<p>Blah,</p>
<p>NU may have more top-5 (material sci, industrial) and top-15 (applied math, chemE, biomed, civil, mechanical) engineering programs than JHU but I can’t be sure. </p>
<p>As far as location goes, I don’t think there’s any comparison regardless of what part of Baltimore JHU is in because because Baltimore is simply just “blah”. 
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<p>DC is still 45 miles away and I live there now. It is not nearly as happening as Chicago and in some ways, has a bit of a mid-sized town feel (DC may be very happening to some peopole but I grew up in Hong Kong and I’ve lived in big cities almost all my life). It’s inclusion of the surrounding metro areas that makes it look bigger. The weather is definitely nicer though.</p>