Hopkins Cut Throat?

OnMyWay2013
Thu, 31 Mar 2016 17:46:11 +0000

“Cutthroat”: The Hopkins lie that will never die

It’s not cutthroat, but everyone is very driven and perfectionistic, so that might be why people get the impression that everyone’s competing against each other. But if you actually talk to people, lol, you’ll find that there are a lot of down-to-earth people and that there is no shortage of people who will help you. And people do share their answers (though technically, that’s an academic ethics violation, and you can get in trouble for it, lol).

That being said, @ThatIrishKid, I wouldn’t call Hopkins “laid back,” lol. It’s not a malicious environment, but because people are so driven and perfectionistic, there can be this atmosphere of stress and “I have to be doing this” (even when you don’t). The kinds of people who come here thrive in busy environments and create work for themselves, so for them it’s not a negative environment. But students who come expecting to have a lot of down time can find themselves burning out (depending on their major, but I’m assuming the people who really care about this are premed / plan to take on a challenging major).