<p>People give the area around Hopkins a bad name!
All you have to do is be safe, take care of your stuff, and don’t get involved with any of the other nonsense like most urban cities. You’re going to get the same thing if you go to any major city. Baltimore just gets an especially bad rap for some reason. But maybe I’m just used to it because I used to live there but, nothing horrible ever happened to me. Anything you hear is usually on the other side of town and among the locals with problems of their own. JHU students are usually safe. They’re working on building up the area too with new apartments.</p>
<p>Living in the city is an exciting experience and everything’s literally and 10 min. walk away max. and they’re endless things to do. Contrary to popular belief Baltimore does have a lot of nature areas. Druid Hill park is right next to the Baltimore Zoo. Plus you can catch a cab to the Inner Harbor where you can go to Harbor Place which is filled with stores and restaurants. Philips took over the ESPN Zone recently and they have a huge Barnes and Noble’s next to that.</p>
<p>As far as the school, Hopkins would seem as though it has a very good pre-med program, with opportunities to go to the hospital itself and if you decide to go to grad school there the medical campus is right next to the hospital. Ivies and JHU are really level when it come to GPAs and SAT scores out of high school. After graduating, I’m not entirely sure. It’s really up to you but I have a friend who got into all of his ivy league choices and decided not to go to any of them.</p>
<p>I know I didn’t mention Dartmouth in any of these but, I was just speaking about what I knew. I’m sure Dartmouth is a great school too but everyone was knocking down JHU!</p>