Do any of you happen to know if Johns Hopkins is one of those colleges that offers deferred admission to some borderline admits – such as admitted but would have to wait until winter 2018 to begin? (I saw people here talking about that for somewhere else high-tier). My S17 also applied here to Hopkins couple of weeks ago, with SAT 1440 (out of 1600, but which is also a little below their average). My S doesn’t have similar EC’s to you, inspirational13, but does have some good EC’s like varsity team captain for e.g. Well he was also an ambassador for incoming freshman, like you, though he might not have mentioned that in his applic. - Here’s to waiting and wondering.