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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I heard from a parent of JHU freshman that it’s brutal. I think they were BME, but switched majors already and still struggling. The average class gpa is 3.4 and the kid despite going to all office hours, using all available tutoring, studying 12/day still can barely get a B in the hardest classes. The grade deflation is real.
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OP - this is what I feared.  My DC is currently at the top of their class at a school where you can get regular As as long as you put in the effort.  I think they are likely to get stressed out in this type of environment.[/quote]

Only you and your student can evaluate this. How naturally interested are they in academics and do they actually enjoy their science and math courses? Enough so that they would read about science or math on their own outside of class, because they find that kind of extra engagement fun and rewarding? Has your DC found their school classes too easy and wished for more? How hard was the SAT for them? Did they have to get tutoring and grind repeatedly to get a competitive score, or did they self study a little bit and took it once and was done? The kids at Hopkins tend to be kind and collaborative, but the material is not supposed to be straightforward. Some students thrive on this type of challenge and in that case, they are happy and it is a great fit. Some just want easy As and so they can have decent stats for medical school/law school for less effort, and in that case Hopkins is probably not a great fit. But you could probably say the same about other universities that are strong in STEM.[/quote]

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