<p>darkhope wrote:
“Just to comment on the admission rate…a lower admission rate does not necessarly mean that the university is more selective…because it can just mean the overall applicant pool became weaker. For example the year of 2006, admission rate for jhu dropped to 27% but I personally don;t think that it was harder to get into the school just because the admission rate dropped…it was probably (emphasize on probably) that the overall applicant pool dropped in quality.”</p>
<p>…OK, I just can’t let this comment stand since it is just not right. In 2006, the applicant pool for Johns Hopkins rose 23% and the acceptance rate went from dropped by 8% to a final admit rate of 27%. Along with this increase in the applicant pool and decrease in the admit rate, every academic marker either remained the same or improved in terms of quality. Simply put, THIS MEANS WE WERE MORE SELECTIVE and ultimately it was harder to be admitted to Hopkins. The last five years the applicant pool has nearly doubled for Hopkins and the quality of the applicant pool and especially the admits has also improved exponentially. And all expectations are these same trends will be true in 2007.</p>
<p>“regarding the gpa, there is a significant skew, the median and mean gpa differs greatly which I think is mostly attributed to jhu’s more lenient admission of urm through a holistic approach…this is pure speculation…after looking at sites like collegedata, chances, etc,etc…multiple students with similar stats like 3.3 unweighted, and 1700 sat points were able to gain admission due to possible significant circumstances and urm status”</p>
<p>…as far as this statement, you are making conclusions on self-reported stats that are on some random web sites and probably at best represent 5% of the actual applicant pool at colleges including Hopkins. Making conclusions based on college data from sites like College Confidential is just not going to provide any accurate information. JHU’s admissions policies are not more lenient, but we take into account a lot more than just a student’s GPA and test scores. </p>
<p>…and finally, when judging a school, if you are focusing on acceptance rates and “prestige” you most likely will be quite disappointed with the final outcomes of your college search.</p>