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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All good schools in their own ways.  JH excellent reputation but much more of a grad school than undergrad and as an undergrad, typically science and/or lacrosse.  But excellent school to be sure (they have a very good English Dept too but my sense is really a grad school dept).  [/quote]

Yes, JHU is kind of like University of Chicago in that sense -- a very grad-oriented institution.  That said, smart/highly engaged undergrads in the liberal arts can become sort of honorary grad students (e.g. take grad seminars, get attention from faculty) if they're so inclined.  I didn't think that the liberal arts undergrads were cut-throat -- to the extent that they were stressed it was because they generally had not gotten into their first choice colleges (typically Ivy) and were convinced that their futures depended on moving up a rung for grad school.  Kids who didn't come in with that POV and who were focused on their studies (rather than their peers or grad admissions) seemed to have a challenging workload but not an overwhelming one.   The Homewood campus is not in a particularly dangerous or scary area (it's next to the BMA, so if you've been there you'll have a sense of what it's like).

So if you've got a future PhD candidate on your hands, I think JHU could be a great choice.  I'll probably encourage my own DC to apply there.

Wouldn't bother with GW -- the big advantage is DC and for someone who already grew up here, there's no value added.  Don't know about UNC Chapel Hill from an undergrad POV.  Totally different scale from Hopkins. [/quote]

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