Competitiveness at Hopkins: it's not really that bad here
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on academic competition and student life at Hopkins.
- The News-Letter reported that competitive students exist but do not define campus life, and that students rarely sacrifice their well-being for competition.
- The paper reported that students balance academics with activities including arts, athletics, Greek life, politics, student government and volunteer service.
- The article quotes sophomore Sonia Sarkar saying Hopkins’s “cutthroat” reputation was untrue and that classmates often worked and studied together.
- Sarkar also said students had varied interests and were not limited to a “pre-med/science” path.