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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tangential, but what is the JHU culture like for the undergrads? I have an image of little social activities, intermurals, etc. Many alums who respond on these threads seem to have loved their undergrad experiences at JHU and I’d love to hear more about it, what they appreciate from their time at JHU. [/quote]

I think the fact that people here exclude it from the list of ultra prestigious schools is a plus, not a minus, for a regular bright kid who actually wants to learn things.

The schools at the top of the prestige list seem to want to attract kids who are the product of an unhealthy kind of upbringing. Example: expecting a high school kid to have published a paper in a serious academic journal, have spectacular recommendations from high school teachers, have won a national science contest, or have competed on sports teams that regularly play more than 60 miles away from the high school make those kids absurdly dependent on the kindness of coaches and teachers.

The people who came up with holistic admissions may have meant well, but the current approach seems more like a system for grooming kids for human trafficking than a serious effort to identify talented kids. “HYPS” students seem to the kids most likely to say yes to whatever a monster with a great job title asks.

The great thing about schools like JHU (and, I would think, the University of Chicago, Cal Tech and Harvey Mudd) is that kids with straight A’s and great test scores can get in based mainly on stats, not based on who had the most productive relationships with abusive creeps. [/quote]

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