Please help me choose: JHU vs. Vanderbilt

collegebound8899
Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:12:33 +0000

Congrats on your acceptances! As a disclaimer, I’m just another hs senior, so I can’t really judge the rigor of either school, but I have a friend at Vanderbilt and she likes it a lot. It also seems from your list that you have a lot more “pros” for Vandy over JHU. The cons for Vandy are, like you listed, the social environment. I’m not sure how preppy it is but I know that Greek life basically dominates there - especially for guys.

As for JHU, I’ve been to Baltimore a few times and while there are some sketchy places (like in every city), you can still have fun if you know where to look. I guess you just need to consider the kind of atmosphere that you want since the academic differences between the schools are not as significant. They’re both really great schools though so I’m sure you’ll have a great experience at either one.

And feel free to help me with my own dilemma