what's the vibe at Hopkins lately?
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Anonymous
| for a humanities student. the courses he wants are there, but is it still a no-fun place? the new buildings are sweet |
Anonymous
| I live about 3 blocks from Hopkins, but don't have an affiliation. I was riding my bike by the central lawn yesterday and someone had set up a slip-and-slide, which it looked like students were gathering to try out, so there's that. |
Anonymous
| I don’t think there’s no fun,but it’s a small place for the humanities, and your peers are overwhelmingly in STEM. I went to grad school there for humanities and it felt tiny to me. |
Anonymous
Hopkins alum, and I disagree. International studies is a very popular major, and definitely not stem. There are plenty of kids at Hopkins not there for STEM. |
Anonymous
| don't you think it's a different school from even 10 years ago? |
Anonymous
| From what I saw last Spring, it was pretty chill atmosphere. Nobody looked too stressed. The campus seems cozy somehow. A great school for IR and Econ. Unfortunately, my DC decided to go elsewhere. |
Anonymous
| Just came from a tour and I was surprised how much we liked it. To answer the vibe question, it seemed both happier and more friendly than i anticipated. Princeton it is not! (In the best possible way) |
Anonymous
| My friend's kid is there as a freshman. She shared lots of pics of the kid having a blast with lots of kids. Non-stem. |
Anonymous
Hopkins has always been more chill and fun than the dcum stereotype. |
Anonymous
Agree. I was an IR major there in the 90s and had plenty of fun. I would say it has a fairly preprofessional vibe (at least it did then) compared to an intellectual vibe and it’s not big in the arts unless you go down to Peabody. If I were rechoosing a school for myself I might have thought more about that. But there was no shortage of parties, etc to go to and I enjoyed Baltimore. |
Anonymous
Maybe I’m reading op too strictly, but IR is a social science, not part of the humanities. |
Anonymous
| it’s a hidden gem for humanities - small classes, committed and engaged professors, interesting course selection. Feels more like a SLAC imo |
Anonymous
| I have two kids there. They absolutely love it! I'm actually concerned that my junior doesn't study enough. Constant clubs, events and parties. It's small enough where everyone is welcome and really a tight knit, supportive group of fun kids. |
Anonymous
In stem or non? |
Anonymous
One engineering, one humanities. The one in engineering has 4 roommates who are humanities. They met through clubs and other classes. JHU requires all STEM students to take humanities classes as well. My freshman has already become great friends with her "floor mates". It doesn't seem like major really is an issue |