcum seems to love.

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https://thewash.org/2023/11/28/crime-is-rising-in-georgetown-and-civic-groups-want-the-district-to-act/

Georgetown Crime Stats

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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.

It’s been ranked between 7-9 for a long time now

That ranking is probably because of its medical school. It is top 40 by students' ranking. Nobody really wants to go to Hopkins.

Hopkins received over 37,000 apps last year, considerably more than Rice and Emory for example, two schools that dcum seems to love.

Yup some folks have no idea what they are talking about. In the recent pre-TO days, JHU was literally among the top 3 schools from a stats standpoint

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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.

It’s been ranked between 7-9 for a long time now

That ranking is probably because of its medical school. It is top 40 by students' ranking. Nobody really wants to go to Hopkins.

Hopkins received over 37,000 apps last year, considerably more than Rice and Emory for example, two schools that dcum seems to love.

That's for regular decisions, and the number is still relatively small in comparison to national universities. What is more telling is that its ED applicant pool is only roughly 2700, smaller than some top SLACs. This shows you Hopkins is not a first choice for students.

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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.

It’s been ranked between 7-9 for a long time now

That ranking is probably because of its medical school. It is top 40 by students' ranking. Nobody really wants to go to Hopkins.

Hopkins received over 37,000 apps last year, considerably more than Rice and Emory for example, two schools that dcum seems to love.

That's for regular decisions, and the number is still relatively small in comparison to national universities. What is more telling is that its ED applicant pool is only roughly 2700, smaller than some top SLACs. This shows you Hopkins is not a first choice for students.

Rice and Emory are national universities. Both Amherst and Williams get less than a 1000 apps each for ED, so your math is off by a lot.

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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.

It’s been ranked between 7-9 for a long time now

That ranking is probably because of its medical school. It is top 40 by students' ranking. Nobody really wants to go to Hopkins.

Hopkins received over 37,000 apps last year, considerably more than Rice and Emory for example, two schools that dcum seems to love.

Emory received 4k less applications. Thats not a lot in the grand scheme of things. Both Rice and Emory receive more ED applications as well.

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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.

It’s been ranked between 7-9 for a long time now

That ranking is probably because of its medical school. It is top 40 by students' ranking. Nobody really wants to go to Hopkins.

Hopkins received over 37,000 apps last year, considerably more than Rice and Emory for example, two schools that dcum seems to love.

That's for regular decisions, and the number is still relatively small in comparison to national universities. What is more telling is that its ED applicant pool is only roughly 2700, smaller than some top SLACs. This shows you Hopkins is not a first choice for students.

Class of 2029: 48,373 total applications (6,824 early, 41,549 regular decision).

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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.

It’s been ranked between 7-9 for a long time now

That ranking is probably because of its medical school. It is top 40 by students' ranking. Nobody really wants to go to Hopkins.

Hopkins received over 37,000 apps last year, considerably more than Rice and Emory for example, two schools that dcum seems to love.

That's for regular decisions, and the number is still relatively small in comparison to national universities. What is more telling is that its ED applicant pool is only roughly 2700, smaller than some top SLACs. This shows you Hopkins is not a first choice for students.

Class of 2029: 48,373 total applications (6,824 early, 41,549 regular decision).

Class of 2029

ED (ED 1 + ED 2): applicants 6,824 acceptance 793 acceptance rate 11.62%

RD: applicants 41,549 acceptance 1,732 acceptance rate 4.17%

ED+RD: applicants 48,373 acceptance 2,525 acceptance rate 5.22% enrolled ~1,300 yield rate ~51.49%

Source: JHU Press Releases

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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.

It’s been ranked between 7-9 for a long time now

That ranking is probably because of its medical school. It is top 40 by students' ranking. Nobody really wants to go to Hopkins.

Hopkins received over 37,000 apps last year, considerably more than Rice and Emory for example, two schools that dcum seems to love.

That's for regular decisions, and the number is still relatively small in comparison to national universities. What is more telling is that its ED applicant pool is only roughly 2700, smaller than some top SLACs. This shows you Hopkins is not a first choice for students.

Class of 2029: 48,373 total applications (6,824 early, 41,549 regular decision).

Class of 2029

ED (ED 1 + ED 2): applicants 6,824 acceptance 793 acceptance rate 11.62%

RD: applicants 41,549 acceptance 1,732 acceptance rate 4.17%

ED+RD: applicants 48,373 acceptance 2,525 acceptance rate 5.22% enrolled ~1,300 yield rate ~51.49%

Source: JHU Press Releases

Chicago’s yield rate almost doubles jhu’s!

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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.

It’s been ranked between 7-9 for a long time now

That ranking is probably because of its medical school. It is top 40 by students' ranking. Nobody really wants to go to Hopkins.

Hopkins received over 37,000 apps last year, considerably more than Rice and Emory for example, two schools that dcum seems to love.

That's for regular decisions, and the number is still relatively small in comparison to national universities. What is more telling is that its ED applicant pool is only roughly 2700, smaller than some top SLACs. This shows you Hopkins is not a first choice for students.

Class of 2029: 48,373 total applications (6,824 early, 41,549 regular decision).

Class of 2029

ED (ED 1 + ED 2): applicants 6,824 acceptance 793 acceptance rate 11.62%

RD: applicants 41,549 acceptance 1,732 acceptance rate 4.17%

ED+RD: applicants 48,373 acceptance 2,525 acceptance rate 5.22% enrolled ~1,300 yield rate ~51.49%

Source: JHU Press Releases

Chicago’s yield rate almost doubles jhu’s!

Uchicago basically lives off of their ED yield rate. Nothing new about this.

Congrats to the two people who got selected in RD

BTW, check your math ... 88% is not "almost twice" 51.49%

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Anonymous wrote:Because it's in Baltimore. Lol.

We know it is unsafe.

Good! More chances for other students. Please don't change your stereotypes.

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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.

It’s been ranked between 7-9 for a long time now

That ranking is probably because of its medical school. It is top 40 by students' ranking. Nobody really wants to go to Hopkins.

Hopkins received over 37,000 apps last year, considerably more than Rice and Emory for example, two schools that dcum seems to love.

That's because of all the premeds applying simply because it has a good medical school. Doesn't make it objectively better.

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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.

It’s been ranked between 7-9 for a long time now

That ranking is probably because of its medical school. It is top 40 by students' ranking. Nobody really wants to go to Hopkins.

Hopkins received over 37,000 apps last year, considerably more than Rice and Emory for example, two schools that dcum seems to love.

That's for regular decisions, and the number is still relatively small in comparison to national universities. What is more telling is that its ED applicant pool is only roughly 2700, smaller than some top SLACs. This shows you Hopkins is not a first choice for students.

Class of 2029: 48,373 total applications (6,824 early, 41,549 regular decision).

Class of 2029

ED (ED 1 + ED 2): applicants 6,824 acceptance 793 acceptance rate 11.62%

RD: applicants 41,549 acceptance 1,732 acceptance rate 4.17%

ED+RD: applicants 48,373 acceptance 2,525 acceptance rate 5.22% enrolled ~1,300 yield rate ~51.49%

Source: JHU Press Releases

Don’t call anything a source without a cite so we can look at it, especially when it’s a press release. But even with these favorable numbers, JH admits 63% of its entire class in the ED rounds. That is a huge proportion for a supposed top 10 school. And, news flash: the more of the class you admit ED, the lower the admit rate.