Hopkins admits class of 2013: University accepts more students interested in humanities and social sciences
What attracts a prospective student to Hopkins? Many would be tempted to say its Biomedical Engineering program, or its world-renowned natural sciences departments. Recently, however, more Hopkins students seem to be interested in pursuing majors in more liberal arts oriented areas, such as history, Writing Seminars and English, and each year, the student body at Hopkins becomes more academically diverse.
Hopkins is now beginning to compete for applicants that might have initially applied to schools with a more traditional liberal arts focus, such as Reed, Wesleyan and Oberlin.
Incoming freshman Hannah Kingsley-Ma, a prospective Writing Seminars major, said that she had heard from current students and advisors that the Writing Seminars department at Hopkins was highly regarded, and that attracted her to the school. Her other top choice schools included Reed and Kenyon.
Amy Brokl, associate director of admission and alumni relations said that the view of Hopkins as more of a science-oriented school is not due to a lack of quality in its humanities programs, but more to a lack of awareness of the existence of such programs at the University. Currently, in an effort to spread awareness about humanities programs to prospective students interested in pursuing majors such as English or Writing Seminars at Hopkins, the admissions board has started the Marber Book Award, which sends books that have been written and personally signed by Hopkins faculty to accepted students who have expressed an interest in humanities.
"We wanted to remind them that indeed, Hopkins is a place where the humanities are flourishing and thriving," Brokl said.
Other incoming freshmen value Hopkins's humanities programs because they are small and more personal.
Prospective student Rachel Ewen said that one of the main reasons that the English department attracted her was its size.
"It's a smaller department so you get the attention of a small department with the resources of a larger department," Ewen said. In response to why Hopkins was better known as a science school than a humanities school, Ewen said that it was probably just overlooked.
Hopkins is now beginning to compete for applicants that might have initially applied to schools with a more traditional liberal arts focus, such as Reed, Wesleyan and Oberlin.
Incoming freshman Hannah Kingsley-Ma, a prospective Writing Seminars major, said that she had heard from current students and advisors that the Writing Seminars department at Hopkins was highly regarded, and that attracted her to the school. Her other top choice schools included Reed and Kenyon.
Amy Brokl, associate director of admission and alumni relations said that the view of Hopkins as more of a science-oriented school is not due to a lack of quality in its humanities programs, but more to a lack of awareness of the existence of such programs at the University. Currently, in an effort to spread awareness about humanities programs to prospective students interested in pursuing majors such as English or Writing Seminars at Hopkins, the admissions board has started the Marber Book Award, which sends books that have been written and personally signed by Hopkins faculty to accepted students who have expressed an interest in humanities.
"We wanted to remind them that indeed, Hopkins is a place where the humanities are flourishing and thriving," Brokl said.
Other incoming freshmen value Hopkins's humanities programs because they are small and more personal.
Prospective student Rachel Ewen said that one of the main reasons that the English department attracted her was its size.
"It's a smaller department so you get the attention of a small department with the resources of a larger department," Ewen said. In response to why Hopkins was better known as a science school than a humanities school, Ewen said that it was probably just overlooked.
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