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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, my daughter is interested in biomedical! Question for the Hopkins grad, a friend of ours was an adjunct there and basically discouraged us from applying. He said it is so uber-competitive and she would hate her college experience. What was it like for you?[/quote]

Hopkins person here. Love working there but your friend is right although BME has a great projects/design class. [/quote]

I have a question for the Hopkins grad. We toured there recently and the students left this huge impression that the school is chill and so fun and what are you going to do with all of your free time? They spoke of these great internships people were doing and how they're going and doing all of this fun stuff (playing the oboe or whatever, video games).

They spoke about this 'beach' where everyone goes out and hangs out and socializes in the warm sun and plays volleyball.

Only if was 85 degrees out and a Saturday at noon and only 3 people were outside? I've never seen only 3 people out at a college.

So what's the real truth ? I call bulls$$t on all of it . I've heard that for starters people are hyper competitive about the internships to get 'the best ones'
And are all the students in the library 24/7 or what? [/quote]

I am one of the Hopkins grads above (Civil Eng. major). My 20 year reunion is coming up, so I'm sure things change. There were certainly plenty of folks at Hopkins who came to study and never saw the light of day. But there are also plenty of folks that are more "normal" and looking for a typical college experience.

I met my DH on the "beach" - and we got engaged there years later as well - and we were both active at Hopkins. We were also both Greek, but it wasn't a big commitment since there were not houses for us.  I spent most of my time studying with other students in my major - we rotated apartments to study. I found the work got easier as I got older - the freshman "weeder" classes were brutal. I never did an internship, but others did, and it didn't seem competitive, at least in my major. My DH was an IR major, and he worked on the Hill during the summer for his congresswoman back home.

Looking at other college experiences, you have to "work" harder at Hopkins to have a social life, but it can be done. I'm guessing it's a bit easier now, given all the amenities that have been added over the years.

Hopkins takes none of their own into med school either I've heard.[/quote][/quote][/quote]

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