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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hopkins is a decent school, but it's plagued by a very stressful campus culture, and is frankly really only a good place for pre-med/biomed (but, again, incredibly stressful). Although an elite private school it consistently ranks as one of the least desirable.[/quote]

JHU grads are some of the most prestige-obsessed and downright insecure folks I've met. The ones I knew saw it as a backup school and were quite eager to transfer out. Really lacking school spirit. It's like UChicago with a heavy grad presence and weak undergrad focus (for most of its history) but lacking the prestige or an illustrious history to back up its status as an ivy+ school. Maybe things have changed a bit with the rapid shift in the college admissions landscape but still nowhere nearly as desirable as the top institutions even with Bloomberg's record-setting donation.
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As a Hopkins grad, I laugh at these posts. Look at USNWR reputational rankings and Hopkins is usually Top 5. It’s simply a place of advanced academia. 30 years ago someone messed with someone else’s lab project and the rest is history.

Fact. Hopkins law, medicine and business grad school acceptance rate are on par with any school in the country per capital. Period.

Fact. It’s humanities programs are often Top 5-10. They are often overshadowed by their Hard Science departments but are incredibly strong.

It’s not the most fun place in the world. But for scholars, it’s nirvana. [/quote]

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