Johns Hopkins University Top Questions

nerdy; bookish; competitive; cut-throat; engineers & premeds & international studies majors; lots of Asian students; only good school spirit/athletic program is lacrosse; nobody has fun; Baltimore is boring/dangerous

That we're all nerds and geeks.

Smart. Over worked, cut throat.

People say Hopkins students are cutthroat, hard working, and antisocial. Also, people think it is a place where there is no fun.

The stereotypes are that all Hopkins students are awkward. There are a lot of Asian kids, which doesn't really matter, but it's a stereotype and it's true. Another stereotype is that all Hopkins students do is study. Another stereotype is that all Hopkins undergrads are premeds.

Typically people think JHU students are all pre-med, all only interested in grades, and the kind of people who spend all of their time in the library. There is also a common stereotype that the school is very cut-throat in terms of competition

First of all, that everyone is pre-med. Second of all, that everyone is cutthroat. Third of all, that everyone spends time studying.

JHU has a strong stigma for being "cut-throat". It is generally known to be a place where "fun comes to die" because students are too engulfed in their work. Students are thought to be consumed with their work both in the classroom and in the research labs.

JHU students are stereotyped as all work and no play.

We are all science majors. Pre-meds, BMEs, ChemEs, whatever. I'm sure there are more, but that's really the only one I hear.