Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 19:38     Subject: JHU vs Williams ?
hmmm. is he social?
Williams.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 19:37     Subject: JHU vs Williams ?
Lots of Hopkins athletes in the finance world.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 19:37     Subject: JHU vs Williams ?
Williams is pretty darn isolated, long winter and very small. Great school of your kid is ok with that.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 19:35     Subject: JHU vs Williams ?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Both are excellent schools. See what he thinks after the official visits and offers.

Huge difference for an athlete Econ major. iYKYK.


I get it. Some schools being an athlete leads to much better career outcomes than others, especially for finance, econ etc. Williams is one of them.

My kid talked to them but needed a big athletic scholarship and Williams as a D3 doesn't offer them.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 19:23     Subject: JHU vs Williams ?
Anonymous wrote:Both are excellent schools. See what he thinks after the official visits and offers.

Huge difference for an athlete Econ major. iYKYK.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 19:02     Subject: JHU vs Williams ?
Both are excellent schools. See what he thinks after the official visits and offers.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 19:00     Subject: Re:JHU vs Williams ?
Williams for Econ by a mile. Direct pipelines to high-end jobs from Williams that are, rightly or wrongly, tied to athletics. Even with a broken leg, Williams.

Should not even be a question. Anyone saying different on here do not know what they are talking bout.

Congrats!
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 18:58     Subject: JHU vs Williams ?
Williams only because I went there and am biased.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 18:55     Subject: JHU vs Williams ?
Anonymous wrote:my DC is being recruited by both of these schools for their sport. Two wildly different schools, I know I know but top academics certainly at both, and DC really likes coach/team at both. And yes the athletic part is important - but it seems to be a wash. So which school wins out based on the “broken leg test” - if DC decides or can’t compete on the team at some point. They will be an econ major and don’t have a direction in terms of career interest, other than vaguely “finance” or “consulting”, which they know very little about

any thoughts? pros cons?


Econ, Consulting, Finance.....Williams all the way if IB, MBB might be in the future. The top NESCAC schools for IB (Williams, Middlebury, Amherst) place extremely well into these areas while JHU is a low-semi target and not as present in the industry.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 18:51     Subject: JHU vs Williams ?
This post includes a few subjective comments on Williams:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1302646.page#31187098
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 18:48     Subject: Re:JHU vs Williams ?
My kid is an athlete at JHU. Is having a great experience. Loves Baltimore, finds JHU to be very callaborative, the athletes from all teams are very close yet there is room for nonathlete friends as well overall a perfect fit for my dc
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 18:43     Subject: JHU vs Williams ?
Either one is fine. Let your kid decide.
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 18:42     Subject: JHU vs Williams ?
The broken-leg test is why my aerospace engineering bound kid picked UVA over GTech - he left engineering after Calc 3 and went into the humanities and never looked back. So I would vote for Williams
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 18:36     Subject: JHU vs Williams ?
will need SAT of 1450-1500 for a D3 sport at JHU, Williams T/O
Anonymous
Post 02/12/2026 18:31     Subject: JHU vs Williams ?
my DC is being recruited by both of these schools for their sport. Two wildly different schools, I know I know but top academics certainly at both, and DC really likes coach/team at both. And yes the athletic part is important - but it seems to be a wash. So which school wins out based on the “broken leg test” - if DC decides or can’t compete on the team at some point. They will be an econ major and don’t have a direction in terms of career interest, other than vaguely “finance” or “consulting”, which they know very little about

any thoughts? pros cons?