Epinions Recent Reviews for Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University: JHU, Great name on your diploma, you get what you put into it

Thu, 27 May 2004 16:43:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ejhamner - After seeing some of the reviews about my alma mater, I felt I needed to add my two cents. I attended the Johns Hopkins University (Arts & Sciences, and Nursing) in the later half of the 1990s, and I understand that many new "student-focused" items have...

Johns Hopkins University: Johns Hopkins = BIG MISTAKE

Tue, 25 Nov 2003 10:02:43 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author jhublows - I came to Johns Hopkins as a freshman several years ago with the usual optimism and enthusiasm. By the end of 1st semester, all that was gone and I already hated the place. During my time at Hopkins, I tried to transfer twice. Academically, a Johns...

Johns Hopkins University: MBA program at Johns Hopkins

Wed, 8 Aug 2001 16:48:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hoyafb - After finishing law school, I decided I wanted to get my MBA. I looked at several choices in the DC area. I wanted a program geared to part-time students. I settled on Johns Hopkins. Although new, the program is backed up by a very strong name in the...

Johns Hopkins University: Is Hopkins worth the money? Depends on how you measure it...

Thu, 1 Mar 2001 22:13:03 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Chewy - What are the two most important things you're looking for in a college? Simple. Academics for knowledge and social life for memories. But, does Hopkins provide both of these to the extent you're looking for? Judge for yourself...

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Johns Hopkins University: Tuition Remission: Working Your Way Through Hopkins

Thu, 14 Dec 2000 21:07:06 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author A.E.B. - It's a little different from the traditional financial aid, but there was no way I wanted to pay off student loans for the rest of my life, and there was no way I could get the money to pay for college. I knew about the Tuition Remission program at...

Johns Hopkins University: Defending Baltimore: A Local's Perspective

Wed, 13 Dec 2000 14:26:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author A.E.B. - Originally I had put this as a comment to "Baltimore is Fun for a Year," but I feel the need to further defend Baltimore and Hopkins as an employee and part time student. I think the biggest problem with Baltimore is that there is no guide and...

Johns Hopkins University: JHU: The most significant, single contribution to my life

Wed, 22 Nov 2000 15:26:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tooferal - With a perspective of time and considerable experience at other universities, (teaching), I state with no hesitation that undergraduate education at JHU has been the most important single experience in my life. The focus of education there was upon...

Johns Hopkins University: A pre-med zoo

Thu, 26 Oct 2000 20:40:08 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Gousgounis - As a fourth year graduate student in biology at this venerable institution, I have had the opportunity to teach and interact with many undergraduates majoring in biology with plans to go on to medical school. Hopkins definitely has a well-deserved...

Johns Hopkins University: Frosh Ghetto is a fun place to be

Wed, 25 Oct 2000 16:50:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author nfg78 - Sure the sophomore dorms are the nicest with their central air and kitchens. And one might think that Building A & B are more upscale because they have a suite style with their own bathroom. But after living in the AMRs, I think that they are the...

Johns Hopkins University: Pleasant and quiet. . .if that is your type of thing

Tue, 24 Oct 2000 22:37:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ivandwu - I attended Johns Hopkins for a year and although I was not ecstatic about the academic life and social aspects of Johns Hopkins, I have to admit that the Homewood campus is very personal and pleasant. The weather is Baltimore gets somewhat cold. . .of...

Johns Hopkins University: JHU was not for me

Sat, 21 Oct 2000 18:44:41 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author ivandwu - I attended Johns Hopkins University in the academic year of 1995-1996. I am originally from Denver, Colorado at travelled almost 2000 miles to attend JHU. I attended public schools in Colorado my whole life before attending JHU as well. My major of...

Johns Hopkins University: an old alum speaks

Tue, 17 Oct 2000 12:50:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jennieb - I graduated from Hopkins in 1990, and though it was struggle to get through those four years, it was definitely worth it. A number of reviews I've read here ring true to me, even a decade later.

My experience at Hopkins was that it didn't...

Johns Hopkins University: Not very good. But not very bad, either.

Sat, 7 Oct 2000 01:49:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author schroeder360 - I am a Freshman at Johns Hopkins and was very much under the impression before I arrived here that the food was going to be less than edible. Although the food is hardly delicious, it is really not that terrible. I have heard the horror stories of one...

Johns Hopkins University: LAX, LAX, LAX -----AHHH!

Mon, 28 Aug 2000 17:58:23 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author swalsh98 - That's all we hear. Lacrosse Lacrosse Lacrosse. I don't care about lacrosse. Give some of the other teams some recognition (and money) for once! I'm going to take this opportunity to get up on my little soapbox and let it all out for once. I'm a...

Johns Hopkins University: My experiences as a non-traditional pre-med at JHU

Thu, 27 Jul 2000 18:47:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author forterie - I graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1997 as a natural sciences public health major. In the title of this review, I refer to myself as a "non-traditional pre-med" student because (1) I was not the typical biology major (which the...

Johns Hopkins University: International Relations and its courses

Thu, 27 Jul 2000 01:57:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author cleargin - Most people consider Johns Hopkins as "the pre-med" or "med" school; it is not false by any means. Johns Hopkins certainly has an outstanding, if not the best, pre-medical program and medical school in the United States. The catch...

Johns Hopkins University: JHU-the real story

Tue, 25 Jul 2000 04:10:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author butah - Johns Hopkins University is probably miss pronounced JOHN Hopkins by people who dont know it is the number 7 school in the nation. By all regards the university is deserving of the placement. The research opportunities are endless and the professors...

Johns Hopkins University: Be careful what you wish for

Thu, 13 Jul 2000 17:37:03 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author cldude - First let me make it clear that I do not attend Johns Hopkins nor have I ever been to it before. However, I do have a good friend who is currently attending the school and I have been in contact with her since she matriculated there.

I say be...

Johns Hopkins University: Don't come for the food

Sun, 25 Jun 2000 21:38:10 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author ctronsys - The food at Hopkins in general is not much better then you standard high-school lunch-from-an-ice-cream-scoop affair. We all hope it is clean though. Freshman and Sophomores are required to purchase a meal plan that will give them 14 or 19 meals per...

Johns Hopkins University: A Great Education

Sun, 25 Jun 2000 00:21:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tklung - I graduated from Hopkins with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in '94 and a M.S.E. in Computer Science in '95 and so I know what a Hopkins education may bring. Currently I work in the white hot business-to-business (B2B) industry, specifically as a...

Johns Hopkins University: Biophysics: An Unfortunately Well Kept Secret

Sun, 11 Jun 2000 13:36:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author linga - I can't say enough good things about this almost secret major. I came into Johns Hopkins as a biophysics major, purely by chance, and my interactions with the department have been the only bright spot in my academic career at JHU. You probably have...

Johns Hopkins University: Baltimore is fun for a year...

Tue, 30 May 2000 21:03:08 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Sisyphus03 - If you heard Baltimore was a big city, you're totally mistaken. If you heard that there's lots to do in Baltimore, you're mistaken too. First off I'll tell you about the JHU campus. It's located in a part of Baltimore that's you could probably mistake...

Johns Hopkins University: Go Bluejays!!!!

Sat, 13 May 2000 01:08:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ReviewDog - I am currently a senior in high school. I play football for a very competitive program. This Winter and Spring I was being recruited by a few of the Ivy Leagues (Harvard, Princeton, Penn) and Johns Hopkins. Now there is no doubt that Hopkins cannot...

Johns Hopkins University: Library, Anyone?

Sun, 7 May 2000 09:36:30 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Elemeno123 - Well, there's good news and there's bad news, my friends. If you like fraternity parties, crowded stuffy basements with warm beer, well, this is the place for you. If you enjoy spending your Friday and Saturday nights in your room or at the library...

Johns Hopkins University: Hopkins Apathy

Sun, 7 May 2000 09:27:17 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Elemeno123 - If you're coming to Hopkins, you might look online or in their catalogue and find a huge list of student organizations. "Wow," you'd say, "There's so much to do there." Well, think again my friend. I've been here for two years and I...