Johns Hopkins University Top Questions

So students here are rumored to be pre med, cutthroat, and anti social. Yes, there is a sizable pre med population, but please don't forget that there are sooooo many students who are humanities or social science people. Cutthroat? Please. You won't be able to do really well unless you get help from people and correspond over material. The library is always full of study groups every single day. And we are definitely social!

No, I wouldn't say so. I don't fit it, and neither do my friends.

To a certain extent. It depends on the major. The science kids are much more cutthroat and competitive. And there are a lot of socially awkward, nerdy kids on campus.

A Hopkins student says that a major stereotype is that many students are too career-focused.

A Hopkins students says a stereotype of students is that they never leave campus.

A Hopkins says that one stereotype of Hopkins is that students are apathetic.

A student says Hopkins and Baltimore is stereotyped as being unfriendly but it is actually much more vibrant and fun.

Not at all. Students study as much as anyone at a decent school would study. If you compare it to a party school, obviously, you may consider it intense, but if you compare Hopkins to its peer schools and the prep schools that most students come from, the study/workload/collaboaration level is really no different. The school needed to stimulate the arts more, sports facilities and other activities for students to enjoy outside of the classroom, but I understand they have progressed that since I left over a decade ago.

lol...we do study all the time and that's how we have fun!!! Just kidding we do have a heavy work load but there is definitely time and opportunity to have fun...sometimes.

To a certain extent, yes. A lot of kids do spend all of their time studying, but a lot of kids don't. It all depends on your major and what kind of student you are (engineers typically get more work and go out less, but some engineers can do well without studying).