<p>Everytime I look in the mirror, I get turned on. hahaha ;)</p>
<p>Xtina~
Let's say...for the average student like me (I'm not briIlliant like many of the folks here)...The grades you get at JHU truly reflect the amount of effort you put into a class...or that's how I feel. If you are organized, hard-working, and good at time management, good grades and a good GPA are not out of reach at all (I am getting A's and B's with time to spare for going out and partying). </p>
<p>This is what I encourage incoming students (and friends, since I am a freshmen in the first semester): use the satisfactory/unsatisfactory period to learn how to learn. </p>
<p>Don't blow it! Which reminds me...I should seriously be working on my chem lab right now -_-;;</p>
<p>everyone has uhh...different tastes...so it would be hard to describe to you how everyone looks unless you visit. maybe browse MySpace for JHU students? that might help</p>
<p>college is not a place to look at hot girls/guys dammit. you go to get an education. why do you even care what your fellow classmates are going to look like? that just sounds so absurd to me.</p>
<p>Because prettier girls = more happiness? LOL. No, but seriously, I've transferred school over fifteen times, and found my satisfactory ratings in positive correlation with attractiveness of the girls at the schools.</p>
<p>I'm going to be honest, it is very hard to get good grades at Hopkins. You are surrounded by the nations most intelligent students. If you just coast through you will get a C. If you work hard, you will get a B. If you devote the majority of your time to studying, you will get an A. There is no grade inflation, and yes, grad schools know this. Coming here, you have to understand that getting a B is equivalent to getting an A at many other schools. I spend 3-5 hours in the library every day, and I have a B/B+ average. You get what you put into it. Precollege courses don't compare to college courses. Don't let this scare you, it's just a totally different experience than high school. The tests are harder, and you move through information much more quickly. This is true of any college.</p>
<p>About the crime rate, it's fine if you are smart about it. Campus is very very safe. We are surrounded by levels and levels of security. Once you leave campus, you are being a little risky. Nothing has happened to anyone I know, but that is because we are cautious. </p>
<p>In response to the "hotness" question: You are coming here to get a good education, not to get hot chicks. There are definitely good looking people here. But there are more nerds, which are more fun anyways.
-Most of the people here are very intelligent and have great personalities. Everyone is well-rounded. That is what you should be looking for. </p>
<p>-Housing is great here in my opinion. You live in a okay dorm freshman year, and a realllly nice dorm sophomore year. Then, you have the option of staying on campus your junior or senior year, or getting an apartment. Most students get apartments. It teaches them independence, and you can find the perfect apartment that fits all of your needs. No one here complains about the lack of housing for juniors and seniots on campus, because it isn't an issue. </p>
<p>P.S. The food is HORRIBLE. They claim that they are improving it... and I am patiently waiting.</p>
<p>When I visited, I didn't find the food to be bad. Then again, the only real dining hall food I had was breakfast, and ppl probably don't wake up in time for it.</p>
<p>I'll be honest. A lot of the people here are weird. There is not a huge amount of hott people. Personally I think the boys here are better looking than the girls - but that might just be because there are more boys than girls in general, so they have a bigger pool. After saying that, there are of course some hott people here, definitely, just not as many. And for the social question, you can definitely drink/smoke/do drugs as much as you like - it's COLLEGE. Here's the truth: you can do whatever you want, whenever you want, however you want, within reason (just don't get caught). Drink on a Sunday? Yeah, it's been done. Skip class? All the time. Johns Hopkins does not translate into staying into your room 24/7 to study - but if you want to do that, I guess you can do that too. I personally go out a lot (like 4 times a week), and I am not failing, or anything near that. It's all about what YOU can handle as a person and what you feel comfortable doing. I have also never met anyone who was anything near cut-throat - but I am an English/IR major. Not all pre-meds are scary, I have a writing sems/Pre-med friend who is the opposite of all of those rumors. Just relax about it. It really isn't as bad as you think.</p>
<p>I happen to enjoy collaborating and studying WITH my pre-med buddies. :) Upper-classmen pre-meds are also very friendly to the younger ones when it comes to advice.
You have plenty of time to do well and have a social life as well. It's nothing to fret about. And even then, it's COLLEGE. You DO come here to study, afterall, in order to be successful in the future.</p>
<p>we only have one Div. I sport, Lacrosse. Since we're number one on that, there's A LOT of school spirit like no other. However, the Div. III sports don't get much love...if any.
Spirits are usually high during Lacrosse season.</p>
<p>the beach isn't a real beach. lol...it's basically the big front lawn with those staircases on either side...people do tan there though...but its gorgeous and all green and surrounded by trees its awesome</p>