Pomona College vs Johns Hopkins

stevensPR
Thu, 31 May 2018 19:52:30 +0000

@Drawcodawn Yes, it combines the 2. Some students manage to graduate with both a BS/MS in 4 years at no additional cost. No GRE test needed as well. Or you can choose to stay and do a 50% off Masters at JHU in your fifth year - guaranteed and a rare benefit not offered at most schools.

if you want a completer picture of the Class of 2017, go on linkedin. There are several CS grad school students at Stanford from JHU for instance.

I worked for consulting at Bain & Co after MIT grad school and am now at Google as a product manager. I was in the Ph.D. program at MIT but left with a fully funded master’s after I determined I didn’t want to stay another 4 years to complete the doctorate.

The factors for getting into a top graduate school with funding are research experience (first author publications help especially) and recommendations by notable professors. You will have no shortage of this at JHU with ample summer funding (see PURA and other funded research programs with JHU professors). Test scores and GPA are next in importance. Interviews will come into play as well.

I had my selection of funded grad schools (Caltech, Stanford, MIT, Columbia, etc) when I applied. I didn’t graduate at the top of my class (had about a 3.7 GPA - average at JHU is about a 3.4 now).

I started research sophomore year and got published in a few publications as did some of my classmates during junior year. My professor earned his Ph.D. from Stanford and is a well respected researcher as are most professors at Hopkins. His recommendation sealed the deal as my grad school interviewers knew who he was and held his opinion in high regard.