<p>Everything matters – the admissions process at Hopkins is holistic and quite comprehensive. All application parts are reviewed and used in making final decisions. And as I have stated many times before, I will not comment on “chances threads” nor answer questions about what it takes to get in.</p>
<p>AdmissionsDaniel: hypothetically… I am accepted to JHU (RD), but do not receive financial aid nor merit-based aid. However, I cannot afford JHU full tuition with costs. Would there be any way I could request some sort of aid because of my situation? (no calculated financial need, no merit aid, but still cannot afford full tuition and costs) </p>
<p>this very well could be my situation if I am accepted so I’m just curious to see if I would have any other options. Thanks.</p>
<p>Under the scenario you present your only options will be outside scholarships, outside money, or loans. Only about 80 students will receive merit aid from Hopkins. As far as financial aid, you should use our need calculator to get a sense of what your financial aid offer will be: [JHU</a> Possible Aid Estimator](<a href=“http://www.jhu.edu/finaid/estimator0708.html]JHU”>http://www.jhu.edu/finaid/estimator0708.html). </p>
<p>If after you review your award, you and your family decide you can not offered to attend Hopkins, there is little that Hopkins can do. You will need to find the funding elsewhere in outside scholarships or loans. </p>
<p>That is pretty much how the process works … Institutions will fund students with either merit or need based packages … additional money a student desires needs to come from other sources. </p>
<p>This site provides detailed information on “paying one’s bill”:
[JHU</a> Student Financial Services | Prospective Students | Freshman & Transfers | Cost](<a href=“Student Financial Support | Johns Hopkins University”>Student Financial Support | Johns Hopkins University)</p>
<p>And this FAQ list can help explains the financial aid process a bit better too:
[JHU</a> Student Financial Services | Prospective Students | Freshman & Transfers | Cost](<a href=“Student Financial Support | Johns Hopkins University”>Student Financial Support | Johns Hopkins University)</p>
<p>Thanks for the response and links AdmissionsDaniel. The monthly payment plan seems very reasonable along with the 529 Plan.</p>
<p>I have a quick question - does JHU have records of SATs of people from their special youth search service from a few years ago? I scored well on the MCAS (MA required exams) in 4th grade, and JHU asked / mailed me to take the SAT and send them my scores etc.</p>
<p>If so, does Admissions even notice this? Or is it completely irrelevant?</p>
<p>Sorry if I posted in the wrong thread.</p>
<p>No, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions does not share records with the Center for Talented Youth and therefore we do not have the college board scores of students who took the SATs early. The only way we get your College Board scores is when you request them to be sent to Hopkins.</p>
<p>Having taken your SATs early through CTY has nothing to do with your application review many years later.</p>
<p>Ah ok. Was just curious, thanks :)</p>
<p>Hi AdmissionsDaniel,
I am interested in the BME program at Hopkins and was wondering if I should send in SAT 2 scores. would it be beneficial? my top three scores are the following:</p>
<p>Chemistry: 690
Math Level 2: 750
Biology: 790</p>
<p>I do not provide advice on what individual students should or should not include with their applications. The Hopkins policy on SAT subject exams is quite clear … we do not require them but we recommend that all applicants submit 3 exam scores. </p>
<p>It is the choice of each individual student whether they want to submit SAT II subject exam scores and how many exams they want to submit. However, we want applicants to consider our recommendations as strong recommendations, therefore submitting SAT II scores will make a difference in the application review. There is no way to predict whether submitting scores will impact the review of the application positively or negatively, as they part of the comprehensive review of an applicant’s file.</p>
<p>Also, I looked on the Hopkins website but I couldn’t find this info. Will they allow students to submit their highest scores on the SAT as well as the ACT for different test dates?</p>
<p>green101: I am not 100% sure what you are asking. If it pertains to score choice that is something that the ACT allows and SAT (College Board) will allow. For Hopkins we prefer a student submit ALL standardized exam scores and that the Admissions Committee determines the highest scores for a student. So basically our policy is to ask applicants to submit everything they have taken.</p>
<p>thank you, admissionsdaniel!</p>
<p>Does JHU give much weight to a candidate’s participation in CTY or admission to SET (SET being the subgroup in CTY who score above 700 on at least one SAT section before age 13)?</p>
<p>My child will have taken two full years of calculus by the end of 10th grade, and will then, probably, take two years of more advanced math at a local university. The university classes will appear as part of the high school transcript, and we will send supplemental information as seems reasonable. We have been told that taking the AP calc exam is probably unnecessary - would you agree? (I would like for him to avoid any truly unnecessary tests.)</p>
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<p>A student’s participation in any CTY or SET program will carry little to no weight in the admissions review. More than a majority of our applicants have had such an experience. Having completed academic enrichment programs such as CTY or SET will be a review of a student’s accomplishments but because they completed such a program run through Hopkins will not provide applicants with any specific advantage.</p>
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<p>The answer to this question is going to vary from school to school because all schools have different policies on awarding course credit – I can only respond from the perspective of Hopkins. Despite your child’s advancement in math studies, it might still be beneficial for him to take the AP Calculus exam to guarantee the receipt of academic credit. At Hopkins, AP exam scores are the only absolute in awarding credit – you can see from our AP chart what scores will lead to how many actual credits.: [Hopkins</a> Undergraduate Admissions :: Apply :: AP/IB Information](<a href=“http://apply.jhu.edu/apply/apib.html]Hopkins”>http://apply.jhu.edu/apply/apib.html)</p>
<p>As far as transfer credit from college courses taken through high school there is no established official policy. Each course will be reviewed by the academic advising office to see whether Hopkins will award transfer credits. Those reviews are done only after enrollment and are done on a case-by-case basis. An incoming freshman student is limited to an approved 12 transfer credits, whereas there is no limit to AP credits awarded. For these reasons, it may be beneficial for your child to take the AP exam to be guaranteed the receipt of credit if he is admitted and chooses to enroll.</p>
<p>Thanks so much AdmissionsDaniel! Your answers are very helpful. I think I will suggest that he take the AP Calculus BC exam this coming spring as perhaps the most straightforward method of dealing with credit for calculus. In terms of the other college courses, of course, it will make sense to work things out on a case-by-case/class-by-class basis.
He is not looking for a lot of transfer credit,having no interest in graduating early, but will want to be sure that colleges he applies to are able to appropriately evaluate his transcript in terms of admissions. So, supplemental information would be for that - to let schools know what level a course was, and, if appropriate, what it had covered. For example, he may take fewer than four years of foreign language, but his third year might be at the university.</p>
<p>Hi, AdmissionsDaniel! I’m planning to apply for JHU this year as ED. Since I am not native English speaker, my GC suggested me taking TOEFL.
My question is, how the admissions officers look at my scores; do they focus on TOEFL score, SAT (English) score, or both?
And, is it possible to get in JHU(alsoother colleges) with bad SAT Reading+Writing scores but high TOEFL score?
Thanks!</p>
<p>We look at everything in an application … because a student submits a TOEFL score does not mean we will ignore the Critical Reasoning or Writing sections of the SAT. </p>
<p>As far as your other question about being admitted with high TOEFL and low SAT scores, it all depends … every school has different approaches to review applicants and I personally choose to not speculate about such questions.</p>
<p>Hi, AdmissionsDaniel. I have another question about TOEFL.</p>
<p>In the JHU’s website, it says, “Applicants taking the Internet-based TOEFL (iBT) should have minimum sub-scores of 26 (Reading), 26 (Listening), 22 (Writing), and 25 (Speaking)”</p>
<p>Does this mean if one of my sub-scores is below the requirement, I’m automatically denied?</p>
<p>AdmissionsDaniel, what makes JHU stand out? </p>
<p>I know it is a very distinguished school for students looking into the medical field, but I feel like all top 20 schools have that guarantee.</p>
<p>I am currently “finalizing” my college list and between JHU and Brown, I want to keep only one. Is Baltimore a better place to spend 4 years than Providence, Rhode Island? </p>
<p>And maybe you can recommend some websites where i can find information other than a list of JHU’s majors and average SAT scores.</p>