Johns Hopkins for Physics?

Fledylids
Sat, 01 Apr 2006 17:03:20 +0000

Hey. I got accepted into Johns Hopkins University, and they’re giving me a pretty damn good financial aid package. It is for this reason that I’m thinking about JHU.

On the flip side, I was also accepted to Cornell and Carleton; I know my financial aid for Carleton, and have yet to hear from Cornell.

Essentially, my big question is, how does JHU compare to both of those in its Physics education/department? Are the research opportunities comparable for undergrads? I’ve heard so many things about its amazing medicine research programs (not that those interest me), but I know nothing about whether it is similarly amazing for Physics; I’d think it really excels in Biology and Chemistry.

So yeah. Essentially, should I forego Cornell or Carleton in lieu of Johns Hopkins if I KNOW I want to be a physicist, and eventually get a graduate degree (doctoral), &c? I’m looking at this question in terms of quality of such an Physics education, in addition to things like “How hard is it to actually be considered in taking part of a research program” (i.e. do graduates get priority, making it insanely difficult for an undergrad to do anything)?