JHU Admission Officers' Corner

[thaisteak]

<p>Does JHU consider high school grades/ act/sat scores when deciding on prospective transfer students?</p>

[AdmissionsDaniel]

<p>yipyip0901

If an applicant who was supposed required to take the TOEFL, but he didn’t take it at last, would he automatically get rejected? The applicant has been in the US for 3 years, received a score of 600 on the SAT Critical Reading section and 680 on the Writing section. Is there any other way to prove that he ‘‘knows’’ how to speak English, other than achieving a score of 670 or higher or staying in the US for more than 5 years?

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<p>We do not automatically reject any applicants. However, an applicant who fails to meet our requirements severely jeopardizes their admission. If one is required to submit a TOEFL school and fails to do so, one’s chances for admissions will be greatly reduced. The only way a not-native English speaker who has not attended an English language school for 5 consecutive years or has not obtained a 670 or higher on the SAT CR section can show English proficiency is through the TOEFL. </p>

<p>PaperChaserPop

AdmissionsDaniel, my son was just named Intel STS semifinalist today. Should he send in this update immediately? Thanks.

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<p>Yes, such an honor is an accomplishment worthy of an application update. Do note that we do not process application updates received through e-mail. Your son would need to fax (410-516-6025) the update or mail it in. He should include his full name, birth date, and school. </p>

<p>thaistreak

Does JHU consider high school grades/ act/sat scores when deciding on prospective transfer students?

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<p>Transfer applicants are required to submit all college and high school transcripts, and yes grades in both college and high school are part of the admissions review. Standardized test scores (SAT/ACT) are optional. Please note that a ton of information for transfer students, like answers to these questions can be found:</p>

<p>here: [Hopkins</a> Undergraduate Admissions :: FAQs :: Transfer](<a href=“http://apply.jhu.edu/faqs/transfer.html]Hopkins”>http://apply.jhu.edu/faqs/transfer.html)
and here: [Hopkins</a> Forums -> Transfer Exchange](<a href=“Hentai 44 - Hentai porn”>Hentai 44 - Hentai porn)</p>

[fungal2010]

<p>I’m applying to JHU thru Common App.</p>

<p>My 2 teacher recommendations have been snail mailed in around Jan 5, and the mid-year report is mailed today. When JHU completes the sorting and filing etc., will it update the online Common App, i.e. will the School Forms of Common App indicate “Received or Completed” instead of “Not Started” as is now?</p>

[AdmissionsDaniel]

<p>[Hopkins</a> Insider: So Many Questions!](<a href=“http://hopkins.typepad.com/hopkins_insider/2010/01/so-many-questions.html]Hopkins”>http://hopkins.typepad.com/hopkins_insider/2010/01/so-many-questions.html)</p>

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Additionally, be aware that our system does not directly connect with the Common Application system to update the status of processed materials. Because the Common Application site says something has not been received / processed, that does not mean that is the status of those materials in our office. This is especially true of any mailed materials.

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[fungal2010]

<p>Thanks. Yr response is fast!!</p>

[PaperChaserPop]

<p>AdmissionsDaniel, I know you have said Hopkins can’t be 100% need-blind this year. Let’s say the school can only cover 95%. Is this 95% coverage for all needy or 100% coverage for 95% of the needy? I think it is the latter, but I just want to be sure.</p>

[SummerUdad]

<p>Where did you see that paperchasepop? After reviewing the accepted ED stats I had a hunch that monetary considerations played a part in the acceptance process. It does make sense in that without the coin the rest doesn’t happen. Very pragmatic indeed. I also suspect that there were some mercy deferrals that would not create a hardship with many parents who signed the contract. How about it Daniel? Am I way out there or getting warmer? I still intend to leave the world the way I came in - naked and broke.</p>

[PaperChaserPop]

<p>^<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/johns-hopkins-university/746856-does-jhu-have-need-blind-ed-admissions.html?highlight=blind#post1063029685[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/johns-hopkins-university/746856-does-jhu-have-need-blind-ed-admissions.html?highlight=blind#post1063029685&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[AdmissionsDaniel]

<p>PaperChaserPop
To begin with, I never stated that Hopkins will not be 100% need-blind this year. With our new University President, Ron Daniels, there has been a lot of movement on the financial aid front and there is hope that our financial aid budget will grow this year. No final determination has yet been made about the amount of aid we will be working with this year. More significantly, there is no way to determine whether the amount of our aid budget will meet the needs of our applicants this year. Since the deadline to apply for financial aid is March 1 – we have no sense of the need of our applicant pool yet. So, no such determination has been made.</p>

<p>Now as far as your question, Hopkins has been and always is committed to meeting 100% of the calculated need of our admitted students. (Calculated need - [JHU</a> Possible Aid Estimator](<a href=“http://www.jhu.edu/finaid/estimator.html]JHU”>http://www.jhu.edu/finaid/estimator.html)) So the answer is the latter in your question. </p>

<p>To explain a little further, the Admissions Committee chooses the students we want to admit without any financial information factored in. The financial aid office then funds those students slated to be admitted and we see if we are under or over our budget. In the six years I have been with Hopkins, we have only be over budget twice. If over budget, then the Admissions Committee must go back and determine which borderline admits we are not going to admit. Once again the decisions here are based on admissions standards. (That is all the detail I will go into, because our Admissions Committee process is a confidential process.)</p>

<p>SummerUdad
There is no such thing at Hopkins of a mercy deferral because of financial aid consideration. All of our ED decisions are made without concern to financial aid.</p>

[SummerUdad]

<p>Thank you Daniel. No wonder the boy is so interested in Neuroscience/Behavioral Science, with a father who is way out there.</p>

[PaperChaserPop]

<p>Daniel, sorry about my erroneous paraphrase. I attended one of your road show last year and remembered that you said JHU cannot guarantee 100% need-blind for everyone, which is different than saying not going to be 100% need-blind. Thanks for the correction.</p>

[Evacuee]

<p>Hi, I applied Regular Decision via the Common App online but realized that I did not turn in the Certification of Finances Form. The JHU Financial Aid website states that it is a required Admissions form instead of a financial aid form. Will it be possible for me to fax it to the Admissions Office now? Thanks.</p>

[AdmissionsDaniel]

<p>All international applicants must complete the International Student Certification of Finances form. You can access the form here: <a href=“http://apply.jhu.edu/pdf/2010/application_international_finances.pdf[/url]”>http://apply.jhu.edu/pdf/2010/application_international_finances.pdf&lt;/a&gt;. To submit the form, one must download it, print it out, complete the form, and mail it to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. We do not access this form submitted via e-mail nor fax, and there is no way to submit the form online. This form is a required element of one’s application for admissions and therefore should have been submitted by the application deadline. Without this form, one’s application will be considered incomplete and we will be unable to review it for admission. If you have yet to submit this form, you need to submit it immediately. Your application will remain incomplete until the form is submitted and processed by our office.</p>

[Jupitr84]

<p>Has any decisions gone out for admissions for round 2?</p>

[AdmissionsDaniel]

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Has any decisions gone out for admissions for round 2?

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<p>I think you might be inquiring about another school. Johns Hopkins University does not have a “round 2” of decisions. JHU has two decision plans – Early Decision and Regular Decision. Early Decision notifications were released on December 15. Regular Decision notifications will be released at the end of March. Decisions are only released on those two specific dates.</p>

[CJ_Madison]

<p>To Admissions Daniel</p>

<p>If you are “overbudget” for your acceptances for FA this year and you have to review the “borderline admits” - do you consider that some “borderline admits” fanilies might be willing to pay full price if it means acceptance vs. denial? Do you contact them and give them the option?</p>

<p>Personally, as a father, if it means no JHU vs. JHU we might be willing to take PLUS loans to be accepted to JHU.</p>

<p>Just a thought!</p>

[AdmissionsDaniel]

<p>In the scenario you describe, when the Admissions Committee goes back to review borderline admits, we are making decisions about their application for admission not their financial need. We are not determining a student’s admission based on financial statements, but rather admitting a class based on all the factors in the application and in comparison to the applicant pool. The budget determines how much money we can spend on our admitted class, it does determine who we admit.</p>

[CJ_Madison]

<p>To Admissions Daniel</p>

<p>Re: To explain a little further, the Admissions Committee chooses the students we want to admit without any financial information factored in. The financial aid office then funds those students slated to be admitted and we see if we are under or over our budget. In the six years I have been with Hopkins, we have only be over budget twice. If over budget, then the Admissions Committee must go back and determine which borderline admits we are not going to admit. Once again the decisions here are based on admissions standards. (That is all the detail I will go into, because our Admissions Committee process is a confidential process.)</p>

<p>I realize the admssions process in confidential, but logically the way you describe the aforementioned statement - Admissions submits to FA the list of students you guys feel should be admitted right? then FA determines if they can fund everyone on your list - right? If admissions is over-budgeted, you guys then go back and determine whitch “borderline admits” to deny- which I assume means borderline admits that need FA. It would not be smart for a private university to not accept a borderline admit that pays full price. Or, do you not submit the admit list of “borderline admits” who don’t need FA at all to the FA guys.</p>

<p>Just wondering if we should notify you guys of the desire to attend JHU without FA.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

[AdmissionsDaniel]

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Admissions submits to FA the list of students you guys feel should be admitted …

Partially correct. We submit to FA in early March a list of all potential admits – all applicants in contention for admission. Since admissions decisions are not finalized until the last day, FA will need to package many students who will not make the cut in the end.</p>

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then FA determines if they can fund everyone on your list…

Partially correct again. FA creates tentative packets for all potential admits. With that data then when the Admissions Committee determines the class we want to admit we can determine whether that class meets our FA budget or if it doesn’t.</p>

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If admissions is over-budgeted, you guys then go back and determine whitch “borderline admits” to deny- which I assume means borderline admits that need FA.

Incorrect. If we are over-budgeted we go back and review all borderline admits without consideration of financial need. The Admissions Committee makes decisions based on the application for admission, not based on any information submitted with a financial aid application. We admit the best class possible within our budget, and since we are committed to meeting 100% need of our applicants, we keep financial need of individual applicants out of our Admissions deliberations.</p>

<p>Please note that in previous years, when over-budgeted, it only affects a handful of applicants. Last year was anomaly when it impacted a bit more than a handful. (And no I will not release such numbers.)</p>

<p>Unfortunately that is the most information you will get out of me. The rest of our process for finalizing admissions decision is confidential.</p>

[bbsuite85]

<p>To Admissions Daniel: </p>

<p>Should National Merit Finalists update their status from Semi-Finalist which appears on their application, or is it just assumed by the adcoms that most semi’s ultimately become finalists? </p>

<p>And if they should update, do you recommend faxing or mailing the information?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance–</p>