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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to JHU for grad school and a lot of my classmates went to JHU undergrad. It sounds like a very intense place, even if you’re not an engineering major.

All of them are extremely smart and well accomplished in the fields of finance and consulting. But they are all quite serious and a bit joyless. Very uptight. Not sure if that’s the type of people the school attracts or if the school forms them into uptight adults. But it’s not a school for slackers.

They feel affinity for the school because of the relationships they formed and the excellent education. But there is a decidedly lack of school spirit. I went to NYU undergrad and it’s similar vibes. If my kid got into the JHU, I’d be torn on whether or not they should attend.[/quote]

If you pay $55k/year to attend JHU, you better not slack. I'd be very disappointed to pay and find out my kid was slacking![/quote]

CalTech and JHU are probably the biggest pressure-cooker undergrad programs in the country. Even MIT sounds less rigorous and certainly more social/enjoyable - tons of school spirit at MIT.

Like I said, I’d be torn if my kid got into JHU. They need to go into the school with clear eyes. That said, the school gets the best job recruiting in the mid-Atlantic. Maybe a notch below Wharton undergrad, but every major company recruits out of JHU. The school doesn’t produce dummies.[/quote]

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