Jackie's current look at life at Johns Hopkins … until next time.

Archive for the ‘Why Hopkins’ Category

The Way It Is

To the Undecided Students… I’ll be honest, I can’t completely relate.  Way back, when I was going through the college process, I did some self-analysis and realized that if I had to give myself the option of choosing between a bunch of schools in April, well it wouldn’t go so well.  Therefore, I figured I [...]

Decisions, Decisions

Dear Admitted Student, Congratulations!  The worst is over, but now for the hard part…deciding which school to attend to.  I would say I completely understand, but I don’t quite  because I applied to Hopkins early decision.  By April, all my choices were made.  Nevertheless, even though I wasn’t bombarded with information of open houses I [...]

Chasing Pavements

The classes for next semester are up on the website, and I realize I will miss some great courses that will be offered at Hopkins while I’m abroad. I will especially miss my philosophy classes and fellow philosophers that will graduate in the spring. Honestly, where else will others indulge me to postulate about the [...]

These are the Days

Congratulations to everyone who was accepted to Hopkins!!! I’m honestly so excited for everyone!  This is extremely positive for me, I am not normally this enthusiastic about things, BUT in the case of Hopkins, I truly am.  It is such an accomplishment to be accepted here and I just hope that everyone decides to come.  [...]

On the Evening Train…

So I am once again writing from the train, but this time I am returning home, to Madison, Connecticut.  Before I begin, I am going to once again ask that everyone try and guess the band/artist where my lyrics originate.  Last week’s lyrics I made deliberately difficult, but I really liked that as a title.  [...]