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05-09-2008, 11:40 AM
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#1 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2008
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| Waitlist Status Fall 2008
From Admissions Daniel's Blog on 5/8/08:
Posted: May 8 2008, 07:46 PM
Group: Admin
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Update and answers:
At this moment there is no official update on wait list decisions. The Admissions staff has met and will continue to meet over the next few days to decide whether any students will be admitted off the wait list. Continue to check back for additional updates to come. | 
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05-09-2008, 02:38 PM
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#2 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
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| Just got accepted!!!! Thanks, hopkins admissions! | |
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05-09-2008, 04:33 PM
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#3 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
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| I just got a accepted. I really have no idea what to do to be honest. I really am honored though, thanks to all involved. | |
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05-09-2008, 06:47 PM
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#4 | | New Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Georgia Gender: Female
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| Congrats to you all!
As for me...  | |
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05-09-2008, 08:27 PM
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#5 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
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| man that sucks..i didn't get anything | |
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05-10-2008, 01:08 PM
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#6 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Threads: 37
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| So, he says that they'll look for more students, but they've already meet their enrollment figures? Hmmm... | |
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05-10-2008, 05:06 PM
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#7 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New York Gender: Male
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| They will lose some to other schools who will get off their waitlists. | |
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05-11-2008, 07:00 AM
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#8 | | College Rep
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Johns Hopkins University Gender: Male
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| Our Wait List Discussion Thread has been updated with details about our wait list activity on Friday, May 9th. Please read through it here: Hopkins Forums -> Wait List Discussion Thread (2008-09)
If you want accurate answers to your questions about the Hopkins Wait List, I strongly encourage you to post them to that discussion thread. Additionally updates will be posted there when they become available. | |
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05-11-2008, 07:26 PM
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#9 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Posts: 494
| I think that's the summer melt. So I guess I don't really get it. If you've already met your enrollment figures and protected against the summer melt, why are you still looking for more people? Is it to protect against a low-yield for people accepted off of the waitlist? Is it to protect specific enrollment figures (i.e. getting enough computer scientists or enough engineers)?
I saw last year that you did a first round for 40 people and then 40 after that round. I'm not trying to be critical or anything - I just am a little confused about the process.
You could admit me just for fun though : ) | |
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05-11-2008, 10:10 PM
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#10 | | New Member
Join Date: Apr 2007 Gender: Female
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| I wouldn't be surprised if JHU lost a few people. Harvard announced a few weeks ago that they were planning to admit about 150-175 students off their waitlist, and undoubtedly, many of those students will also have accepted offers from other top schools. If those school lose students, regardless of enrollment figures, they're going to have to pull students off their WL as well. So don't lose hope if you're on there. | |
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05-12-2008, 08:01 AM
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#11 | | College Rep
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Johns Hopkins University Gender: Male
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| al6200:
I am not sure why you are confused. We have met our FINAL enrollment goal ... the number of students we want to arrive in September. That does not mean we will not lose students over the summer - what is known as the summer melt - and what Kyuu alludes to in her post. Therefore, we need to admit a handful of students off the wait list so we continue to maintain our final enrollment target over the summer.
Also, what we did last year has nothing to do with what we do this year. You really should read the Wait List Discussion Thread update again because it is pretty clear how the process works at Hopkins. | |
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05-12-2008, 03:28 PM
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#12 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
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| Okay, thanks. I misread that the first 30 covered the summer melt (hopefully not though). | |
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05-13-2008, 11:05 AM
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#13 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2008
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| Congrats to those who have been accepted off the waitlist. Would you mind sharing:
Which state are you from?
Did you apply with interest in a specific major or as undecided? | |
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05-17-2008, 12:23 PM
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#14 | | New Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
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| Anybody know when the 30 WL students let in have to inform JHU of their decision? | |
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05-20-2008, 08:12 AM
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#15 | | College Rep
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Johns Hopkins University Gender: Male
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| The first group of WL admits were given until May 27th. | |
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