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Johns Hopkins University - Scholastic Success Ratings
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Breakdown of “Scholastic Success” at JHU By Gender  | | Male | B+ | | Female | B+ |
| By Major | | Animal Studies | A | | Anthropology | A- | | Astronomy | A+ | | Biology | A- | | Business - Management and Administration | A | | Chemical Engineering | B | | Chemistry | B | | Civil Engineering | B+ | | Computer Engineering | A | | Computer Science | A- | | Economics | B | | Electrical Engineering | A+ | | Engineering Department | B | | English | A- | | Geography and Geosciences | A+ | | History/Histories (art history/etc.) | B+ | | Language - French/Spanish/etc. | A- | | Math | B | | Mechanical Engineering | A- | | Neuroscience/Cognitive Science | A- | | Nursing | C- | | Other | A- | | Philosophy | B | | Physics | F | | Political Science | A- | | PreLaw and Legal | A- | | PreMed and Medical | A- | | Psychology | A- | | Public Health | A- | | Sociology | C- | | Undecided | C- |
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Against similar schools Scholastic Success compared with similar schools in class. | Quotes touching on Scholastic Success | “... The key is to maintain a healthy balance in your life (find one or two extracurricular or athletic activities you are passionate about) and don'...” |
| “... (Yes, I had good grades and am not bereft of people skills ...” |
| “... Academics are supposedly excellent, but almost every professor deflates grades and this helps to kill spirit ...” |
| “... 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...” |
| “... The school abnormally deflates grades and makes everyone at the school stressed out pointlessly and constantly ...” |
| “... Many of us here work hard and party hard, while maintaining good grades ...” |
| “... I pleasantly discovered, however, that students were engaged in their subject but not driven solely by grades ...” |
| “... They're great to hang out with, because like me, we don't care much about grades ...” |
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“... Grades:
As a sophomore electrical engineer, all I've gotta say is that you are going to have to be a certain kind of person to come to Hopkins .....” |
| “... Because Hopkins does not play admissions games in order to boost rankings as their peer institutions do; they let kids in on their grades ...” |
| “... There was a lot of talk about cut throat competition for grades, "impossible" courses, etc ...” |
| “... I go out to bars and parties on average 4 nights a week, and still get pretty good grades ...” |
| “... Asian/indian and only care about grades (at the expense of personal hygeine) and will cut throat you to death ...” |
| “... Also, the grades are not inflated much at all (most classes curved to B-) so it's pretty hard to get A's when one's class is full of other dedic...” |
| “... Despite what you may hear, you do NOT have to dump your social life, live like a hermit and camp the MSE (main library) to make decent grades at...” |
| “... However, it is difficult to pull good grades and be involved in several extracurriculars ...” |
| “... Many classes are extremely difficult and you will find yourself wondering why your grades are mediocre despite understanding the material ...” |
| “... The natural science types were grade obsessed, often suicidal, and could talk about nothing but their homework and grades ...” |
| “... My freshman, first semester covered grades, I admit Hopkins was a challenge ...” |
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