Admissions Blog

This weekend, our city celebrates Baltimore Pride 2013 – an event complete with High Heel Race, Pride Parade, Pride Festival and more! 

The 2013 celebration of Baltimore diversity is extra special – this year's Pride Parade will be the first attended by same sex couples legally married in the state of Maryland!

If you find yourself in town or nearby, stop by – it’s always a great time! 

Back in February, I wrote a post describing the many online learning opportunities at the Bloomberg School.  It’s a topic that is constantly expanding as new courses and programs are added to the online venue.

One thing to note: if you’re interested in taking an online course at the Bloomberg School, either as a non-degree student or as one of our incoming degree students, you're required to take Introduction to Online Learning (IOL).

IOL is a prerequisite for all online courses at the School. You will not be allowed to enroll in an online class without completing IOL first. IOL is offered each month and is free of charge.

If you’re an incoming student, we encourage you to take IOL before arriving for Orientation.

You need not take IOL if you plan to take classes through Coursera.

All your bags are packed.
You’re ready to go.
You’re standing there outside your door. . .

Sorry.

The words to “Leaving on a Jet Plane” run through my head every time I travel.

The other thing that runs through my head is a somewhat neurotic step-by-step plan of how I intend to get to my destination.

Do you do that? (Please say yes). If so, and you’re planning a trip to Baltimore, this post is for you!

Our local airport is Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall, otherwise known as BWI. It’s ranked 22^nd in the nation for size - which makes it big enough to have plenty of amenities, but not so big that you get lost looking for your luggage.

From there, you have several options.  You could take a taxi into the city or rent a car. You could take an airport shuttle or the bus. Or you could take the train (Amtrak, MARC or Light Rail).

All three rail options stop at Baltimore’s Penn Station and from there scheduled visitors may take the Hopkins Shuttle.

Need more information?  I have more resources!

• “Transportation” on the JHSPH website
• “Getting Around” on the JHSPH Admitted Student website (login required)
• Visit Baltimore
• Baltimore Collegetown

Happy trails! (Oh dear, now I have that song running through my head!)

It was quiet in the coffee shop this morning.  With Convocation last week, most of our students are either beginning their post-graduate life or on summer break.

The quiet won’t last for long!

The first of our Summer Institutes begins next week as does the first in a series of new student orientations!

Unless your program tells you otherwise, orientation is mandatory for new in-coming students.

For more orientation information - including checklists, tentative agendas and more - visit the Admitted Student Website!  (Login and password required).

Johns Hopkins University will be closed Monday, May 27 in honor of Memorial Day.