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Johns Hopkins University - Social Life Ratings
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Breakdown of “Social Life” at JHU By Gender  | | Male | B- | | Female | B- |
| By Major | | Animal Studies | F | | Anthropology | B+ | | Astronomy | A | | Biology | B | | Business - Management and Administration | C- | | Chemical Engineering | D | | Chemistry | C | | Civil Engineering | B+ | | Computer Engineering | A- | | Computer Science | B- | | Economics | B | | Electrical Engineering | C | | Engineering Department | B- | | English | A- | | Geography and Geosciences | B | | History/Histories (art history/etc.) | B- | | Language - French/Spanish/etc. | A | | Math | C- | | Mechanical Engineering | B | | Neuroscience/Cognitive Science | B- | | Nursing | C- | | Other | B- | | Philosophy | B | | Physics | F | | Political Science | B- | | PreLaw and Legal | C+ | | PreMed and Medical | C | | Psychology | B- | | Public Health | B | | Sociology | D- | | Undecided | D |
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Against similar schools Social Life compared with similar schools in class. | Quotes touching on Social Life | “... If you enjoy the social scene and people that are open (that goes for professors as well as students) then you will be very disappointed ...” |
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The Social Life on campus is dead ...” |
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Socially, the university is sadly deficient in activities, funds and ideas ...” |
| “... There definitely is a social life on campus, but Biomedical Engineers (BMEs) do not participate in it ...” |
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A word on the social scene while we're still here ...” |
| “... The only people who seemed ok with campus life are the kind of people who are anti-social and generally don't really want to have fun or meet peo...” |
| “... Even though social life might seem despair, the freshmen seemed to grab control and are forcing frats to open their doors more than twice a week ....” |
| “... Hopkins gets a bad rap for being anti-social and too competitive, but I have made a lot of friends here and the education I'm getting is top notch...” |
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Many students complain (and complained in my time) about the Hopkins social scene ...” |
| “... Hopkins gets a bad rep when it comes to social life, but there is no reason why you can't have a good time ...” |
| “... Also many times people think it's impossible to have a social life at Hopkins but that is totally untrue ...” |
| “... The AMRs, while social, have shit bathrooms ...” |
| “... They complain about how terrible the city is and how it's an STD capital, how Hopkins has no social life and how everyone on campus is ugly and ...” |
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I dislike the way that they grade, the lack of a social life, and the poor security ...” |
| “... The social life isn't too great, but it's not particularly bad ...” |
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Social Life:
One recurring theme that I see here, and also repeated in people's comments is that the social life sucks at Hopkins ...” |
| “... Seek out the (enormous) academic resources available, and make your own social life, and it will work ...” |
| “... Hopkins does have a social life and it was easy to make friends and regardless of the night there are always students looking to party ...” |
| “... I've read that JHU is cut-throat, and hard and no one likes anyone and that there is no social life, and blah blah blah, I have a feeling that th...” |
| “... True, Hopkins is not the school for everyone, but those who complain that there is a "lack of a social scene" will clearly not be happy anywhere...” |
| “... I have been at Hopkins for a year now, and I find it to be an amazing school with a great social life and academic opportunities ...” |
| “... As for the social scene, it's what you make of it ...” |
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However, the school is beautiful, Baltimore have countless interesting restaurants to try, and the social life isn't as bad as others make it ...” |
| “... Social life much better than reputation ...” |
| “... For those looking to have a social life spooned over them, for easy classes and laid back atmosphere, this is not the place ...” |
| “... I was also much happier socially then I was at the party school from which I transferred ...” |
| “... If you don't like the vibe you're getting hanging out with a certain group of study-holics, get social with somebody else ...” |
| “... Doing well here requires a lot of work, but if you manage your time well then you can also have a great social life ...” |
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Social life was good, thanks to the fraternity system ...” |
| “... However the general lack of beautiful women, the small campus, the dangerous surrounding city struggles to give the student a great social life ....” |
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The social life is very good ...” |
| “... Know that Hopkins is a place where you must make it on your own, as the workload is immense and the social scene is a bit slow ...” |
| “... Academically excellent, socially mediocre ...” |
| “... The social situation was abysmal, but that was during the transition period as women were just starting to trickle into places like JHU instead ...” |
| “... The social situation was abysmal, but that was during the transition period as women were just starting to trickle into places like JHU instead ...” |
| “... The downside: there aren't that many social clubs are extracuricular activites, it gets boring on the campus i want to go back home, but i live i...” |
| “... The bio/pre-med students seriously look down on the social science students ...” |
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The social life ...” |
| “... The social life could be better ...” |
| “... also the social life is stunted ...” |
| “... And realize, that regardless of what advertising materials say about humanities and social sciences at hopkins, when it comes down to it, the sch...” |
| “... people who sometimes don't have all the social graces but will be the movers and shakers of tomorrow ...” |
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“... JHU In A Nutshell
Positives
+Fantastic, challenging academic programs that prepares you well for the "real world"
+JHU degree means a lot in th...” |
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