<p>Let me suggest to you that a girlfriend should have zero bearing when making college decisions.</p>
<p>You will (should) have 100 girlfriends before you marry.</p>
<p>High school girlfriends (and boyfriends) should be jettisoned when going off to college.</p>
<p>You will wind up breaking up anyway.</p>
<p>Having a girlfriend will impede your integration into your new college.</p>
<p>While the other guys will be going to parties chasing girls, you will be off visiting your girlfriend on the weekend.</p>
<p>I know this is not what you want to hear.</p>
<p>My son loved JHU when he saw it. If you want to go there, and do well there, you must concentrate on your studies. </p>
<p>There are plenty of fish in the sea.</p>
<p>Also, your high school friends will gradually fade away once you all go off to different colleges.</p>
<p>This is not to say that you should do nothing but study, but that should be your main pre-occupation.</p>