My DC has had a good experience with their advisor especially when adding a minor. Professors seem approachable and offer office hours for extra help. There are also free tutors available for extra help. I guess it's not necessarily hand holding, but there are tons of resources and people who are there to help DC succeed

We visited and seriously considered hopkins. Kid wanted medium size school, in/near a city, with a campus. School also had great academic fit (kid wanted IR). School is well funded and built a new student center. School offered ed1 and ed2 and is accessible via amtrak. BUT... the social scene is apparently very limited. We did a lot of digging on this topic. A small core group and athletes go out but most others do not. Also, the campus is lovely and feels very safe, but the surrounding area is super sketchy. We live in a city so we are used to crime, homeless, etc but there isn't much beyond campus (limited food, coffee shops, etc), and venturing a few blocks off campus, the area looks pretty bad. I personally liked hopkins and think its great for the right kid. My kid doesnt mind intense academics, but wanted a more social school. Ended up at penn and is happy. Philly also has issues but there is so much more to do there vs Baltimore.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is a recent grad. They loved their Hopkins experience and thrived but it absolutely is intense and your kid needs to be self-motivated and self-advocating from day 1. Safety was a non-issue on the campus, otherwise it was like any big city. Go HOP!

Intense in what way? Is it because it's fast paced that the classes cover 1 year worth of material in three months? Or is it intense due to culture, for example, kids spending a lot of time studying in library? Or both?

PP poser with recent grad. Intense as in there is no hand holding and you need to be 100% on top fo things. Classes seemed to move fast and it was on the student to catch up. My kid was a recruited athlete so that added to the intensity, but they managed to play 4 years plus graduate from the 3+1 program with a Masters. So a lot of the intensity was self-imposed, but honestly it's what my kid wanted.

Thanks! Being a recruited athlete certainly adds a lot of stress. Perhaps this is an individual case not to be generalized?

I went there for grad school and the undergrads certainly seemed intense compared to my undergrad. I think the high percentage of pre-meds is part of it. The demographics might play a role too. At the time it seemed to have a higher percentage of international students than my undergrad school. I don't know if that's still true.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is a recent grad. They loved their Hopkins experience and thrived but it absolutely is intense and your kid needs to be self-motivated and self-advocating from day 1. Safety was a non-issue on the campus, otherwise it was like any big city. Go HOP!

Intense in what way? Is it because it's fast paced that the classes cover 1 year worth of material in three months? Or is it intense due to culture, for example, kids spending a lot of time studying in library? Or both?

PP poser with recent grad. Intense as in there is no hand holding and you need to be 100% on top fo things. Classes seemed to move fast and it was on the student to catch up. My kid was a recruited athlete so that added to the intensity, but they managed to play 4 years plus graduate from the 3+1 program with a Masters. So a lot of the intensity was self-imposed, but honestly it's what my kid wanted.

Thanks! Being a recruited athlete certainly adds a lot of stress. Perhaps this is an individual case not to be generalized?

Agree, but I stand by the intensity regarding no hand holding and it's on your student to navigate. Advising is practically non-existent as is anything remotely student services support. My kid is a unique individual, their sibling phoned it in a small state school....which was perfect for them. Know your kid.

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Anonymous wrote:Google John’s Hopkins safe and start reading

North campus is relatively safe. It's not actually in the bad part of Baltimore like the med campus. But you absolutely can never assume you are safe and stay away from young kids (10+) in the fall doing gang initiations. I'd give the same advice to anyone on a city campus - NYC, Chicago, Boston, DC, etc.

I'm the person above who lives near Hopkins and this is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard..

Agree Hopkins alum and current Roland Park resident. The area around Homewood campus is safer than most urban campuses.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is a recent grad. They loved their Hopkins experience and thrived but it absolutely is intense and your kid needs to be self-motivated and self-advocating from day 1. Safety was a non-issue on the campus, otherwise it was like any big city. Go HOP!

Intense in what way? Is it because it's fast paced that the classes cover 1 year worth of material in three months? Or is it intense due to culture, for example, kids spending a lot of time studying in library? Or both?

PP poser with recent grad. Intense as in there is no hand holding and you need to be 100% on top fo things. Classes seemed to move fast and it was on the student to catch up. My kid was a recruited athlete so that added to the intensity, but they managed to play 4 years plus graduate from the 3+1 program with a Masters. So a lot of the intensity was self-imposed, but honestly it's what my kid wanted.

Thanks! Being a recruited athlete certainly adds a lot of stress. Perhaps this is an individual case not to be generalized?

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is a recent grad. They loved their Hopkins experience and thrived but it absolutely is intense and your kid needs to be self-motivated and self-advocating from day 1. Safety was a non-issue on the campus, otherwise it was like any big city. Go HOP!

Intense in what way? Is it because it's fast paced that the classes cover 1 year worth of material in three months? Or is it intense due to culture, for example, kids spending a lot of time studying in library? Or both?

PP poser with recent grad. Intense as in there is no hand holding and you need to be 100% on top fo things. Classes seemed to move fast and it was on the student to catch up. My kid was a recruited athlete so that added to the intensity, but they managed to play 4 years plus graduate from the 3+1 program with a Masters. So a lot of the intensity was self-imposed, but honestly it's what my kid wanted.

Kajiken ramen is good and in a really convenient location for visiting the campus bookstore

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is a recent grad. They loved their Hopkins experience and thrived but it absolutely is intense and your kid needs to be self-motivated and self-advocating from day 1. Safety was a non-issue on the campus, otherwise it was like any big city. Go HOP!

Intense in what way? Is it because it's fast paced that the classes cover 1 year worth of material in three months? Or is it intense due to culture, for example, kids spending a lot of time studying in library? Or both?

DP. In my opinion, its rep for intensity is mainly due to the high proportion of premeds who need to maintain very good grades to get into medical school, and many of them are aiming for not just any med school, but top med schools. I would say outside of premed students, it is not that intense.

-Alumn

Anonymous wrote:My kid is a recent grad. They loved their Hopkins experience and thrived but it absolutely is intense and your kid needs to be self-motivated and self-advocating from day 1. Safety was a non-issue on the campus, otherwise it was like any big city. Go HOP!

Intense in what way? Is it because it's fast paced that the classes cover 1 year worth of material in three months? Or is it intense due to culture, for example, kids spending a lot of time studying in library? Or both?

Anonymous wrote:Google John’s Hopkins safe and start reading

Or just go see for yourself. There are paid 24 hour security officers around campus. I often see find jogging at night.

Google UVA safe and see what you see. So very many gangs there.

Kid just graduated from Hopkins. The campus is beautiful, the classes small. Baltimore is now one of my favorite cities. It IS a city so there are some sketchy parts but there are beautiful places too. I wish I works have gone there myself

I was just yesterday at a wedding of two JHU grads and there were loads of their friends in attendance and all seemed super cool and loved their time there.

Brunch up the road at Johnny’s in Roland Park.

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Anonymous wrote:Planning on a campus visit in October. JHU is seldomly brought up on DCUM even though it’s right here in Maryland. 13 billion endowment. Plus Bloomberg money. A long tradition of research and medicine. A beautiful campus. DC is considering ED1 or ED2.

Oct is a great time of year to visit I have two kids there now (both engineering majors) and they are having the time of their lives. If you have time to grab some food, a lot of students go to Hampden, R House, or the Rotunda (cute shopping center with restaurants and a movie theater) The restaurants on St Paul St are all pretty expensive and students seem to avoid them. They just finished the new student center which I heard is amazing as well

Hopkins neighbor. I agree with this generally, but would recommend Tambers and Ajuma on St. Paul.