Middlebury vs. Chicago and JHU

Olive07
Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:26:50 +0000

I was also accepted to JHU and Middlebury, and I also plan to go into International Studies! I visiting Middlebury tomorrow and JHU on Tuesday. I am leaning towards JHU, personally, because of many reasons:

1. it is very close to Washington D.C, the center of international studies in the US

2. the undergrad prog is connected with the grad school program, which is always either ranked 1st or 2nd in the country

3. there are two five year BA/MA programs international studies—though they are EXTREMELY competitive–for the SAIS program, only eight students majoring in Int. S. at the end of sophomore year will be chosen

4. food has improved

5. 66% of students pursue some kind of independent research–which I am very interested in doing

6. I went to a college-prep/liberal arts highschool, and middlebury is very similar to it, so I think that I am ready to go a bit more independent/different route and attend JHU
7)I’ve never lived in a city and would like to live in one.
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