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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The teaching is quite poor. Hopkins operates under a different model than most US schools, so there are a lot of young inexperienced grad students providing the instruction (not as TAs but as the instructor).[/quote]

This is not correct.
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My info is based on having taught there as a 22 yo master's student with no teaching experience. I was the instructor for a freshman comp type course - students had no contact with a professor or anybody other than me. I went to a well regarded college and couldn't believe what a crappy course they were getting for similar tuition dollars.[/quote]

I teach at Hopkins and have no idea what you are talking about.  No one in my department would ever dream of having someone like that teach undergraduates.  Professors personally advise students, and every undergraduate and Phd course is taught by either a long term lecturer or full time professor (with most being the latter).  We might have a few professional courses taught by different types of instructors, but that's irrelevant for undergrads.

I'm not saying Hopkins is perfect in every way, it's not.  But I don't think this info represents the norm at all.
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