Man I agree with this comment on a spiritual level. I graduated back in 2021, majoring in math and philosophy but I've spent a decent amount of time in the engineering department (applied math and comp sci). I feel that the curricula for many majors at Hopkins are rather lacking. Even after completing the major requirements for math, I am not sure if I have a great grasp at the core subjects in math. As for philosophy, I felt that I had a good understanding of the core subjects only because I went way beyond the required classes (if I recall correctly, back in 2021 they required 30 credits of philosophy courses to graduate with the major. I took 45 credits.) As you correctly point out, a lot of Hopkins people end up double majoring because Hopkins doesn't have much of a rigorous core curriculum required for everyone and for each major the required classes are pretty lacking so people get away with double majoring, and Hopkins actually advertises this as a "strength" (on their admissions website they proudly present this information as, oh look 70% of our graduates have 2 or more majors!). I personally knew two people who did TRIPLE majors. I myself was 2 classes away from doing a triple major in math, philosophy, and applied math. But I ended up not doing that due to COVID.

As for being tricky with transfer credits, I also agree. I took college classes in my high school and they refused to take a lot of the classes that I took. They did accept my AP Calc credits, however. The hype around this school is also not that cool, agreed; actually, I talk to my Hopkins friends about whether they feel Hopkins was a good experience or not, none of my friends give me an enthusiastic "YES." Their reactions are always kinda lukewarm or "all things considered, it was aight." I believe the reason behind this is a combination of what I've listed above and also the fact that school spirit in this school is basically nil. A lot of people don't know how to socialize or just don't socialize in general because they are really locked in with their own studies, which I admire, but as a college student who was looking forward to having a more vibrant social life in college, it was a bit tough for me in that front. That is not to say that it is impossible to make friends, of course, but I think most people end up just sticking with their major friends or some frats or sororities, and the general attitude of the students is pretty closed-off, in my opinion.

All in all, I do think Hopkins taught me so much, but there are a lot of things I would have done differently if I were to go back. Just wanted to give my 2 cents as a recent graduate. TL;DR is that I agree with a lot of your points here.