<p>Wow, I am glad that I returned to College Confidential. What a nice return greeting. </p>
<p>@dylandlima
The reason I responded to your post is that you posted it on a discussion thread called “JHU Admissions Officers Corner.” The assumption is that people who are posting on this thread are asking questions of the official Admissions Officer … me. </p>
<p>@NickFan
Thanks for the support and respect.</p>
<p>Once again, I didn’t mean to disrespect you, if it came off that way, I apologize. I also apologize for posting my original post in the wrong section, I wasn’t paying attention and did not notice that this was the “JHU Admissions Officer’s Corner”.</p>
<p>I have a question about the merit based scholarships JHU offers…</p>
<p>Is there, by some crazy chance, I profile of people who got some of them? I really want to know what it takes, so I know if I can be in the league or not.</p>
<p>dylandlima, you should really learn tone. even i felt offended, and i’m not even AdmissionsDaniel…</p>
<p>Admissions Daniel, I was wondering if it’s not too late to send another letter of recommendation. A person that I know would right a fantastic recommendation just offered to write one yesterday. Thanks for any information.</p>
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<p>We will issue less than 60 merit-based scholarship award offers this year. Only the elite and most noteoworthy of our admitted students in all application categories will be offered such awards, therefore we cannot quantify one’s chances for receiving a merit-based scholarship in terms of GPA, SAT/ACT scores, or other quantifiable statistics. </p>
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It is not too late to send in additional information to update one’s application, such as a new recommendation, however be aware that there is no guarantee that the information will be reviewed. The information will be added to your file, but an admissions reader will not be notified to re-review the file with the additional information. The information will be there is the file is reviewed again or in committee, but we do not review individually supplemental items sent after our deadlines.</p>
<p>Okay thanks. Is there a specific location that they should be sent to?</p>
<p>Does anyone know when RD decisions come out?</p>
<p>@pfips123
[Johns</a> Hopkins University Office of Undergraduate Admissions - Apply - Application](<a href=“http://apply.jhu.edu/apply/application.html]Johns”>http://apply.jhu.edu/apply/application.html)
Mailing Address
Any application forms that need to be mailed should be sent to the following address:</p>
<p>Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Johns Hopkins University
Mason Hall / 3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218</p>
<p>@kicksave
No, no one knows when RD decisions come out because it has not been determined yet. Before April 1st is all that is known right now.</p>
<p>is the myJH financial aid site for accepted applicants only? or can we check our financial aid status online?</p>
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<p>I am not really sure what you are asking about here. If you are talking about the ISIS system that is set-up by the financial aid office for anyone applying for need-based financial aid, then yes that system is for all applicants to track if their financial aid materials have been received. The ISIS system has nothing to do with the status of one’s admissions application, it only tracks financial aid documents. After regular decision notifications are released, then admitted students will be able to check the ISIS system to see what their financial aid package consists of.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks. I was just wondering about the financial aid. Not admissions decisions. Will we know our financial aid immediately if we are accepted?</p>
<p>AdmissionsDaniel: You posted earlier that we would receive decisions before April 1. Are decisions emailed or snail mailed? (I don’t live in the US, so snail mail wouldn’t arrive on time.)</p>
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<p>As I stated in my last response, after regular decision notifications are released, admitted students will the be able to check the ISIS system to see what their financial aid package consists of. Financial aid packages are also included in the mailed acceptance package. </p>
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<p>This blog post explains how RD notifications were released last year:
[Hopkins</a> Insider Breaking News: RD Notification Release Explained](<a href=“http://blogs.hopkins-interactive.com/blog/2010/03/breaking-news-rd-notification-release-explained/]Hopkins”>http://blogs.hopkins-interactive.com/blog/2010/03/breaking-news-rd-notification-release-explained/)</p>
<p>The process this year will most likely be the same. There will be an update posted to the Hopkins Insider blog later in March with full details on how the release of RD notifications will work and what day notifications will be released.</p>
<p>AdmissionsDan</p>
<p>I was wondering if you could clear up a question that I’ve had for sometime now. How does Hopkins determine strength of schedule, what basis does it play in decisions, and are certain classes seen a more difficult than others (say IB Higher Level Math vs. IB Math Studies)</p>
<p>Thanks :)… It’s good to have you back</p>
<p>I’d like to know the answer to ZapadniyRus’s question too.</p>
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<p>We determine strength of schedule - what we call rigor - based on each individual’s applicant high school offerings. Rigor value is provided for students when they are taking the most advanced courses offered by their high school, which typically includes AP or IB for U.S. based school systems. Each regional admissions counselor does research on schools in their regions and rigor offerings for these schools, so that we can review an applicant based on what was available to them. One’s GPA is always reviewed in context of their rigor. </p>
<p>In addition when reviewing an applicant’s transcript there is always space to make comments about a student’s rigor such as whether a student pursues AP Calculus AB or AP Calculus BC OR IB Higher Level Math versus IB Math Studies. Obviously, the preference is for the highest rigor where a student can maintain strong academic performance.</p>
<p>Dear AdmissionsDaniel,
Yesterday at 5 I recieved a likely letter in my inbox from Johns Hopkins University. It was from a woman named Zakaree Harris.
I have read your thread over and over and you said that that JHU does not encourage the practice of likely letters. Is the letter fake? I have tried to call the admissions office but they are closed today. What should I do?</p>
<p>@nil desperandum
No the message you received last evening is not fake and it was sent by one of my colleagues, Zakaree Harris. (By the way, he is a he, not a she. See this blog he wrote: [Hopkins</a> Insider Welcome to My Freshman Year](<a href=“http://blogs.hopkins-interactive.com/blog/2010/09/welcome-to-my-freshman-year/]Hopkins”>http://blogs.hopkins-interactive.com/blog/2010/09/welcome-to-my-freshman-year/) ) Congratulations. </p>
<p>It is true that in the past Johns Hopkins did not use the process of likely letters. However, this year we have notified a small and select group of students that if their current level of academic achievements remains in good standing that they can expect to receive a favorable decision at the end of March. For all intent and purpose this can be considered similar to what other schools call a likely letter. </p>
<p>The select group of students are being notified in advance as they will be invited to a special admitted student program in mid-April. It was our thought that contacting these students in advance would provide them with more of an opportunity to make arrangements to attend this program.</p>
<p>The number of students contacted, as I have said, is a very small amount; not close to the volume of likely letters sent by our peer insititutions.</p>