http://www.studentsreview.com/MD/JHU_comments.html Life at JHU - Comments en http://www.studentsreview.com/MD/JHU_comments.html Johns Hopkins is really what you make of it, and it certainly isn't for everyone. If you are looking for a school where you can get an easy 4.0 and go to graduate or medical school, this is not the pl... Fri, 10 May 2013 09:46:42 GMT StudentsReview 627-93799 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 627-93799 627 24 Mechanical Engineering Male Undergraduate Class 2015 2nd Year Positive Johns Hopkins is really what you make of it, and it certainly isn't for everyone. If you are looking for a school where you can get an easy 4.0 and go to graduate or medical school, this is not the place.
If you want a school where you can do incredible research as early as your freshman year and continue that for grad school, this is a good place.
I personally intend on going into industry and my average GPA (3.3) has landed me several internships with Fortune 500 companies already (I'm going to be making almost $15,000 this summer alone). Doing well here requires a lot of work, but if you manage your time well then you can also have a great social life. I go out to bars and parties on average 4 nights a week, and still get pretty good grades.
Some professors are great, and some do not really enjoy teaching. Since there is no core curriculum, just make sure that you schedule your classes with only professors you know who are good. Fri, 10 May 2013 09:46:42 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/MD/JHU_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/MD/JHU_comments.html Hopkins is a meritocracy - less of the "old boys network" and "blue bloods" than at other top-tier universities (you know who you are!). Very smart, hard-working students here. But not all grinds.... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:34:10 GMT StudentsReview 627-92911 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 627-92911 627 53 Other Male Undergraduate Class 1985 4th Year Positive Hopkins is a meritocracy - less of the "old boys network" and "blue bloods" than at other top-tier universities (you know who you are!). Very smart, hard-working students here. But not all grinds. Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:34:10 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/MD/JHU_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/MD/JHU_comments.html My review of Hopkins is overwhelmingly a good one. A little background info: I am an English and Writing Seminars (Creative Writing) double-major at the university. During the admissions process, I wa... Mon, 03 Sep 2012 03:35:51 GMT StudentsReview 627-89230 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 627-89230 627 17 English Female Undergraduate Class 2013 3rd Year Positive My review of Hopkins is overwhelmingly a good one. A little background info: I am an English and Writing Seminars (Creative Writing) double-major at the university. During the admissions process, I was not at all set on going to JHU--a school which is overwhelmingly perceived as an engineering and premed school--but gave it a second look when acceptance letters began rolling in. And thank god I did--JHU has the second highest rated creative writing program in the country, a fact that is often overlooked by those outside the program here at Hopkins but is very evident to those who get involved with it. While the faculty in the creative writing department can sometimes be aloof (a nice way of saying they really don't answer their emails), they are always very responsive to meeting and discussing your work as long as you can track them down once in a while. Given that the entire department is housed in Gilman Hall and everyone has their names on their office doors... it's not a hard task. Just pretend it's the days before email and it doesn't seem crazy at all to stop by their office when convenient. It might take a few tries (writers are of course not known for keeping regular hours) but it'll be invaluable when you get to sit down with them and hash out some work. As far as the surrounding area, Baltimore is a fantastic place to be involved in the arts, and many humanities departments (the Film & Media department especially) take full advantage of collaborating with these local events.

As much as I came to loathe the phrase "you can find whatever you're looking for at School X" during the campus tours and admissions process, I have to say that Hopkins really is this phrase incarnate. Are there students who literally live in the below-ground levels of the library even on weekends and never see the light of day? Yes. Are there also students like me and my friends who are on every mailing list for concert and arts venues in the city, who go on adventures every weekend and often during the week and take full advantage of what Hopkins (and Baltimore) has to offer? Yes. If you come to Hopkins, remember that there's really no "average" JHU student. If you don't like the vibe you're getting hanging out with a certain group of study-holics, get social with somebody else. If your major is making you suicidal, maybe it's not the right major for you after all. Be the change, dudes. Mon, 03 Sep 2012 03:35:51 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/MD/JHU_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/MD/JHU_comments.html Please do not go here. This place ruined my life and my career.I originally came in here as a public health major wanting to be a family physician, literally that was my dream to help other people. I ... Sun, 06 May 2012 12:57:38 GMT StudentsReview 627-87148 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 627-87148 627 64 Public Health Female Undergraduate Class 2013 2nd Year Advice Please do not go here. This place ruined my life and my career.I originally came in here as a public health major wanting to be a family physician, literally that was my dream to help other people. I fell in love with my major after hearing about it from a department lecture. My freshman, first semester covered grades, I admit Hopkins was a challenge. To do well on my first chem test, I had to study everyday and do problems over and over (no life). But as the semester wears on, no one can shut themselves in all the time to get grades, its human nature to want to have fun. And thats where my grades dropped in the premedical course requirements. Because physics here isn't just physics at a state schools, its intense. Calculus is also intense. Every premed course here is intensive. Because remember getting a A is based on how high above the class's average you get. And its not like the people getting the average are stupid, they got into the same university you did. If you're someone like me, who works hard and believes hard work will get you through, this isn't the school for you. If you are someone who is naturally smart in the premedical sciences (I mean you never had to ever work to understand it) or you want to pursue a career in a particular major that JHU is known for you, then going here is acceptable and suitable. If you're a premed trying to get into a medical school and you're known even slightly as a hardworker, don't come here. It will ruin your chances of getting into any medical school, no matter how average or low it is ranked. Medical schools care only about stats, not really about the prestige of the university you went to. So if you go here and you don't do well not because you suck at science but because you are competing against smart peers, your science gpa is low that it makes you have to take 1-2 years off before going to medical school. Most of my friends who are premed had to take 1-2 years off. Isn't that kind of ridiculous, considering you went to such a hard school and tried your best. At a state school, you can get good grades and participate in extracurriculars and have good stats to get to a medical school. Honestly, if you do end up ignoring my advice and coming here and you're premed, please be strategic about what courses you take. Meaning, if I could go back over and redo it again, I would take only 1 science course a semester and flood the rest of my schedule with humanities to keep a high GPA. I would also take physics somewhere else. So please, think carefully before coming here. This is advice I wish someone had given me, if you are premed and come to JHU regardless of what anyone else tell you, only take the workload that you are sure that you can get good grades. WHo cares what medical schools think (no matter what the advisors say), because at the end of the day if you take courses to impress them and get shitty grades, you have no chance of getting in. Sun, 06 May 2012 12:57:38 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/MD/JHU_comments.html http://www.studentsreview.com/MD/JHU_comments.html This school is awful. Parents stay away -- after they get your tuition money they just want more and treat your kids like garbage.... Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:43:31 GMT StudentsReview 627-86847 Copyright 2013 StudentsReview, Ecliptical Technologies, Inc. 627-86847 627 41 History/Histories (art history/etc.) Male Undergraduate Alumnus Class 2000 Negative This school is awful. Parents stay away -- after they get your tuition money they just want more and treat your kids like garbage. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:43:31 GMT http://www.studentsreview.com/MD/JHU_comments.html