Baltimore Home to Popular College Destinations

Baltimore was named #6 in the American Institute for Economic Research’s rankings of metro area colleges out of a pool of 222 areas of 15,000 students or more.

Baltimore County colleges include Towson University in Towson, Stevenson University in Stevenson, MD, University of Baltimore, Baltimore County in the Catonsville area, plus in the city there are Johns Hopkins University, Loyola College, Morgan State, and University of Baltimore, just to name a few.

The Baltimore Business Journal reported these findings, sharing that

Cities were evaluated on academic environment, quality of life, cost of living, arts and leisure activities, and professional opportunities.

Baltimore has many things to offer, including activities, public transportation, multiple routes in & out of the city & county, plus a large airport and train station for travel.

Baltimore housing affordability is high as well, making it even more attractive.

Towson University is located in a suburban area called Towson, with a large mall, many restaurants and shopping areas around, plus condos, townhouses, apartments, and the like, all nearby the campus. Through this economic downturn, Towson house values have remained fairly steady throughout, helping the Baltimore real estate market.

These are all things that factor into Baltimore being a popular college destination!

If you would like more information on houses near Towson University, Stevenson, Loyola, Johns Hopkins and more, please contact me. I would be happy to help!

April Fools Website Gags

I have been enjoying posts on Twitter and Facebook directing others to view the gags put up on various websites as April Fool’s Jokes.

Locally in Baltimore, we had a very big April Fool’s gag played by the Johns Hopkins University, or should I say, “John Hopkins University”, as they claim they dropped the “s” in the first name. As I am certain that their website, www.jhu.edu will be corrected by tomorrow, I took a screen shot to share with those who may have missed it!

They claimed the extra “s” was causing confusion and University President was quoted as saying, “We’ve had an entire team of psychiatrists doing nothing but treating our undergraduates for advanced identity crisis,” Daniel said. “It just had to stop.”

They also claimed that staff members swarmed their campuses today to remove the “s” using screwdrivers, paint, and any other methods imaginable from all buildings and signs.

And yes, the title page on the website was even changed to “John Hopkins University”.

Too funny, and very clever.

Others around the country include Starbucks “Plenta” and Micra” sizes coming out this fall — the Plenta size being 128 oz (like a popcorn bucket) and the Micra size 2 oz.

A cute/silly/fun one was the Ben & Jerry’s UK website which has the “First Virtual Ice Cream” where you lick your screen to taste test. HA!

Another big one seen by many was Google’s announcement that they had renamed themselves “Topeka”. For example, instead of “Googling” something, you would “Topeka” it.

These are all in good fun, and certainly gave me a chuckle.

Others included The University of Rochester’s claim that they are moving to Rochester, ENGLAND (and that the football team was concerned about playing a “feet only” game as soccer in England is called Football), plus ThinkGeek’s “Dharma Initiative Alarm Clock” and “Unicorn Meat”.

Did you see any other great ones that made you laugh today?