What we have learned about arriving in Baltimore and getting set up — the buses, the paperwork, the bank account, which blocks are which. Written for students moving to this neighbourhood, whether or not you end up living with us.
The things that are far easier to sort out before you are on a plane.
Orientation modules, course registration, immunisation records, and what to have in hand before you land. Step by step, in the order it needs doing.
Open the checklistVisas and documents, what to bring, opening an account without a US credit history, and the practical differences nobody warns you about.
Read the guideTurning an address into somewhere you actually live.
Utilities and internet, bank accounts, phone plans, and where to furnish a room without paying retail for things you will resell in nine months.
Get set upThe university shuttle routes and the app that tracks them, city buses and the light rail, bike share, and what still runs late at night.
Work out the routesBaltimore rewards knowing the place. This is the local knowledge.
An honest read of the neighbourhoods around Homewood, the emergency phones and evening escort services, and habits worth having.
Read it properlyAcademic support, research opportunities and student services — who runs them, where they are, and how to reach them.
See what existsWe run fourteen furnished houses a short walk from the Homewood campus, each built around a different part of the world. Same neighbourhood as everything in this handbook. Tell the finder what you need — dates, budget, who you are moving with — and it will show you what actually fits, including who you might share with.
There is a CAMP-US Discord as well — residents and students, in real time. Join the server.
CAMP-US is an independent student housing provider. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Johns Hopkins University or any other university. Services described here are run by the university or by the city, not by us — details change, so check them against the operator’s own page before you rely on them.