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Thread #54085   Message #836240
Posted By: GUEST,Q
28-Nov-02 - 01:18 AM
Thread Name: BS: Help on US colleges please?
Subject: RE: BS: Help on US colleges please?
Yes, two entirely different schools. Johns Hopkins has small classes, concentrates in certain fields and is located in the most interesting city on the east coast. They are justly world-famous for their medical school and medical science research. If interest lies in the application of DNA and other medical science advances to ethnology, it may be a good choice. Interdisciplinary studies are encouraged (history-anthropology, Institute for Global Studies, etc.).
Ethnology, as I said earlier, is a large tent- the aspect of interest must be selected before a useful recommendation can be made. The student and advisor are certainly in a better position to judge than any of us out here.
UCB is large, an attempt is made to cover everything including big money sports. Unfortunately some students get involved in politics and ridiculous protests rather than concentrating on their work. California would take some getting used to for many people.