<p>D got into both schools. JHU was the surprise with a decent financial aid package. Still waiting for NYU’s financial aid packge. NYU is the dream school, but how can one pass up JHU. Interests are in science and pre med, she is artistic and bohemian. Even she realizes this is a tough decision. Any thoughts, insights, guidance?</p>
<p>Hi. Art history major pre med student here from Hopkins. If your D is talented in art, our art history department is highly regarded world wide and is ranked #1 nationally according to a survey done by Chronicle.com. NYU is ranked #2 as you can see. </p>
<p>[Chronicle</a> Facts & Figures: Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index](<a href=“http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity/page.php?year=2006&primary=10&secondary=93&bycat=Go]Chronicle”>http://chronicle.com/stats/productivity/page.php?year=2006&primary=10&secondary=93&bycat=Go)</p>
<p>Hopkins primary strengths in sciences and pre med. Hopkins medical school and Johns Hopkins Hospital as you may already know is highly regarded by doctors around the world. Many doctors look at put medicine practiced at Johns Hopkins at the pedistal and regard them as best of the best.</p>
<p>US News week also ranked Johns Hopkins as “the hottest premed” school in the country in 2008. </p>
<p>"Our progress has not escaped the notice of the national media. In August, Newsweek named Hopkins one if its “25 Hottest Schools,” citing its longtime strength as a pre-med training ground, in conjunction with its other academic strengths and urban oasis of a campus. The Newsweek article provided affirmation of what most Hopkins insiders have always known: While we’re justifiably renowned for our top-notch pre-medical sciences, our enduring strengths in the humanities date back to the university’s founding as the nation’s first research university. "
-Adam Falk
James B. Knapp Dean</p>
<p>[Zanvyl</a> Krieger School of Arts and Sciences :: Johns Hopkins University](<a href=“http://www.krieger.jhu.edu/about/from_the_dean.html]Zanvyl”>http://www.krieger.jhu.edu/about/from_the_dean.html)</p>
<p>Given your D’s interest in premed and science, by far Johns Hopkins is the most obvious choice. I had a choice between Johns Hopkins and NYU too. Hopkins was an obvious choice for me.</p>
<p>I’d second the vote for Hopkins. While there is probably more of an artistic/bohemian scene in NYC than in Baltimore, it’s going to give her a better science education…then she can go to Columbia Med school ;)</p>
<p>bump…
thank you for your thoughts. Are ther any other insights to make this decision any easier?</p>
<p>If interests are pre-med and science, I don’t think that this is such a tough decision as JHU is best known for this. If you said Wall Street, then it’d be tough (with probaby a slight edge to NYU). </p>
<p>The one issue to investigate at JHU (and at NYU or any college) is to understand the pool of students who enter and how many actually successfully navigate that path to a top medical school. Ignore the med school acceptance rates (easily manipulated-see many other threads on this topic) and try to get a sense of how many students get weeded out in the pre-med process and what they have as alternatives. Both colleges have strengths in other areas, but clearly you want to think about a Plan B and which one can help you best with that. This will be especially true at JHU as the school is a magnet for med school wannabees and a lot are not going to fit through the pipe. Fortunately, JHU has built up some other areas of study, but then the comparison with NYU could well be much closer.</p>
<p>Go to JHU! I doubt you’ll be getting that much in aid from NYU and JHU is better in the premed field overall. JHU is a bit competitive with that as are other premed programs in other schools but its worth it. It’s a great school which delivers great education and research experience.</p>
<p>Besides the fact that Hopkins’ academics are generally stronger, Hopkins also provides a very different (and, subjectively, far superior) college experience than NYU… First, JHU is much much smaller, has a real campus (not just a collection of buildings) with real grass and trees, and a much stronger sense of community. The only reasons I can think of to choose NYU over Hopkins would be if: 1) I was going to major in business or film studies, and 2) I was one of those people who believe New York is not only the best place to live, but the only place to live. I’m one of those people who believes that, notwithstanding its significant problems, Baltimore is not a bad city and, once you get to know it, it is actually quite charming. It is not, however, New York.</p>