This is true, here are some of the cross admit preferences from Parchment, it's not perfect but it gives a general idea: Yale 84% - JHU 16% UPenn 83% - JHU 17% Duke 81% - JHU 19% Columbia 81% - JHU 19% Northwestern 65% - JHU 35% Cornell 51% - JHU 49% |
It is under 20% now and dropping. You should at least get your stats straight before spewing nonsense. It also has more undergraduate students than any private school in the top 25. |
Is parchment data updated anymore? For the few schools I’ve checked there, the numbers are identical to 5 years ago. Doesn’t seem reliable to me. |
I would say an 8:2 ratio is a vast majority. I also see Harvard, MIT, and Princeton were not mentioned, among others. I only mentioned this because according to USNWR Johns Hopkins is ranked #7. |
Well, let’s go back to the original question - Parchment says 62 percent chose HOPKINS, 38 MICHIGAN Hopkins 65, UVA 35 Hopkins 80, Emory 20 Hopkins 53, Wash U 47 Hopkins 61, Vanderbilt 39 |
For any other product, buying something of equal or better quality that’s in lower demand is seen as the prudent move. But somehow when it comes to colleges, exclusivity is so often elevated above quality. Always found that strange. |
The writing seminars program is also one of the top in the country, as is public health. |
+100 I'm amazed at how ignorant people are when they think Hopkins is only nationally/internationally recognized for it's science programs. |
Highly ranked private school on the east coast with an undergraduate student body at 1/5 the size of public Michigan. Naturally those who are accepted to both universities would be more likely to attend Hopkins, in this case at about a 2 to 1 ratio. Still doesn’t explain the fact why a supposedly top ten school does so poorly against its private peers. |
I don’t get equally weighting the 13 sources cited in the Reddit article. USNWR is arguably more influential than the other 12 combined, but contributes only about 8% in this approach. Some are worth looking at but an equal weighting seems based on the false premise they are roughly of equal credibility. If looking beyond USNWR, I would probably consult Fiske or Princeton Review for undergrad quality before any of the other 12. |
I’m amazed graduate programs are mentioned here at all when this is obviously a discussion about undergraduate rankings. |
It doesn't matter. Seriously. Not even a little bit. |
Because there is more to a kid's undergraduate experience than academics. |
It does get updated, but I suppose the numbers have been relatively steady. Apparently Columbia started doing really well over the past few years on Parchment, but who knows what will happen now |
I didn't include Harvard, MIT, and Princeton because those felt like gimmes that I didn't need to show |