<p>Out of curiousity and slight apprehension, what and how are the social scenes like at Hopkins? According to a few sites online, a college guide book, and three Hopkins prospects that changed their minds about matriculation, the students seemed to be self absorbed in omnipresent school work. I mean, the city of Baltimore is at their doorstep; wouldn't you think it'd be utilized to its plenary? On the otherhand, if Baltimore isn't utilized as a social exodus, then there have to be parties, right? So in general, at all parties how ubiquitous are cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana; it almost seems to me that a school so heavily driven on medicine would sort of deem cigarettes and et. al. as contraband; ugh, I just don't know.</p>
<p>On another note, I happened to read about Hopkins also trying to evade its reputation from a stereotypical "medical school;" hopefully the reading I came across wasn't a fallacy. In a light of that, however, could someone please tell me how other programs like economics, history, anthropology/archaeology, and film/media are at Hopkins. Ha, well if not--then the Hopkins sociability question will suffice. Thanks everyone.</p>
<p>Umm . . I guess I don't know exactly what you're asking. Are there students at Hopkins who are extremely hardworking and studious? Yes. Are there also students at Hopkins who like to party? Yes. And just because there are many pre-med students doesn't mean there is no smoking. The pre-meds aren't like the smoking police or something, lol. </p>
<p>I can't answer your second question very well because I don't know that much about specific programs, but I do know that Hopkins is very strong in liberal arts as well as sciences/medicine. The international relations program is among the best in the country and represents around 12% of the student body. I know that economics and political science are also very popular.</p>
<p>As a current student at Hopkins, I can tell you that the school work is not omnipresent and baltimore is used to its plenary by many students that care to discover the city. Some students prefer to remain on campus and go to fraternity parties, some spend most time off-campus, and others mix -- it comes down to preferences but it is wonderful to have the choice. </p>
<p>the undergraduate program at JHU is not driven on medicine, its actually the Johns Hopkins Medical Center that is driven by medicine. Most people fail to make the distinction.</p>
<p>Alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana are used just like any other university. </p>
<p>And personally, I do not think that Hopkins is purposely trying to evade its reputation as a great pre-med school, it is just that prospective students are finally starting to recognize hopkins as one of the top liberal arts schools. Many of Hopkins liberal arts majors like history, anthropology, french, public health, International relations etc. are ranked in the top ten in the nation and provide the same research and experiential learning opportunities as the nat sci programs.</p>
<p>film/media is a great program. I'd say hopkins students ARE less sociable than other students. There are a lot of people that don't care about the personal/social enlightenment that can occur in college and are only focused on grades and getting into the best grad school possible. However there are a lot of exceptions to be found and people at Hopkins that don't fit that mold. </p>
<p>oh and they banned smoking from rooms this year (it used to be that the smoking thing was between you and your roommate and you could designate your room "smoking") so all the smokers will be out on the curbs this year. I've had some rude comments made about my smoking but really from just one or two *******s, its not like the whole pre-med group was after me with pitchforks and torches :)</p>
<p>Freshman starting moving in on Friday. There were several on and off campus parties on Friday, Saturday, and (smaller ones on) Sunday. Several more are planned until classes start on Sept. 8th. After that, play it by ear.</p>
<p>hopkins professors and advisors really push for broadening your horizons here at JHU, not just shoot shoot shoot for medical school and not exploring your other options. it's great! i guess they really try to lower the level of anxiety during orientation.</p>
<p>as far as gregarious students are concerned...they are plentiful. very very very plentiful. hmm, maybe i'll check in once the school year actually starts...but orientation is a blast. besides, if you are a friendly student, you'll be most likely to make friends with friendly people. it's that easy!</p>