Which has better undergraduate academic advising, NYU or Johns Hopkins?

Johns Hopkins is more likely to provide the consistently accessible, hands-on undergraduate academic advising you describe. Its undergraduate advising model combines professional advising with faculty or departmental guidance, so students typically have clear support for first-year course choices, major exploration, and later academic planning. NYU has capable advisors, but the experience is more decentralized and can vary substantially by undergraduate school and program.

At Hopkins, students have a relatively structured path into advising: they work with designated academic advisers early on and then add departmental advisers as they move toward a major. That setup is particularly useful for someone still exploring, since an adviser can help connect prerequisite sequences, possible majors, research interests, and practical questions such as changing courses or balancing a demanding semester. Faculty interaction can also become a meaningful part of academic decision-making once students enter a department.

NYU’s advantage is breadth. Its individual schools, such as the College of Arts and Science, Stern, Tandon, Tisch, and others, have their own advising offices and academic rules, and students can draw on a very large menu of courses and programs. But that size and school-by-school structure means students often need to be more proactive about finding the right office or person, especially when considering cross-school options, double majors, or a change in academic direction.

For a senior who places a high premium on regular guidance and a clearer advising structure, Hopkins has the edge. At NYU, it would be especially important to compare the advising system within the specific undergraduate school you would attend rather than treating NYU as one uniform experience.