AdmissionsDaniel

So we created this thread way back when to be a place where I can post updates to the CC community. Well it seems the thread has moved to being more of a Q&A area. So to correct that, here I post an...

Update From Admissions Daniel:

I hope you all have been keeping up with the news on the Hopkins Insider Blog: Hopkins Insider. If you have you will know we've had some great updates to the Hopkins Interactive Web site:

Facebook Group:
Facebook | Login
Just launched ... join me and the rest of the Hopkins Interactive students.

JHU Forums:
Hopkins Forums
New and improved ... and in my opinion a much better place to get accurate information about Hopkins from actual current students.

New Student Blogs from current freshmen:
2011: Hopkins Freshman Blog
Four current freshmen sharing a blog. Rob is a Physics freshman from New Hampshire. Stephanie is a Writing Seminars freshman from Northern California. Josh is a Film and Media Studies freshman from New Jersey. Jessica is a Public Health freshman from New Jersey.

Simply Serendipitous
Mandy is a Neuroscience first year student from North Carolina.

Wish You Were Here
Lauren is a Writing Sems / English first year student from New Jersey.

New General Blogs:
Blue Jay Buffet
H.I. VIDEO BLOG

A lot of stuff for you all to enjoy. And continue to read the Hopkins Insider blog for details about the Early Decision application pool, the release of ED notifications, and info on the Regular Decision application cycle.

Cheers!

AdamJaz

Very cool, Thanks AdmissionsDaniel!

AdmissionsDaniel

How well do you really know Hopkins???
A challenge...
Hopkins Insider: Hopkins By The Numbers

AMD

Well.. now we are past the deadline and the waiting game begins. Just a typical question to AD. How the heck do you go through 10's of thousands of applications and decide whom to admit? Does the admission committee go through every single application or do you follow divide and conquer strategy? You told me earlier that there is no point system at JHU. To me, it is a prohibitive task to go through that many applications without assigning some sort of weighing factors to each attribute.

AdmissionsDaniel

Well the deadline is not past yet ... it is January 1, 2008!

As far as answers to your questions, I have some reading for you. Here are the places where I have discussed in-depth how the application reading process works:

(1) Hopkins Insider: The Approach ... and a Brain Dump

(2) Hopkins Insider: Ready, Set, READ!!!

(3) Hopkins Forums -> Questions About Getting In???

AMD

AD:

Thank you for the info.

baseballnerd

Daniel how do you guys view recruited athletes for a non-lacrosse sport? Is a significant amount of weight given to these athletics? Do you have a percentage of students accepted who were recruited athletes? Thank You.

AdmissionsDaniel

See my posts on this thread regarding how much weight being a DIII recruit at Hopkins carries:
DIII rowing at JHU

As far as a specific %age of recruit athletes at Hopkins ... it does not work that way. We don't reserve a specific amount of spots to be athletes.

midisoliman

Hello fellow posters. There is one issue that has been bothering me for the past week. My GPA this term is likely to be 0.2 or 0.3 points lower than it normally is. I'm very worried if this drop sends a bad message to Johns Hopkins University (If I was an admissions officer, I wouldn’t be to pleased as well). But the problem is that I don't want JHU to think I am one of the millions of high school seniors who have come down with a bad case of senioritis (I think I'm vaccinated for that any ways). The reason for the significant drop is actually my schedule and the rigor of my classes. My first class starts at 6:55 in the morning and I end school relatively early at 1:00 in the afternoon. After school usually from 1:30 to 8:30, I'm busy working on my research project at a local Medical Research Center. The research has been moving at a steady pace as I have just recently started getting some good data (I have provided Johns Hopkins with an abstract and research update of my current results) but the only problem is that most days, I don’t come home until 9:30. This leaves me only a few hours to eat dinner do my homework (for a few AP classes and other honors classes) before I could go to sleep. Most days, I go to sleep between 1:00-2:00 AM in the morning, only to wake up by 5:30 to get ready for school. In total, I generally get 20 hours of sleep a school week (25 on good weeks). I also cant make up sleep on weekends because I have other obligations. I’m working on a cohort study with the Hypertension League to help learn more about high blood pressure in the urban community. I feel like I have ran into the perfect storm. I enjoy the work I have been doing but I’ve lost virtually all my study time which is directly related to my drop in GPA. I have always understood that no matter how much outside work you do, it always comes down to grades, grades AND grades. Obviously my chances will decrease, but by how much?

AdmissionsDaniel

Mid-year reports are very, very important. If you feel you need to "explain" your mid-year grades then you should write a letter to the Admissions staff and have it included when your counselor sends in your mid-year grades.

midisoliman

Thanks a lot Admissions Daniel. I really appreciate how you are one of the few admissions directors that actually read and respond to questions on college confidential. I hope my GPA hasnt decreased as I have anticipated.

nbui3

hey senor daniels, is there some application check log-in account thing for johns hopkins? i want to check if i got all my stuff in...

AdmissionsDaniel

nbui3:
Your question has been answered many times before ... you really should use the Search function:

(1) Question
(2) http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...822-post3.html
(3) Hopkins Insider: New Year Hodgepodge
(4) Hopkins Forums -> 2007-08 Application (Deadlines, Forms, etc.)

AKittka

I will be applying to JHU as an engineering major and I was wondering if a Science SAT II would be required for admission? I know on The Johns Hopkins University admissions says "should" submit scores from MathIIC and science, but does that mean required or that it will benefit or hurt an applicant if submitted or not?

Thanks

-akittka

- also i've searched this topic in the thread so i really just want to clear up this question in regards to applying as an engineering major.

idwatkwia

what if you didn't apply for the fellowship (but are happy to receive it, of course) and you got a letter with the acceptance package saying 'based on the evaluation of your academic strengths, interests, and extracurricular activities, the admissions committee and wilson faculty committee feel you would be a good fit for the wilson research fellowship program.' and blah, blah, blah, we hope you accept our OFFER?
of course i'll accept, but was i supposed to apply? it doesn't message an essay in their reasons for choosing me...