<p>I’m going out to the east coast for a tour of Johns Hopkins in a few weeks, so I called ahead to schedule an on-campus interview. That’s all fine and good, I got it set up. The problem is, I forgot to ask where the interview will be taking place. If nobody knows, I’m sure I can ask around the Admissions Office once I get there, but an advance answer would give me a little reassurance.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Why don’t you just call again?</p>
<p>I had an interview when I applied, and it was in Garland, the main admissions building. I’m figuring you will be too early for the new quad/admissions building to be open.</p>
<p>If it’s in a few weeks, it’ll most likely be in Garland Hall. If you park in the recommended parking (off of Wyman Park Drive) there are signs that direct you to the Undergraduate Admissions office in Garland</p>
<p>thanks for your quick replies 
now i don’t have to call long distance again or anything like that.</p>
<p>On-campus interviews are held in Garland Hall on the Homewood campus, the current home of the Admissions Office. When you arrive the day of your interview, check-in at the Admissions front desk in the lobby of Garland Hall and make sure to let the person at the front desk know that you have an interview scheduled. If you need directions or parking information, check it out there: <a href=“http://apply.jhu.edu/visit/gettocampus.html[/url]”>http://apply.jhu.edu/visit/gettocampus.html</a>. </p>
<p>The Admissions Office will be moving to our new office, Mason Hall, in the middle of September. At that time, the interviews will take place in Mason Hall and not Garland Hall.</p>
<p>Are interviews required for admission? When can we start scheduling them?</p>
<p>Interviews are optional. They are primarily informational.</p>
<p>Information re: on-campus interviews:
<a href=“http://apply.jhu.edu/visit/interviews.html[/url]”>http://apply.jhu.edu/visit/interviews.html</a></p>
<p>Information re: off-campus alumni interviews:
<a href=“http://apply.jhu.edu/visit/aluminterviews.html[/url]”>http://apply.jhu.edu/visit/aluminterviews.html</a></p>
<p>Do they affect admissions?</p>
<p>Please read the web sites I linked to…it states clearly that interviews are:</p>
<p>“More informative than evaluative …”</p>
<p>That means the play little role in the admissions process. Since interviews are not conducted by admissions staff we consider them an informational tool.</p>
<p>I will be going to JHU on Saturday, June 30th for the tour. I also have an interview scheduled for Tuesday, July 10th. AdmissionsDaniel, can you give me any important advice before I go on the tour and on my interview?</p>
<p>Do you know where both of them will be located, so I make them on time?</p>
<p>Also, can you tell me some questions they ask during the interview, so I won’t be tense once I walk in.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Amit, look a couple posts up. “On-campus interviews are held in Garland Hall on the Homewood campus.” Tours start there too. Interviews are done by current students and are fairly casual. As for advice about the tour, see [this</a> blog post](<a href=“http://hopkins.typepad.com/michelleb/2006/06/a_tour_guides_p.html]this”>http://hopkins.typepad.com/michelleb/2006/06/a_tour_guides_p.html) by Michelle B., one of the bloggers who’s a tour guide :)</p>
<p>If you are visiting on Saturday, June 30 - then you are visiting for our Discover Hopkins program and check-in will be at Shriver Hall … not Garland Hall. The program starts at 10:00am, so you should arrive and check-in around 9:30am. More details here: <a href=“http://apply.jhu.edu/visit/discover.html[/url]”>http://apply.jhu.edu/visit/discover.html</a>. </p>
<p>As far as an interview on July 10, then as has been said you will need to check-in at Garland Hall. </p>
<p>And nope … I do not give advice on interviews. Sorry. And as far as questions, every student interviewer asks their own questions … there is no set script.</p>
<p>Everything went well, except for the fact there was no food, and only bottled water. My entire family didn’t eat anything before coming, so we felt a little hungry during the assembly and during the tours.</p>
<p>My advice is to provide cookies / small snacks for the guests, since the assembly was during lunch hours. After the tour, me and my family went out to a restaurant in Baltimore City, and there were many other people who went on the tour also going to this restaurant.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Also what I learned from the assembly: SAT IIs are NOT required in admissions. But, I wanted to know, are they required for the BME major?</p>
<p>Also, if I want to go into pre-med, should I write down Pre-med on my Early Decision form, or BME?</p>
<p>And one more thing, on collegeboard.com, the middle 50% of SATs say “630 V, 660 M, 630 W,” but at the assembly, the powerpoint said “660 V, 660 M, 660 W.” Which one is the more recent one?</p>
<p>They normally have breakfast and lunch during open houses but those are longer than Discover Hopkins. </p>
<p>If you want to be considered for BME, you must list BME as your major choice. Pre-med isn’t even a major at Hopkins; you have to pick a major and just furfill the pre-med requirements. I don’t think SAT II’s are required for the BME application and I don’t know what the admissions counselors want to see, but pretty much all the other BME’s I know took SAT II’s (probably because most other schools that everyone applied to require them)</p>
<p>Amit,</p>
<p>The one they gave you should be the most recent one, however, I doubt that is the middle 50%. The middle 50% is a range.</p>
<p>These are the middle 50%s for the class of 2010. </p>
<p>SAT Total: 1990-2280
SAT Verbal: 650-750
SAT Math: 690-790
SAT Writing: 650-740</p>
<p>25% scored lower than 1990, 50% scored above 1990 and below 2280, 25% scored above 2280. Repeat for each section</p>
<p>The Discover Hopkins program is NOT an Open House … it is basically an opportunity to visit campus on a Saturday in the summer. The event starts at 10am (too late for breakfast) and ends around 1pm (just in time for our visitors to eat in Baltimore). Sorry, but feeding visitors COSTS A LOT OF MONEY. Thankfully we give water. </p>
<p>You should have known in advance that SAT IIs are not required … it is stated quite clearly on our Standarized Test requirements page: <a href=“http://apply.jhu.edu/apply/testreqs.html[/url]”>http://apply.jhu.edu/apply/testreqs.html</a>. On that page you will also read what we recommend for Engineering applicants.</p>
<p>Pre-Med is not a major. As well, Pre-Med does not equal BME, and BME does not equal Pre-Med. BME is an engineering major. Any student may be pre-med by completing the advising track set forth by the pre-professional advising office, and some BME students will be pre-med. In the application we only care if you are applying to BME – we don’t ask about pre-med because once again it is not a major.</p>
<p>College Board stats are always out-dated. The most up-dated information will always be found in information released by the school. And that is what our Fast Facts page is for: <a href=“http://apply.jhu.edu/facts/facts.html[/url]”>http://apply.jhu.edu/facts/facts.html</a>.</p>