UVA vs. Rice vs. JHU

seaotter17
Sun, 08 Apr 2018 08:42:31 +0000

UVA is not apples to apples with JHU and Rice; both Rice and JHU are far smaller and in far more urban locations, while UVA is a lot larger and in a small town/city two hours away from Washington; Charlottesville is a whole different animal than Baltimore and Houston. I can’t speak for JHU or Rice, but UVA is a much more “traditional” college experience (at least to me) without sacrificing the top academics - plus the basketball is super hype (as long as you don’t bring up UMBC) The prestige isn’t that different between your choices; at this point you may want to consider whether or not you would rather live in a large city or in a smaller town…? Either way congrats on having such amazing options!