AdmissionsDaniel

No where on the JHU Admissions site do we discuss the intricacies of the admission review process. You can review my Admissions blog (Hopkins Insider) and the Hopkins Forums (Hopkins Undergraduate Admissions :: Hopkins Forums) for answers to questions about how the review process works.

As far as my comment about GPA, please do not interpret that as GPA not mattering ... it does and it matters a lot. What I was expressing is that GPA is not the only factor, but one of many academic factors we review and they all matter -- test scores, course selection, course rigor, grade trends, class rank, etc. GPA definitely matters!!!

PaperChaserPop

What does your office do when a transcript arrives prior to the common app and Hopkins supplement?

AdmissionsDaniel

Applicants to Johns Hopkins University may submit application materials such as test scores, letters of recommendation, and school reports along with transcripts in advance of their submission of their application. These documents will be processed and placed in a pending folder until one's application is submitted, received, and processed. Then we will merge all documents and determine whether one's application is complete. To assist with the proper processing of documents we request that all materials include the applicant's full name, birth date, and school.

Iwantcollegehelp

Just a quick question out of interest:Is it taken into account if a student chose to go to a school out of district due to the rigorous courses available at that school which isn't available at the other school that was assigned to the student?

Kulakai

@AdmissionsDaniel - Can you provide any of the admissions info for the new business undergrad program at Carey? Are they accepting applicants for fall 2010 and if so what is the application deadline date and any admission pre-requisites? (I was not able to find this on their website). If you know if they are handling admissions themselves, I will call them directly.

AdmissionsDaniel

Iwantcollegehelp
The school a student attends is definitely factored in when an application is reviewed, as the Admissions committee reviews each individual applicant based on the opportunities that were available to them during their high school years. What does not matter is the decision that a student chooses to attend one high over another.

Kulakai
I do not work for the Carey School of Business. They are a completely separate institution. You need to contact them directly for assistance: Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Home

laowangmaigua

Admissionsdaniel: test scores, course selection, course rigor, grade trends, class rank, etc. GPA definitely matters!!!

1. How could you notice "grade trends"? Should student mention her up-treand in her essay or somewhere?
2. How do you consider "grade treands", can you give me a little bit more details please, like a example? My D's 9th grade GPA pulls her total GPA a lot, I am kind of worried if her total GPA is lower than an average number (whatever it means), you just simply reject her without looking at other factors.
thanks.

AdmissionsDaniel

1. We notice grade trends because we examine the entire transcript 9th grade through mid-year of 12th grade. We can see each grade a student has received, each year, in each subject. We can see overall trends and also trends in individual subjects.

2. Total GPA is a statistic only. Our decisions are made through a thorough evaluation of the applicant's high school transcript. A combined GPA tells us very little about the applicant. Our role is to evaluate all parts of the transcript - the overall grades, the rigor of courses, the course selection, and the trends. It is not a cursory process.

laowangmaigua

Thanks for your quick response, you are great.

AdmissionsDaniel

My pleasure.

Iwantcollegehelp

Quick question: although scores reported after the deadline are not guaranteed a review,are the scores generally reviewed if received mid endish November?Also, should I let the admissions know a score is coming in ahead of time?

AdmissionsDaniel

It all depends. If the scores are there when the file is reviewed then they will be considered ... however if scores are not there then the file will be evaluated with out them. The only time the review of a file is delayed is if required exams (SAT or ACT) are not on file, as that is considered an incomplete file and can not be reviewed. File reviews are not delayed to wait for SAT II subject exams sent after the deadline.

Additionally, the date that the College Board states that they send your scores and when they should arrive at Hopkins has little to do whether your scores will be in the file when it is reviewed. Our office takes time with processing scores, and scores sent after the deadline are not given a priority over other required application materials.

You should have mentioned all scores and future score dates on your application. If you did that, it is too late to update your application if it has been submitted.

yipyip0901

If a student who applied ED did not complete the test requirement (for example, he/she took the SAT/ACT/SAT IIs but not the TOEFL, which is required for the student), will his application still be evaluated for Early Decision?? or will he/she automatically get deferred/rejected?

AdmissionsDaniel

If the TOEFL is required for an applicant and it is not submitted with an ED application, than that application is considered incomplete. The application will be reviewed and if the admissions committee feels that a decision can be rendered without the TOEFL than a decision will made. However, in almost every situation that application will be deferred into regular decision because it is missing required information.

Iwantcollegehelp

If an applicant turns in all required information but sends in something additional after his file has been reviewed.Will that applicant be deferred because new information can be reviewed for regular?