<p>@chany94 I second what Blah said. The competition is there because you’re thrown into a pool of excellent students and you can’t help but feel like you need to keep up with them (Ok, I have a very bad way of putting this into words…) And to be honest, it happens in every top college. You can read this blog post: </p>
<p>[Meltdown</a> | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/meltdown]Meltdown”>Meltdown | MIT Admissions)</p>
<p>So far, from the JHU students and alumni that I talked to - they said that they have no problems with studying and working together with peers. Besides, I think the sheer volume of people who are worried about the ‘cutthroat’/competitive atmosphere just shows that no one really wants to be that kind of person :)</p>