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<p>Thank you do much! I really appreciate you taking the time to help answer all this! You and everyone else who chipped in! :)</p>

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<p>Okay well the first couple of weeks, I wish I had a roommate because I would have had a person to talk to right away…I was jealous of those who had an automatic companion lol. But as the weeks went by and I clicked with people on my floor, I love the fact that I have a single. By winter break, many people have had roommate issues and ended up not liking the person they’re rooming with (three people on my floor switched roommates by december). However, some people are perfectly happy in a double. I just appreciate my own space and i am free to have a wonderful sex life, an uninterrupted study schedule, and I can play music loudly without roommate issues ^_^. Also, I’m an introvert. So it definitely depends on the person.</p>

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I see! Thank you for the very helpful thoughts and infos !</p>

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<p>Well then, I think I will indicate wolman (1st choice), buildings a&b (2nd), mccoy (3rd)…priority on type of building
and indicate single …
seems like type of building is more important than room type…</p>

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<p>By the way, when you said private bathroom, you share the bathroom with your suitemates right?</p>

<p>I’ve been going through the course catalogue and there’s a course that i’d love to take but is a 300 level. Are freshman allowed to take upper level courses if there’s room?</p>

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<p>well type of building was for important for me as well…be/c of the private bathroom thing. and oh yes! you share the bathroom with your suitemates…one bathroom (toilet, shower, sink, storage cabinets) for 4 people. there’s a lock on the door (lol) so you can do a #2, sing in the shower in privacy like you do at home. the AMRs have communal bathrooms…multiple showers, multiple bathroom stalls, multiple sinks all in one room for the whole floor to share (boys and girls separate of course lol). The upside is that you don’t have to clean the bathroom yourself in the AMRs. In Building A/B, Mccoy, Wolman, the suitemates have to clean the bathroom themselves…it’s not so bad if you decide to straighten up on a daily basis.
Also, Mccoy and Wolman (not building A/B) have a small kitchenette in the suite (mini frigde, stove top, cabinets but no oven). You can make things like macaroni and cheese, etc. I make tea every morning so it’s good for me. </p>

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Well I am currently in a 300 level course and it’s been great. One of my friends took a 300 level neuroscience course first semester and he did okay in it. So the answer to that is yes, it’s possible. Some 300 level courses do have prerequisites however and some require professor permission.
I definitely suggest talking to your assigned academic advisor about it (doubt you’ve been assigned one yet but you will be)…I met with mine the first week of school. You can also email him/her when you’re making your schedule during the summer…I remember I spoke to mine during the summer and she helped me a lot. When you get to Hopkins, you are allowed to sit in classes just to check 'em out and see if they’re right for you.</p>

<p>Oh, Wolman also has AC/ Heat that you can control yourself.
AMRs have no AC. but it hasnt been too hot in Baltimore recently. With a fan you can survive lol.</p>

<p>Thanks a bunch for the answers :)</p>

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Would it be better to live in buildings a&b rather than mccoy due to mccoy being mainly occupied by sophomores? Does living with sophomores rather than freshmen make any difference?
(even though freshman will live in freshman wings in mccoy, does living in one ‘building’ with sophomores provide different experience/routine compared to living with freshman?)</p>

<p>Also, in the housing questionnaire, it wanted to know how frequent we clean our rooms. Is the information used to pair with roommates who clean the room with the same frequency or for some other purposes?</p>

<p>Thank you very much for the constant and insightful replies ^^</p>

<p>Hey, another JHU '15 here. I’m an Applied Math and International Studies Major. I can help out in this thread if you’d like =)</p>

<p>Hey. Is roommate pairing freshman year done automatically, or can you use ■■■■■■■■ to find a person you can specifically request, or request a friend?</p>

<p>you both have to request each other as roommates and it might mean you won’t get your first choice building</p>

<p>Although I go to Lehigh, my sister is a junior in high school and wants to major in biomedical engineering. Her first choice is Hopkins, and she was accepted to the Discover Hopkins Program over the summer. Can you tell me what you think of the program? Do you know anyone who was in the program? Do you think it might increase her chances of being admitted next year?</p>

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<p>I’ve never heard of this program and imo, I don’t think high school summer programs created by JHU is going to increase chances…unfortunately</p>

<p>How would you rank JHU for Wall Street/IB placement? I’ve heard it isn’t the best, but are their some people getting offers from JHU?</p>

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<p>Yes, there are people who get offers from JHU but keep in mind this place is mainly a International Studies/Premed/Bio/BME place</p>

<p>How many courses per semester do students typically take?
The International Studies major (which I’m currently interested in) requires, I believe, 21 semester courses in total. Can anyone confirm this?</p>

<p>And how many courses can I take outside of my major? (and by “can” I mean, for the workload to be reasonable/manageable)</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>I’m interested in double majoring in history and international studies and it seems like there’s a lot of overlap so it wouldn’t be too difficult but could I also minor in a language or would that be too much?</p>

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<p>Students usually take about 5 classes per semester. This tends to be anywhere between 14-17 credits per semester. A lot of courses outside your major are actually interdisciplinary and can serve other credit requirements in your major. You can take about 1-2 classes outside your major every semester.</p>

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<p>I don’t think this is too much because a lot of courses can serve as both history and IS requirements. A foreign language is nice and can also serve as humanities credits for your majors.</p>