Johns Hopkins University (JHU) (2024-2025)

[fringe dragon]

noted 😭

did they just get rid of the grill??

[rigid gale]

so the grill was just a section that had different food

burgers, chicken sandwiches, a vege burger option

and for sides fries, curly fries, tater tots

and chicken tenders

but i guess they thought it was unhealthy or smth so they replaced it with a 'healthier option'

and last yr it was always packed since u could use a meal swipe from 4-7

[vernal dock]

I rate it a 3

[grizzled turtle]

Yikes

Did you guys have the freshman negative 15

[nimble flame]

Surely the food isn't that bad

I take it back 💀

[rigid gale]

see idk how bad its gotten since i have a full kitchen now

so i rarely go to the dining hall (cooking is so expensive tho)

[nimble flame]

Oof is it

Making myself pierogis every night fr

[severe stump]

it lowk improved hella this sem

I fw ffc food

[nimble flame]

Really?

That's good

Reddit was saying only Nolan was good

[vernal dock]

omg nolan's pasta is BUSSIN

the line is always so long when there's pasta

nolan's staff has my heart ❤️

[keen knot]

@vernal dock are there good vegetarian options

[vernal dock]

i am not sure but i think so; i'm not a vegetarian so i do not seek for them

[nimble flame]

Is it true it's not available to freshman 💔

[rigid gale]

not true but ill only deny it this one time

gotta be menacing since im almost an upperclassman

[vernal dock]

aint you technically an upperclassmen

[rigid gale]

i mean normally juniors and seniors are upperclassman

life as an upcoming junior is great tho i dont have last pickings of classes anymore

[fast saddle]

current students are yall in debt for your education

[rigid gale]

nope im debt free as of rn

[nimble flame]

Huge reason for me to go to JHU tbh

Even though they don't really do research or have a lot of classes on the stuff I'm interested in

[vernal dock]

no my parents are rich

[fast saddle]

how rich

im genuinely curious how much you have to make to foot the full cost

[neat gyro]

As an intl with no fin aid they estimated my cost to be 96k usd 💀

Before miscellaneous fees

[nimble flame]

For me it'll be $8k/yr

[neat gyro]

Oh...

[nimble flame]

I am domestic though

[vernal dock]

rich enough that we won't get full tuition off if we were to go to jhu med school

[golden holly]

is anyone here bme

was hoping to talk to some students in the program

[nimble flame]

Could probably ask some questions about that in the discord

Def some people there

[oak stag]

I am

[fast saddle]

is there a Hopkins discord?

[shut kestrel]

yep

[fast saddle]

would u mind sending me an invite link smile

[keen knot]

It’s in the admission portal

[fast saddle]

i don’t see it 😕

[nimble flame]

It's in the admissions portal yeah

Events and Community -> In-person events

[fast saddle]

thanks 😁

[vernal dock]

good luck.

[fringe dragon]

WDYM GOOD LUCK 😭

[pseudo path]

yall cooked

[rigid gale]

future solider in the making

[fringe dragon]

HELP WDYM

is it that bad 😭

[oak stag]

No comment

[vernal dock]

Cause BME here is rough

Well the roughest

[golden holly]

lmao

[nimble flame]

Johns Hopkins on top

[vernal dock]

oh brother just wait til you get here

[nimble flame]

😭

Making me want to pay triple the price to go to CMU

Maybe I will

[neat gyro]

Im so scared 💀

Is there by chance a rat problem

[real mantle]

ur in baltimore

there's a rat problem

and there's a rat problem

[vernal dock]

This is what I found yesterday at the annex

Yes there is very much a rat problem

[nimble flame]

Kinda cute though /s

[vernal dock]

Yeah just mice not rats 😫

There’s a mice infestation in my dorm tho 😭

Don’t leave food everywhere in your dorm

[vernal dock]

Ok if JHU is a cheaper option then come here

I mean JHU and cmu stress culture is basically the same they’re both really rotten

[neat gyro]

Oh thats... better?

[vernal dock]

We’re stilll good in engineering haha

[neat gyro]

It looks polite

[vernal dock]

I mean i still wouldn’t be comfy if i see that roaming around sooo

[neat gyro]

How would you rate the sports culture

[vernal dock]

Nah not big we’re D3

LAX is big tho

Cause that’s d1

Going to the sports game for d3 is like going to a high school sports game

[mystic thunder]

Do you have a rivalry in lacrosse with Loyola university Maryland or did my tour guide make that up

[cosmic topaz]

lol someone from my hometown plays football at jhu and the pictures ive seen of the games are less well-attended than his hs ones

[vernal dock]

i dont pay attention to lax

wait on the blue jay statue where ppl spray paint stuff i did see smth about loyola so prob yeah

[keen skiff]

Lmao they just sent me a JHU branded Bluetooth speaker in a box of confetti

This is how all acceptance packages should be

[pseudo path]

same

[little tendon]

manifesting i get one later but all i got was the acceptance letter 🥀

[keen skiff]

yeah they're separate packages

letter came 2-3 days ago i forgot exactly when

[little tendon]

good to know
-# (HELL YESSSSSS 🗣️ )

then ill probably get one soon next week 🙏

[nimble flame]

Got my speaker today 🔥

If my decisions were just based off of friendliness jhu would win any day of the week ngl

CMU is like evil

[neat gyro]

Can i get a speaker reveal

They dont ship internationally :(

[keen knot]

#1268257074836406375 message

[neat gyro]

Ty lol

[nimble flame]

It's not like amazing

But I do like having a speaker now lol

[neat gyro]

What brand is it

[nimble flame]

Idk

Doesn't have a brand name on it I can see

[loud needle]

do i come here or duke for premed 💔

[oak stag]

Have you had the chance to tour both schools?

[loud needle]

i will be attending blue jay day!

[oak stag]

maybe attend tours for both schools to see which one you like better

[keen knot]

what an evil april fools prank 😭https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2025/04/hopkins-to-join-ivy-league-in-2026

[nimble flame]

Yes please

Nobody likes Dartmouth anyway tbh

[loud needle]

current jhu students, is grade deflation real?

[oak stag]

A little bit but if you work hard, grade deflation isn’t something you should worry about

[vernal dock]

not notorious

[vernal dock]

this

lots of classes are curved

[loud needle]

is this a good thing or bad

[loud needle]

and also is it competitive or collaborative 💔

i rlly wanna choose here but the culture is scaring me

[keen knot]

Pretty sure there’s a bunch of programs that promote academic collaboration

Like PILOT

And FLI

[vernal dock]

Mostly not that helpful, super dependent on the leader but not very impactful

[oak stag]

Also depends on subject as well

[loud needle]

so is it collaborative or competitive... current students

bc i rlly wanna take what the redditors say with a grain of salt

[rigid gale]

ive found it to be collaborative

even my bme friends do as well

you just gotta find the right people in your major

[oak stag]

I second this sentiment - with the right people, Hopkins is collaborative

[somber wraith]

wait so BME has no internal transfer at JHU 👀

that's fucked lmaoo

[oak stag]

Year lol. You can transfer out but not in

[nimble flame]

Alright guys

Is it actually that bad here

The blue jay day today made it seem really nice but that's kinda the point of it lol

[keen knot]

bro i see the instagram stories 😭

im lowk jealous

admitted students day is bouta be soo bare bones

[nimble flame]

The blue jay day?

Or is that separate

[keen knot]

its separate events

[nimble flame]

Ah rip :(

[keen knot]

admitted is ED1 & 2, blue jay day is just RD

[nimble flame]

Damn they don't let ED go to blue jay day??

That sucks

[keen knot]

i would be there in a heart beat 😭

quite literally too cause im 20-30 mins away

[nimble flame]

😭

Literally flew for like 6 hours this morning 💀

[rigid gale]

wait im lowkey curious what did u do

[nimble flame]

Idk yesterday wasn't crazy exciting, today's when we get to like sit in on classes and tour labs

But we went on a tour, had dinner, then walked down to the diversity center

The students all seemed very nice

There was this one dj absolutely blasting music for no one 😭

[rigid gale]

ohhh gotcha

im about to fight for registration 💔😭

[oak stag]

It’s always a fight 😭

[rigid gale]

HORRAY got everything 😍😍😍😍

[nimble flame]

I will say though

Campus is sooo pretty

[loud needle]

omg i cant wait for blue jays day on the 15th-16th

[rigid gale]

i think its cuz rd u got choices for ed ur locked in anyway so they dont gotta make it nice

[rigid gale]

imagine how nice it was without mse construction and the big fat crane 💔

[nimble flame]

💔

Student center looks like it'll be fire though

[nimble flame]

How true is this 💀

[rigid gale]

the marketing team here is fire all that nice stuff aint real

[nimble flame]

😭

Yeah they've really gotten to my father

[rigid gale]

dw they got me too

[neat linden]

Anyone at blue jay days this week, what’s the schedule like? I’m going next week!

[keen knot]

Is it really that bad

Disregarding the marketing stuff, even from YouTube vlogs by students, things look fine

[oak stag]

They make things sound a lot better than they actually are (and the food is actually cooked)

[keen knot]

does this screenshot hold any truth

#1268257074836406375 message

[rigid gale]

its not horrible but they made it seem better than it is

[oak stag]

Some of the professors are bad but most of them aren’t

[nimble flame]

What parts were hyped up too much

[keen knot]

what makes them bad

is it like they (the few bad professors) dont teach, rely heavily on presentations or suck at grading

[oak stag]

they're just not good at teaching or you just can't really understand what they're saying

sometimes they are bad at grading too but if so, you could also just argue for points back which is annoying but not the worst thing

[rigid gale]

i mean in general the food is never good like with the food trucks and stuff which i think is new

i think on average the professors are okay, ive had some bad ones in my department tho

[nimble flame]

Hmm ok

Yeah the food they gave us was pretty fire

Yeah ngl the electromagnetic waves professor was interesting to be sure

Maybe I just didn't click with him

[rigid gale]

wait lol i know that professor

he was my intro to emgas professor

[rigid gale]

he started like laughing while he was lecturing right

[nimble flame]

Yes he laughed constantly 😭

[rigid gale]

yeahhh i had him last semester 💀

hes not teaching intro to electromagnetics next semester they gave it to his wife

and that was the only mandatory class he thought

[nimble flame]

Lmao ece power couple fr

[rigid gale]

yeah lol

[stoic carbon]

yo any tips for a higher schooler applynig to jhu bme

[oak stag]

Get good grades, recs, and frame your essay and ECs properly to reflect wha you’ve done and why you think you’d be a good fit

[stoic carbon]

That’s all colleges

Anything jhu rly likes or specialized tips for jhu

[keen knot]

Idk if this helped me or not but I talked abt wanting to do research that aligned with my interest in the supplemental essay

[stoic carbon]

If I do research related to cancer and I major in neuroscience

Will it look bad

Or I’m thinking of doing bme and then switching to the pre med track after bme undergrad

[keen knot]

Idk I didn’t do research in high school

But it won’t hurt u

[oak stag]

There are many people who are premed and BME

[stoic carbon]

So double major

Or like bme undergrad and then move to pre med track after undergrad

[oak stag]

Being pre med isn’t a major it’s just a list of requirements you should/have to meet before you apply

[stoic carbon]

but isnt there a pre med track after ur undergrad

so after 4 years of bme undergrad how many yrs is the "pre med track"

[runic loom]

i remember seeing this reddit post but like jhu REALLY cares about "creating knowledge for the world"

its true for all universitiies but i think jhu really cares about having that innovative and ambitious mindset in changing the world somehow

and also using that to better your community

[oak stag]

Its concurrent. So it’s just like a list of requirements - ex. orgo, certain math classes, etc.

[stoic carbon]

o so i need to do classes for pre med like orgo, math, etc. while im in bme undergrad?

what do u usually do aftter undergrad?

med school?

[stoic carbon]

ty

im doing research so hopefully that will help

[grizzled turtle]

No

You can’t major in oncology can you

You’re fine

[stoic carbon]

i was thinkin of doing bme and then med school or smthn

thats common right

[oak stag]

Yes

[oak stag]

Yes everything but orgo is pretty much built in

And you would have to fulfill some requirements from prehealth as well (attending info sessions, etc.) but it’s pretty self driven

[grizzled turtle]

Common but hard yes

[stoic carbon]

All med schools are hard

[grizzled turtle]

Yup

[stoic carbon]

but does doing bme then med school lower ur chances or like neuroscience or cell molec bio increase???

because med school is wet lab and bme is engineering

[oak stag]

Major doesn’t really matter

[oak stag]

You can still do wet lab in engineering

[stoic carbon]

o ok

[grizzled turtle]

No

They don’t gaf

[grizzled turtle]

Nah you can do whatever type of research you want

[vernal dock]

uhhhh dont do it ❤️

[vernal dock]

yeah bruh im doing clinical research as a premed and i like it a lot better than wet lab im ngl

hmu if you wanna meet up if youre planning to tour here i can give you all the deets

[vernal dock]

my physics class is using doing correct score=raw score+(74-class average) to cauclate your test scores that will be counted towards the cutoff

[stoic carbon]

? Why

[vernal dock]

so my midterm average is like a 55% but with that curve it's a 74%

[vernal dock]

bmes here look like they barely escaped hell

bme+premed OOF that's double poisoning

[stoic carbon]

Then what r u doing rn

What’s your major

[oak stag]

A poison many of us willingly take 😞

[oak stag]

So do I

[vernal dock]

neuro+psych

i love it so much

[vernal dock]

are you in a design team rn

[oak stag]

Yes - just got into one for the upcoming school year

[loud needle]

guys i rlly wanna commit to penn but jhus premed prestige has me coming back 😩

[grizzled turtle]

Go Penn

[loud needle]

okok i was just worried about me passing on such a great opportunity to study at a school like jhu LOL

[grizzled turtle]

Nah bro Penn is just as amazing if not more

[sleek tiger]

^

[vernal dock]

go wherever's cheaper both of those schools are depressing ❤️

[loud needle]

girl i go for free for both

fgli things

[oak stag]

Go Penn

Don’t be depressed

[loud needle]

im gonna get so much fomo

like jhu is too good

[keen knot]

This is an amazing duo

[oak stag]

What fomo? Fomo over not having fun? 💀

[loud needle]

fomo over being premed at jhu 😭

[vernal dock]

uhhh that should not exist cause premed at jhu is rough

[keen knot]

As someone who’s put school over a social life for quite some time, having no fun is gonna be just right 😁

[rigid gale]

since im basically half way done with college

ive personally had fun

i do think the people you make friends with matter since the people im friends with in my department are big jokesters

[oak stag]

I’ve personally also had fun

I’ve had fun in some of the clubs im in and friends make everything better

[vernal dock]

same

reason why im thriving here

[vernal dock]

yeah this

but i dont mind having academics over friends

[keen knot]

@vernal dock @rigid gale the housing application for us opens next week monday, is this a good ranking in your opinion:

wolman, mccoy, amr 1, amr 3, amr 2

(or is it truly randomized)

[vernal dock]

yes good ranking

wolman and mccoy good for freshman

amr meh

i was in amr 3 and there was a rat infestation

i got my first choice which was amr 3b

lowkey should have picked wolman or mccoy

i thought amr 1 was being demolished LOL

oh thats in summer 2026 LOL

basically there were ceiling collapses in amr 1 like someone's roof completely collapsed but they werent in their dorm

[keen knot]

lmao rat infestation wtf

[keen knot]

holy shit

hopefully Mr. John doesnt hate me and curse me with an AMR 🙏

[vernal dock]

AMRS aren’t a bad choice either way I don’t think the dorms are awful the person you’re rooming with can be fs

[vernal dock]

You better pray that you’re not cursed with an awful roommate

You can try putting a single as top choice

[keen knot]

I have a feeling that the concept behind "top choices" doesnt really matter

smth tells me this shit is randomized

cause if it was top choice then itd be first come first serve, which is unfair

[keen knot]

did u get one initially? 😭

[vernal dock]

i did not get a single but i do have one for sophomore year as there are a lot more singles for sophomores

[rigid gale]

im biased towards amr2 cuz thats where i lived lol

despite having it dead last in my rankings

[keen knot]

Was it better than you initially expected when u ranked it last

[rigid gale]

i definitely had challenges... the bathroom not being clean and the hot water cutting out

but i got matched with my best friend and had another best friend as my neighbor

i think we made the best from what we had, our other friends always came to our dorm and we definitely had a good time

so yeah amr2 was a good time imo

[bold solstice]

its so sad