<p>@chany94 Tbh, it really depends on what you’re studying there and everyone has a different experience here. A difference between JHU and some other top schools is grade deflation (just as an example, the average gpa at brown is above 3.6 and at harvard it’s 3.5 or near there as oppose to 3.1-3.2 here and at places like Cornell). The reason why I say it’s cutthroat isn’t because people are literally sabotaging their peers (I’ve shared notes with many of my classmates if they couldn’t make class and such). Overall, I feel like there’s a general sense that your grade depends on your classmates grades more than how well you know the subject. People constantly talk about grades here a lot more than the actual material they are learning, and it could be motivating or nauseating depending on how you take it. Remember though, this is coming from someone who is transferring out. Because of a ridiculously high retention rate at JHU, I’m quite an anomaly so definitely get opinions from other students here (not people who know about this school, but actual students, there’s a big difference).</p>