<p>The shorter the better – there is no set length that we suggest. The general rule is that the maximum time an admissions counselor has to review ALL supplement materials is 3-5 minutes max.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for all your help and patience, AdmissionsDaniel!</p>
<p>Hey again,</p>
<p>As a general question, how long does it take for JHU to send me an email, acknowledging that it has received my applications? It says on the Common App that the forms have been downloaded, but I have yet to received an email with an ID number.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
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<p>As I have stated many times before, Johns Hopkins does not confirm one’s application via email and we do not provide applicants with ID numbers. We do not have an online system for tracking application status. You will be mailed an acknowledgment postcard after your application is received and processed. </p>
<p>For RD applicants, it is pertinent to note that our priority is to process Early Decision applications first. That means an RD application may have arrived in our office but will not be processed for some time. Please be patient and know that we will confirm the receipt of your application once it is processed. </p>
<p>Rest assured that application files are checked carefully for completeness. We will contact students whose applications remain incomplete. Those students will be given an opportunity to provide us with any missing items before we complete the evaluation of their applications.</p>
<p>^^^Admissions Daniel has said before that he won’t partake in any chance requests whatsoever. I mean it is the day before decisions, so he has probably seen your actual application and passed his judgement on it already.</p>
<p>But I understand your anxiety as I’m in the same boat right now, a little over 24 hours to go! As far as your chances, your test scores fall a little under the average range, but luckily I’ve read that JHU doesn’t put a lot of weight into scores. From your EC’s I’d guess you want to pursue a path in medicine? I think it will come down to if you took advantage of your volunteering opportunities and expressed your experiences in your essays. </p>
<p>Sorry I couldn’t be more specific, but it really is out of our hands now. Try to do something to take your mind off it for one more day. Personally, I’m doing homework and watching football all day, so hopefully that kills some of the nerves!</p>
<p>As VAzimi stated …
I will not respond to any “Chances” questions.</p>
<p>hehe… admissionsdaniel is getting mad :P…
Atleast he will be happy tomorrow night.</p>
<p>Lets hope well be happy tomorrow night too T.T… btw those chance threads have got to stop… its all good when the person has lower “whatever” than you… but when something… just one thing… is better… its like stabbing you with a knife T.T … also they are pointless T.T i just hope i make it alive till 6 pm tomorrow… i feel strokes coming on… GL to everyone and TY admission offer"s" for all the info lately XD…</p>
<p>Hi,
Does applying to the BME major lower an applicant’s chances at being accepted to their second major that they put down on the supplement?</p>
<p>Applicants to Johns Hopkins DO NOT APPLY to a specific major except in the case of BME. So if you are admitted to the University but not to the BME program you can choose any other major in either the School of Engineering or the School of Arts and Sciences. Your are not locked into the second major you list on your application, and no other major is limited enrollment at Hopkins. </p>
<p>Further information:
[Hopkins</a> Forums -> Questions Re: Biomedical Engineering (BME)](<a href=“Hentai 44 - Hentai porn”>Hentai 44 - Hentai porn)</p>
<p>This may have already been asked, and if so, I am sorry.</p>
<p>I am appling RD and my friend from my school is applying RD as well. We have the same exact SAT score( the breakdown is different, however the total is exactly the same) but she has slightly higher grades than me while I have, imo, more passionate ECs. We are both applying into biology and I’m worried that since we both are from the same school, both of us will not get in. I’m actually a little afraid that she will get in because of her better grades. Is this something to worry about? Will Hopkins accept only one of us or none because we are from the same school?</p>
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<p>This is a common concern of applicants and it shouldn’t be. Applicants are reviewed as an individual applicants and are not individually compared to other specific applicants. What I mean is that our admissions decisions are based on the individual merits of the applicant as well as a comparison to the overall applicant pool. We do not compare individual applicants and choose one over the other. Additionally we do not have quotas of how many we will admit from a specific school – if we want to admit all the applicants from one school we will.</p>
<p>Hi. I was wondering how hopkins sees non-trad students. I have been back to school and such taking honors classes and getting straight as, but its a 2 year college and doesn’t leave for the most interaction with the students since it is commuter in essence(and esp when I am half a decade older than them!). I can imagine a lot of non-trad applicants go to 2 yr colleges and are going thru what I am. I particpate in clubs as much as I can… and luckily I don’t have to work. I wonder what the adcom sees when presented with this type of situation. </p>
<p>p.s. I was wondering how much impact legacy really makes</p>
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All applicants are reviewed individually and in each application review a student’s background, experiences, and previous academic environments are always taken into consideration. There is no formal policy that we have about non-traditional students.</p>
<p>It is important to note though that transfer admission to Johns Hopkins is highly selective. Last year our transfer acceptance rate was 8%. Further information about transfer admissions can be found here: [Hopkins</a> Undergraduate Admissions :: FAQs :: Transfer](<a href=“http://apply.jhu.edu/faqs/transfer.html]Hopkins”>http://apply.jhu.edu/faqs/transfer.html)</p>
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<p>Legacy plays a minor role.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/johns-hopkins-university/144768-legacy.html?highlight=legacy[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/johns-hopkins-university/144768-legacy.html?highlight=legacy</a></p>
<p>thanks for the quick reply!~ So, the hopkins website says you need at least a 3.0 to be considered. But what is the real average of GPAs of ppl admitted last year (in transfers)? Ill have around a 3.7/3.8 but I wonder if that is hot enough =D. </p>
<p>OH! here is a good question. I have been talking to Cindy Parker about the new degree program GECS and had a glimpse of the new program, but it is not on the common App, will it be on there after january? Or should I just pick Earth planetary science on the app?</p>
<p>Dear Admissiondaniels</p>
<p>Hey I’m thinking of applying RD but I don’t know if I satisfy the foreign language requirement.
Freshmen year I took Latin I and then Sophomore year I took Japanese IV (four year equivalent of Japanese) because I’m fluent in Japanese. I’ve also taken the Japanese and Chinese SAT II Language exams because I’m fluent in both. Would that cover the foreign language requirement? Or is that not enough?</p>
<p>JGee
I do not work on the transfer admissions committee nor do they release an average GPA for transfer admissions, so I can’t really answer your GPA question. I’d expect with an 8% acceptance rate, GPAs are going to be quite high. </p>
<p>The GECS program is pending approval and will not be approved in time for this year’s application cycle. You will not have that program as an option when choosing your intended major(s) on the JHU supplement to the Common Application.</p>
<p>szhang
JHU does not have a foreign language requirement.</p>
<p>Just a quick question… Wondered if JHU typically notifies the applicant when the application has been ‘recieved’? My son applied in early December and his school should have submitted his transcript and recommendations at least a couple of weeks ago. He has also sent his test scores so they should be recieved shortly if not already…<br>
So, does JHU wait to notify the student only when all of the individual items have been recieved? I imagine that’s why we didn’t hear anything yet and it’s been a few weeks…</p>
<p>OK… So I’ve now done a little better job of reading through some of the earlier posts in this thread. Admission Daniel has clearly dealt with my question about ‘notifying applicants’ many many times before… It’s been answered, I’ve got the information that I needed… Thanks…</p>
<p>Hello again,</p>
<p>I keep hearing that JHU doesn’t weight SAT scores very heavily when it comes to admissions. Is that true? Can a high GPA/class rank and some awesome ECs compensate for a slightly lower SAT score?</p>