NixonDenier (what exactly is a Nixon denier?), in the interest of full disclosure, I should point out that the three students my guidance counselor spoke of took place during the course of the last nine years, which isn’t exactly ancient history. I was merely sharing information and not in any way trying to create monsters. I completely acknowledge that JHU is an outstanding university. That’s why I expressed interest in JHU to begin with. I wish our country had more institutions like JHU because of all the good it does. And your points are all well taken, but according to my guidance counselor, and she has been a rock, the two university’s, Rice’s and JHU’s, approach to undergraduate education is quite different. And so I guess my question is, in your experience at JHU, did you find the undergraduate experience to be more collaborative or more individually competitive? And was your good experience also shared by your classmates? I’m sure your answer would be of interest to ThatIrishKid.