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Johns Hopkins University

How this student rated the school
Educational QualityA Faculty AccessibilityA
Useful SchoolworkA- Excess CompetitionA
Academic SuccessA+ Creativity/ InnovationA-
Individual ValueA University Resource UseA+
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyA- FriendlinessA+
Campus MaintenanceA- Social LifeA
Surrounding CityA- Extra CurricularsA-
SafetyB+
Describes the student body as:
Friendly, Approachable

Describes the faculty as:
Helpful

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Quite Bright
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He rated most things higher than other students did.
Date: Jul 04 2007
Major: Civil Engineering (This Major's Salary over time)
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. I doubt that any other school has the opportunities to research that Hopkins has, and the kids here are very smart, but are not pretentious (as many Ivy kids are). I was very impressed with the student body because, with the exception of a few athletes, I believe that all of these kids got in on academic merit, and not because they had an "in" (again, the admissions process in the Ivies largely revolves around who has an "in", whether it is due to wealth, what race you happen to be, or what sob story from your childhood that you have to use in an essay). The majority of kids here are Asian, Jewish, or middle-class white kids. And the reason for these demographics? Because Hopkins does not play admissions games in order to boost rankings as their peer institutions do; they let kids in on their grades. And this pays off, because a very large percentage of Hopkins kids go to grad schools, and many of them get into their top choice (as opposed to Duke, which only sends about 25% of their students to grad school per year, if I read those numbers correctly while looking at schools). Kids complain about grade deflation, about the larger amount of work they have than their peer institutions, but believe me, as someone who has a family friend on the board of admissions of an elite law school, they know that Hopkins kids work harder. Your hard work will pay off, and from what I have heard from this person, a 3.5 at Hopkins is much more impressive than a 3.5 at Harvard when applying to med/law school. I am very much enjoying Hopkins now, and I believe that I will enjoy it even more when I see that my hard work here will help me tremendously later in life.
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commentYou are insane. Good luck with your grad school admissions. I can assure you that no one gives a crap about JHU. It has no name value, and admissions won't even end up looking at your package because your low GPA will put your selection index in the automatic reject range. Matriculating to JHU was the worst mistake I ever made. I hope it goes better for you but I really doubt that your GPA will get any special weight. You can't possibly believe that admissions boards would take someone from #14 ranked JHU over Harvard with the same GPA. You can't possibly believe that?
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