<p>This years Early Decision applicant pool was one of the most competitive in Hopkins history, especially for the BME major. As you probably already know, applicants to Johns Hopkins interested in studying biomedical engineering must indicate BME as their first-choice major on their applications. The BME major at Hopkins is our only limited-enrollment program, which means that students must be admitted specifically into the BME major. Students can be admitted to the university without acceptance to BME.</p>
<p>At this time, your accomplishments place you among a select group of students, and the Admissions Committee agrees that your acceptance is well earned. However, due to the keen competitiveness of the BME major, the committee needs to defer the decision about your acceptance into the major until we can review the complete BME applicant pool during Regular Decision. We certainly hope you will choose to enroll at the Hopkins now, but I understand if you would like to defer your decision until April.</p>
<p>As stated in your letter, although we are not able to offer you a place in the BME major at this time, your application will automatically be reconsidered in the context of the Regular Decision applicant pool, whether you enroll now or wait to enroll in the spring. Competition for BME during Regular Decision is quite high, with less than 20 percent of admitted applicants being offered enrollment into the major.</p>
<p>Samian: put special emphasis on the last sentence of the last paragraph; this came from <a href=“http://www.jhu.edu/~admis/faqs/edfresh.html[/url]”>http://www.jhu.edu/~admis/faqs/edfresh.html</a></p>