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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a good school but it's not known to be exactly fun or interesting for undergrad, unless you're extremely into pre-med and want to do medical research as an undergrad. It's also a difficult school. [b]It's very similar to UChicago, and has many of the same causes for lack of desirability that UChicago does. [/b]Let's put it this way: would your kids rather be stuck in Baltimore in a library 24/7, or would they rather be hanging out in Cambridge, going to a Duke basketball game, or living next to Silicon Valley at Stanford?[/quote]

This is a bit of an overstatement.  I am a UChicago alum from the 90's, and Hyde Park (Chicago) is not as bad as the area of Baltimore where Johns Hopkins is located.  I may be a slight bit biased, but I do think that they are different.  We live in Howard County now.  Our DD (high school senior) is opposed to even considering UChicago, which is bizarre to me, since she has not even seen the campus and does not want to visit.  I think she would be surprised to see how nice UChicago is, and right on Lake Michigan.  (Yes, I know that there is crime, but Chicago is not as bad as Baltimore.)[/quote]

I think you are confusing Hopkins undergrad with the medical school/hospital.  It’s very safe.[/quote]

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