MingjiaPsych

I applied to the cog sci program at Johns Hopkins but I'm not going to do linguistics. There are 2 new professors joining this year who specialize in visual cognition, though their research topics somehow intersect with the semantics and involve a lot of computational stuff. I had a Skype interview(informal) and lengthy email discussions with one professor (Michael bonner). When I updated him about my application status, he gives me quite positive responses such as 'great to hear' and 'I'm glad that you will be applying', but I'm not sure if that's just a young professor's natural way of interacting with prospective students. I regarded Johns Hopkins as my top choice over other cognitive psychology programs as I think that integrating cognitive neuroscience and machine learning (Michael bonner's work) is a promising trend in the field of cognitive psychology. I actually quite appreciate the program's focus on quantitative training, as that's a valuable skill to learn even if I don't end up being a tenure-tracked professor in the field (which is extremely hard nowadays based on statistics) . I've also heard that cog sci and PBS department closely collaborate, so I can get access to resources from both if get admitted to one. Importantly, I think applying for a vision-focused lab via cog sci program might be easier as I was told the department is actively seeking vision-focused applicants while most applicants by now only know it as a linguistic department. Sorry for my lengthy comment. Do you think the cog sci program at Johns Hopkins is a wise choice for me over other famous psychology department?