Spring Break
High SAT scores alone can't buy you love
Issue date: 4/17/08
There's an assumption that Hopkins students are sexual elitists. They feel they deserve the most attractive members of their desired sex, often aiming for people who are considerably out of their league.
This often leads to the assumption that Towson and Loyola students are more desirable, because they are generally more attractive as a population.
Sure, Hopkins has some academic elitism, and it's often well deserved. But I find little evidence that Hopkins students are any pickier than other college co-eds.
You hear these complaints at parties where beer goggles aren't enough. You hear them on the Beach where shirtless Frisbee just isn't helping. You even hear it in Einstein's the morning after.
Why do we think we deserve better? Is it because our mothers have been telling us we're special for so long that we've started to believe them? Maybe, maybe. But here are some better ones.
It might correlate to the 53:47 gender ratio. Are girls treated more respectfully and more like prized jewels than they would be at other universities because there are fewer of them at Hopkins?
I don't find that to be the case. Hopkins guys here have as diverse attitudes towards women as male students at any other college - ranging from really ignorant and degrading to gentlemanly and respectful. Hopkins men don't seem concerned by the ratios.
Sophomore Amanda Kirkhart feels that all too often guys have "egos the size of elephants because of what school they got in to ... They assume that girls here will find that attractive even if they're not."
While this sense of accomplishment is likely deserved, it can seriously taint both romantic relationships and other social encounters.
One senior says that "most Hopkins students, both guys and girls, attach their hard work and success in the classroom with deserved success outside of them."
This does not necessarily correlate to becoming a magnet for large hordes of people pining for your well-read body.
This often leads to the assumption that Towson and Loyola students are more desirable, because they are generally more attractive as a population.
Sure, Hopkins has some academic elitism, and it's often well deserved. But I find little evidence that Hopkins students are any pickier than other college co-eds.
You hear these complaints at parties where beer goggles aren't enough. You hear them on the Beach where shirtless Frisbee just isn't helping. You even hear it in Einstein's the morning after.
Why do we think we deserve better? Is it because our mothers have been telling us we're special for so long that we've started to believe them? Maybe, maybe. But here are some better ones.
It might correlate to the 53:47 gender ratio. Are girls treated more respectfully and more like prized jewels than they would be at other universities because there are fewer of them at Hopkins?
I don't find that to be the case. Hopkins guys here have as diverse attitudes towards women as male students at any other college - ranging from really ignorant and degrading to gentlemanly and respectful. Hopkins men don't seem concerned by the ratios.
Sophomore Amanda Kirkhart feels that all too often guys have "egos the size of elephants because of what school they got in to ... They assume that girls here will find that attractive even if they're not."
While this sense of accomplishment is likely deserved, it can seriously taint both romantic relationships and other social encounters.
One senior says that "most Hopkins students, both guys and girls, attach their hard work and success in the classroom with deserved success outside of them."
This does not necessarily correlate to becoming a magnet for large hordes of people pining for your well-read body.
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