Johns Hopkins University Top Questions

Might not be the best choice for a student looking for a college with a big social scene

The high academic standards and the intensity by which students pursue academics makes the environment seem competetive at times, though never cutthroat. This definitely hinders social life, and can make a student's life very stressful.

The worst thing about my school is that even though we are located in a very diverse city the campus isn't all that diverse. It has a great asain american and Indian american population as well as many exchange students from Europe but there is a very limited number of African Americans and Latino Americans. The school would benifit from having a more diverse student population.

I would consider the lack of a student union/student center the worst thing about my school

The worst thing about JHU, in my opinion, is the consistent lag time associated with financial aid office. It seemes to take an unrealistic amount of time to have monetary awards be credited to my account.

Nothing.

There is not much of a social scene. Everyone is too academicaly focused.

location. too much pressure. better on-campus recruiting would be nice. under-rated. major grade DEFLATION

food and lack of school spirit

Students are not very social and very academically- driven. There are not many religious activities offered.