I lived in 929 my first year as a PhD student. It’s fine but there is nothing, I mean nothing, to do around there. Also my window used to blow open in the middle of the night and they refused to acknowledge this needed to be fixed. Living there or one of the other close buildings seems worth it for like residents or other people needing to be in the hospital at crazy hours but for just classes and maybe some study groups? IMO not worth it.

If you want to be able to walk to campus, upper fells is nice and will put you closer to things to do. There is a Hopkins shuttle that will drop you off that runs after 6pm if you’re feeling uncomfortable. If you don’t care about walking, living on the shuttle route that goes between the hospital and the undergrad campus (either in Mt Vernon or Hampden) is good too, though I stuck with the various SE neighborhoods (Patterson Park, upper fells, Canton).