College Overview: John Hopkins

John Hopkins: JHop
Choose JHop if you want to be challenged academically, go to school in one of the lesser-known but fantastic american cities. Stay away if you hate science.

John Hopkins: Looking at Hopkins?
I am interested in Biology, and also in attending medical school, and Johns Hopkins is well-renowned in these areas. Most students at Hopkins are incredibly hard-working and intelligent. There is a pervasive myth that competition at JHU is cut-throat, which I believe is unfounded. Never have I heard of a student actively trying to sabotage another. However, the school is extremely competitive; students should expect to have to work hard here to earn an A. For many larger classes, your grades are...

John Hopkins: Oh, Johnny Hop
Johns Hopkins is a wonderful school academically, if you are motivated enough to take initiative and take advantage of all the opportunities available. There are wonderful professors (in the school of arts and sciences, at least) who, if you reach out to them, are more than willing to share their brilliance. However, if you are looking for an easy time, Johns Hopkins is NOT--I repeat--NOT for you. The classes are demanding, the library is the most social place on campus, and it's pretty e...

John Hopkins: JHop is what you make of it
Hopkins is extremely tough academically, and sometimes it feels like work is all that the students care about. But theres is more to life here! Basically, Hopkins is what you make of it. You can study all the time, or you can drink all the time. Or you can find a balance between those, and have time to work out, relax, do community service, get involved with campus life and anything else you want to. What is frustrating is that opportunities rarely come to find you here, you need to seek out wha...

John Hopkins: The Rumors are True!
The rumors are true, the social life of Johns Hopkins is severely lacking. It's either frats or nothing. Or if you're part of some of club sometimes you might have more of a social life. But if you're not into any of these, Hopkins will drain whatever life you have right out of you. People who love to sit around and study by themselves will fit right in.

John Hopkins: Hop
This school is awesome. It's one of the nations leading research universities (for a lot of stuff, not just medicine) and because its undergraduate school is small, students have so many opportunities and resources to draw from. It has the leading programs in biomedical engineering and international relations among other things, and it has a prestigious conservatory too. For Pre-Med, it's second to none. And despite all the myths, we know how to cut loose and have fun. However, don't...