What's special about Johns Hopkins?

JHU2013
Mon, 06 Dec 2010 02:06:59 +0000

Just some stuff off the top of my head…

We have arguably the greatest lacrosse program in history and Homewood Field is often called the Yankee Stadium of lacrosse.

The Space Telescope Science Institute, the place that operates and controls the Hubble Space Telescope is ON campus and some of the faculty in the Physics and Astronomy department work there.

We have one of the most expansive underground libraries in the country.

Gomez Addams from the Addams Family is the head of our theater department.

There are a dozen other colleges in the area and there’s a convenient shuttle system that connects us all.

Hopkins students get $6 tickets to any Orioles home game :)

MANY undergraduate students are involved with research (and that includes the humanities)

Every spring Hopkins hosts Spring Fair – four days of eating, drinking, music, gaming, partying, etc…and it’s one of the biggest outdoor festivals in the area drawing thousands of people from DC/Virginia/Maryland.

The Social Network was filmed here last year (and I was in it, for about half a second)

What’s more important and special than anything I’ve listed here though is the fact that Hopkins professors, advisors, and administrators really stress the value of freedom. Freedom to explore your academic and social interests without interference, freedom to act the way you want to without being judged, freedom to learn who you are and who you will become. That sounds really sappy but so far I’ve found it to be true. They really really stress that this is YOUR life and whatever you want to do – whether it’s introduce a new club or change majors on a dime halfway through sophomore year – it’s possible and perhaps even encouraged.