<p>Hi there,</p>
<p>I'm really interested at applying to Johns Hopkins and studying International Relations, most likely with a double major in East Asian studies.</p>
<p>I always hear tons of stuff about how stressful and competitive Hopkins is, but people always seem to be talking about the BME program, or premed.</p>
<p>So I'm just wondering, is this true of all programs at Hopkins? Specifically for IR, would it be this competitive and stressful?</p>
<p>Any opinion would be appreciated!</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say there is any more stress at JHU than any of the top schools (Duke, Penn, Dartmouth, etc) especially in the Social Sciences. The program is well-known and great. If you want to do the 5-year BA/Master’s Program with SAIS in DC, that’s challenging to get into when you’re at Hopkins but otherwise, I think it’s traditionally demanding for a top school but not more.</p>
<p>How dedicated are the international affairs/linguistics professors to teaching as opposed to research? JHU has an amazing reputation as a research institution, which definitely seems to be true for the sciences, but what about the ir/linguistics/humanities department? I don’t really know what kind of research you can do in those fields…but how interested are the faculty in teaching as opposed to researching/publishing? Thank you!</p>
<p>Incredible teachers. Lots of research in diplomacy, international policy, etc.</p>
<p>Research examples from their webpage: </p>
<p>–Breaking the Cycle of Child Soldiers: Criminalizing Use of Children in Armed Conflict
–Creating an Energy Policy for the 21st Century
–The Commercialization of China’s Education System</p>