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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Physics  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Hopkins has severe issiues with the quality of their professors and the fairness of their grading. Some sections of a class are curved to a B, while other sections of the same class are curved to a C. This is probably a great Gradute school, but the quality of the undergraduate program is appalling. Surrounding City: B, Useful Schoolwork: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  May 18 2011 2nd Year Male -- Class 2015    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=77344&uid=627'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save Engineering Department  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Being perfectly honest...Hopkins is a great school if you are going to be premed or bio or any major other than Biomedical Engineering. There definitely is a social life on campus, but Biomedical Engineers (BMEs) do not participate in it. The amount of work we are expected to do is Herculean. The program is great but it is taught the wrong way. This is truly a RESEARCH university. The faculty is somewhat concerned about the success of the students but they wind up turning their own current research into impossible problem sets. It truly seems like our department wants to pump out 10-20 high GPA students while the rest of us are fighting for average. Many classes are curved down. Grade deflation is rampant. Math department started new rule where only 10% of students get A's. I don't know if I would say that the students are cutthroat...its just that no matter how hard you try, you will likely be average. Its really depressing. Especially watching all of your friends not in the department go out and have fun when you know that you really shouldn't because you have 2 BME tests on the same day and hour apart next week on top of your 4 problem sets. Each faculty member thinks that you are only taking their class and they put unreasonable demands on you. I've been told to skip a test by my own advisor to go to the medical campus and collect data for a project I am doing on the side. In Hopkins BME...you truly feel like your time isn't worth anything to anyone. I'm taking about 19-20 credits every semester in order to finish the double major I'm trying to do. It's actually hilarious because my BME GPA is right around average while my CE GPA is much much higher. Its not that I can't get good grades, its just that the expectations and the workload and everything else about the BME department is outrageous. If you're reading this and you are thinking about entering the BME program here, I would seriously, honestly, strongly consider any other college offers you have on the table. I really could never wish this on anyone. Campus Aesthetics: A+, Extracurricular Activities: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Apr 27 2011 4th Year Male -- Class 2011    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=76709&uid=627'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save PreMed and Medical  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright The time was the 1980's- the male students outnumbered the female students by a 2:1 ratio. There was a lot of talk about cut throat competition for grades, "impossible" courses, etc. Two of my 4 freshman apartment mates dropped out before senior year to go elsewhere...and yet I had what I would say was a very good college experience. I graduated with honors so apparently grade deflation is not so bad...I did work hard to get my Pre-Med degree but had time to minor in Russian, act in plays, take advantage of the speaker series and the shuttle to Washington on occasion, chase after some Goucher girls and explore Baltimore a little bit, too. For the self-motivated, intellectually curious and hard working student this is a challenging but positive place. For those looking to have a social life spooned over them, for easy classes and laid back atmosphere, this is not the place. With my AP credits I placed out of freshman year and began life "as a sophomore." No pass/fail first semester for me. It was a major adjustment to go from basically gliding through high school to taking 2nd year college courses at such a competitive school. My first exam was a shock to my system, but ultimately made me a much better student. I am not sure how much the degree helped me going forward, but having to find a way to meet the challenges at JHU was an invaluable lesson for life. Useful Schoolwork: A+, Social Life: C- Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Apr 14 2011 4th Year Male -- Class 1984    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='http://www.studentsreview.com/active/shared/sr_comment.js?sckey=76314&uid=627'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save  Prev    Select Page: 1 ... 2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 ... 49    Next

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