Johns Hopkins University Top Questions

Competition. Hopkins students are very driven and will do what it takes to be at the top. It's great to be surrounded by intelligent workaholics, but a lot of the time you have to fend for yourself.

Grades are all that matter to most students. There isn't a large social scene on campus.

Being far from Texas-my home.

The surrounding community. Baltimore definitely had its nice areas and tourist attractions, however there were too many surrounding areas that created an unsafe community. Staying on campus was one thing, but venturing off three blocks after dark could potentially create a dangerous situation. Homewood campus is amazing, the buildings and quads are breath-taking, but certain outsiders in the surrounding area have caused security measures on campus to strengthen. It was also an intense academic 4 years.

The worst thing about Hopkins is where it is situated in the city. Unfortunately it is kind of surrounded by poorer neighborhoods and that sometimes makes it to get out and see the more interesting sites in surrounding Baltimore.

Johns Hopkins is very competitive and grade-oriented.

The people. They have no concept of what it means to respect themselves or other people.

The administration, because they don't give a rat's ass about the students.

It is too competitive.

Lack of School Spirit. Probably the entire surrounding areas don't help the lack of school spirit situation.

the social life and lack of a good area

The location of the school is my least favorite part of the school. Transportation can be difficult and the surrounding area doesn't provide as many opportunities the way I am used to. Housing isn't that great, and safety is always a concern. The school tries to ameliorate some of the issues, but I don't feel that they invest enough effort into it.

(copied from above) social desert. high pressure. academically overwhelming. nothing to do, nowhere to go, no one to go with. The pressure to study is so high here that no one ever does anything else but study. seriously. No memorable spring break trips, no fun trip to new york. The most that ever happens is friday or saturday night (choose one) at a club or so, but even that is rare (few times a year, if that).

I can't think of anything.

Most of the professors in the science and engineering departments only teach because they have to to get their research grants, so they really aren't interested in the success of the students. The school is also very clique-y. there is very little focus on the arts, and a lot of people that go to JHU are pretty stuck up.

I go to the music school of Johns Hopkins which is the Peabody Institute of Music. I would say that the worst thing is the fact that I only have the option of hanging out with musicians because of how far away the campus is from the homewood campus. I feel like I am forced to only hang out with musicians and that I am not really able to surround myself with people who are talented in all sorts of areas. I feel left out a lot of the time from having a real college experience.

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The worst thing about my school is the money. It is very hard to recieve any kind of financial aid to attend this school. Anther problem is that this school has many campus's and not all of them are renovated and up-to-date.