If anyone wants to hear about Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, Columbia, NYU, OSU, Northwestern, or GWU, pm me or @ me here. I’ve visited these schools and I’ll gladly answer questions…
I visited all but Northwestern when classes were in session.
@foliontai I live pretty close to Hopkins so I’ve visited twice already- once in the summer and once in the fall. I love the campus and the location- people tend to worry that it’s in Baltimore, but the surrounding area and neighborhoods are actually really nice. The library is awesome- there’s a really modern part with cool chairs and stuff and then a really old and classic part. Also there are a bunch of cool cafes and random study places on campus. I ate on campus and the food was ok, but there’s also a chipotle across the street. There’s this new undergrad lab building and it’s really awesome. And the gym is pretty awesome, complete with climbing and bouldering walls. Oh and they really emphasize research and it seems like it’s super easy to get a research position. Overall it’s an awesome place, but it doesn’t seem like the perfect fit for me, idk why. I’m definitely applying though. Sorry for my rambling lol. Just wondering- what bad things have you heard about JHU?
@musiclover131 I’ll make sure to report back! I’m so excited!!
@foliontai they are more quirky than a traditional university. They have a very loosely structured curriculum, which I don’t like, but I think they are like a traditional liberal arts college where everything is like a structured free for all. Just my opinion. Others may and probably will disagree with me.
@foliontai Sorry I don’t remember much because I visited a while ago, but the campus is very pretty. It isn’t a rural location, but there are so many trees and subbery on the campus and it definitely has a lot of nature. A lot of the buildings are either stone or brick. I can’t seem to say much, but it is definitely a pretty campus!
@iamnotironman Thanks for the report! JHU seems like a pretty incredible place. I know a few people who were considering it and then chose other colleges and they generally said that the students seemed really stressed out and competitive and it wasn’t a really upbeat or social place. I’ve actually heard that stereotype a lot but have no idea of its accuracy. I think it may just be confirmation bias or the time at which they visited.
@musiclover131 Huh, I always thought it was slightly more structured than other schools due to the Core Curriculum. Interesting. Thanks!
@Faultystart What were your thoughts on Georgetown?
@Faultystart What do you think of Georgetown? Is it more of a conservative atmosphere?
@Faultystart tell us about Columbia? Is it weird that it doesn’t really have an actual campus (or would you say it does?) Thats a bit why I like Penn more, I want the city and good location, but I also want an actual campus.
@foliotai I understand why some people think it’s really competitive and stuff because I’ll admit that the students weren’t the most upbeat or enthusiastic, but honestly I think it’s better than places like the Ivies. Like one of my tour guides was in BME but he was super humble and really awesome and chill.
I’ve visited Swarthmore, Haverford, Pomona, and CMC if anyone is interested.
@GrandBudapest Tell me about Swarthmore!
I’ve visited Cal and Stanford–PM or @ me if you’re interested in hearing about them (particularly Stanford, because I’ve been there many, many, many times by virtue of living nearby)!
@QueenOfBohemia I have to admit I like Haverford better than Swarthmore (
), but:
There’s a subway/train (think it’s probably subway) station on campus so that’s a plus in terms of accessing Philadelphia or going to the airport
They have this huge lawn in front of the main building with a super big white lawn chair. I think it’s hilarious 
On the other side of campus are some modern sculptures.
The dorm seemed to be regular sized (though I don’t have many to compare it to), but there was this inclined ceiling above the bed, which made it seem a little more cramped or inconvenient. I don’t know if it’s specific to that room, though.
The library was very large and they had multiple floors, each one dedicated to a certain sound level, at least according to the tour guide. If you wanted absolutely no talking, you could go to a certain floor, if you wanted to chat a little, you could go to another. Their auditorium/music performance center was very nice, I can see it being a popular venue for school performances.
The tour guide also talked about the honors program, which many participate in, where you have to write a senior thesis and present it in front of an experienced person in the field and defend your arguments and answer questions (I think I got the details on this right), but the vast majority of people pass these.
That’s all I can remember right now
@tonystarkofwinterfell Please tell me about Stanford!!!
@GrandBudapest what were your general impressions of Pomona and CMC?
@ZBlue17 I feel Columbia definitely had a campus feel (much more than GWU or NYU). The bulk of the campus is surrounded by a gate, and there was quite a bit of green space.If you poke around a bit on Google images, I’m sure you can find some aerial views that show the quantity of green space available.
I visited it a while back like in October, so some of my details are a bit fuzzy. The surrounding area was definitely a city: there were a lot of shops and stores within walking distance, and there were also nearby bus stops (and possibly a subway station, but I’m not so sure about that). Unfortunately, when I went, we couldn’t look in a dorm room, so I can’t really describe it very well, but I saw inside some other buildings ( I’m 90% sure I saw some of the dining hall)
The insides of the buildings were beautiful, and so were the outsides. Like most college tours I’ve been on, the library floors are separated in terms of loudness, so the higher you go, the quieter it is.
If you want me to tell you about something a bit more specific, just ask. This is really all I can remember generally ( wish I could remember a bit more 
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@tigerman333 I didn’t get the impression that Georgetown had a conservative atmosphere. The guide made an effort to point out a location that many students to speak to the student body, and both the info session and tur guide mentioned the Center for Social Justice quite a bit.
@tigerman333 @foliontai I LOVED Georgetown. It’s about a 10 minute walk from the campus to the main intersection of Georgetown neighborhood, so it’s not far at all from a ton of shops and such. There are also free shuttles to different locations (somewhere just across the Potomac in VA, DuPont Circle, and The Hill, allowing access to the metro). There was green space, but the campus as a whole felt a bit compact. The buildings were beautiful, and the insides were really pretty. The tour guide told a lot of stories (like how you shouldn’t step on the seal, and stories about the clock hands of one of the buildings–they’ve been taken down 3 times. First time they were sent to the Pope, who blessed them, second time they were sent to Bill Clinton, who signed them, and no one knows where they went for the third time).
There was a bit of an emphasis on housing, how there is a lottery system for choosing housing for sophomores-seniors, and what the tour guide described as “eHarmony for finding freshman housing roommates”
Uh, I don’t really know what else to say. If you want me to mention something in particular, let me know.
@GrandBudapest Haha That’s quite alright. What did you think of the amphitheater?
Does anyone want to hear about Tulane?
Yes, I do!
I have visited Northeastern if anyone has questions that haven’t been answered
@QueenOfBohemia I’d love to hear about Tulane!