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Johns Hopkins University is well known for it's academic rigor, integrity and academic achievement. This is no less true for the Doctorate in Education program. I am currently a new student in the program, and have been both pleased and disappointed so far. I am enrolled in an online program and utilize Blackboard as an interface. The expectations and pace of work are very high but the actual instruction is, in my opinion, lacking. Thankfully one of the students in my cohort started a social media... Read More collaboration site on Facebook. This Facebook site has been very active and helped support student inquiry, alleviate frustrations, and interpret the varied verbal and written instructions of the professors. Without this social support, I think the program would feel archaic and disjointed. I am optimistic that the program will continue to improve as I acclimatize to the culture and expectations of this particular online program and its professors.

I've truly enjoyed my time at the Carey business school of Johns Hopkins University. Despite it being a young program, the curriculum and faculty are well-established. The diversity of the degree concentrations one can undertake in his or her MBA program is impressive (for example Enterprise Risk Management and Entrepreneurship). It leads to a more well-rounded education. The professors are engaging, supportive, and bright. I've barely had any unmemorable classes. My classmates are intelligent and... Read More curious and I enjoy learning from them as well.

Johns Hopkins University is one of the top US universities for a variety of fields and majors. Of course, the School of Medicine and the graduate biomedical sciences department for which I am part of as a student and technician are well known. The undergraduate program is one of the more competitive and rigorous programs in the nation, but with the rigor and standard comes the preparation prior to entering the job field or further education. The name brand of Johns Hopkins University is difficult... Read More to undermine and is the top school for which I would recommend for anybody looking into both the undergraduate and graduate programs.

I am pursing a masters program in Biotechnology with a focus on Bioinformatics. While i am thrilled to be here at JHU, the financial burden has made it very difficult for me to continue being successful in the program. In addition, the student population is not very diverse and it's often difficult for me to connect with other students within and outside of my program. Overall, it is a good program and i am happy to be enrolled in it, but i believe with additional resources, it could be much better... Read More

The Environmental Sciences and Policy graduate program at JHU puts you in touch directly with professionals in the field. In recent semesters, I've been taught by the chief economist of the transportation division of EPA, the lead legal counsel for Hurricane Sandy relief at DOT, and a Forest Service consultant with 30 years of experience. All have brought great real-world experience to the classroom, and have made themselves available for networking. However, the program is designed for currently... Read More working professionals (it's a night school/online program). It's generally assumed that you have your own off-campus housing in DC and Baltimore, and your own existing networks of friends and activities. Other students are friendly, but I would strongly recommend working while going part-time, rather than attending full-time.

Johns Hopkins is a world renowned leader in education research and teacher preparation. Through my courses I have learned about the policy, history and current issues that affect special education, science education, and the opportunity gap. In addition to theoretical knowledge, I have enhanced my teaching pedagogy. The cons of my program would probably be the same of any online program I did. Though I appreciate some of the additional freedom and the ability for me to maintain a full-time teaching... Read More job while being a full-time student, I would prefer to be in a classroom interacting with my peers and professors.

Hopkins Medical School is a great institution that provides a lot of support for its students. The best examples are that the institution plans many activities to promote stress relief as students go through difficult courses. Additionally, there is a unique system of four different "colleges" that provide smaller and more intimate groups within the 120 person class for better support. In these groups, students are split further into 5 person "Molecules" and are paired with a physician advisor to... Read More meet on a weekly basis to learn about the basics of clinical skills such as history taking and physical exams. Personally I have found that these small groups have been instrumental to my own transition into medical school because it creates a safe space to share about personal struggles, worries, fears, and perspectives on our first year experience. It also connects first year students to the years above in "macromolecule" settings so that there is interclass collaboration and support. The only negatives about the program would be the difficulty of transportation in the Baltimore area without a personal car. The region that the medical campus is located is designated as a "food desert," thus making it difficult to acquire fresh produce and other foods without driving 15-20 minutes away to the nearest grocery store. That being said, there are multiple forms of public transportation including a free circulator that can take students to Whole Foods or the downtown area relatively easily. The downside to these circulators can be just being on time as indicated by the schedule, but there is a phone app to track the bus. Overall, I would say that the experience at Hopkins has been great and the transition has been particularly smooth because of all the layers of support that the school provides.

Although it's known for medicine, I chose Hopkins because it had the second-best writing program in the US. There's an awesome liberal arts culture that doesn't get much outside publicity. The English and Writing Sems professors are excellent, and the theater program is run by none other than Addams Family star John Astin. There is also a huge musical community, since Peabody is under the Hopkins umbrella. Having private lessons with top-notch Peabody professors is amazing. And just because you major... Read More in the humanities doesn't mean you can't have a robust scientific experience. I worked in a lab and spent a good amount of time doing research on child cognitive development. At first, it's rough getting used to the fact that you're no longer a big fish in a small pond. Students enter feeling a bit full of themselves for getting into a good university. Most people who go there were considered top of their class in high school, and the first semester is definitely a shake-up. The first couple of months, you have a lot of bruised egos. After that, though, everything calms down and people are genuinely great. You develop an identity that's not tied to academic achievement. Socially, Hopkins is great. I'm still close friends with a lot of people from college, and I met my now-husband during our Junior year. If partying is your thing, you'll find plenty of people into that, but if partying's not your thing, you'll also find plenty of people that feel the same.

Johns Hopkins is a great place to be for astronomy. The physics and astronomy building is just across the street from the Space Telescope Science Institute, and it's very easy to work with one of the scientists there on your thesis. If I had to choose one thing that I didn't like about Hopkins, it would be the location. It's smack dab in the middle of Baltimore, and I am not even remotely a city person. Even if I were, Baltimore is not the greatest city in America (as the bus stop benches claim).... Read More The people in astronomy and physics also have the typical academic view that the only career worth pursuing is academia, so the information you get from the people you interact with most will be in that direction. The Career Center is amazing, but you have to actively seek them out in order to get info on non-academic careers.

I am currently pursuing a Ph.D in Chemical biology at Johns Hopkins. The program is very unique in that it is an interdisciplinary program that pulls faculty and topics from pharmacology, biochemistry, biochemical engineering, biology, biophysics, and chemistry programs and allows a student to gain experience in any discipline that they wish. The interdisciplinary background gives the students a more holistic overall understanding of the hard sciences and allows a student to dive into any discipline... Read More branching out of chemical biology for their focus while allowing them to understand each of the other disciplines as well. The program requires a large amount of work and time however it is very rewarding in the quality of experience and knowledge that is gained.