Early Decision Financial Aid at Johns Hopkins

Paying for College
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If I were to apply and get accepted into Johns Hopkins through early decision, when would I know how much financial aid I received? And what would happen if, even with the amount of financial aid I received, the cost was still too expensive that I wouldn’t be able to attend?

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  1. You will receive your financial aid award eithe with or very shortly after an ED cceotance.
  2. There is a net price calculator on the Hopkins website. Have you run your family financials on that? It will give you a good estimate of your net costs at JHU. Are your parents divorced, business owners, self employed or owners of real estate other than you primary residence? If you say NO to all of those questions...and your parents have regular jobs with w2 forms to show income, you should get a decent estimate....start there.

If the net price calculator indicates an unaffordable cost…apply at your own risk.

  1. If financial aid is a significant consideration, why are you applying ED at all? The premise of ED is that you have done your due diligence, and WILL attend if accepted. Yes, you can decline the ED acceptance if the aid is nit sufficient...but what’s the point? If you honestly feel the aid might not work..apply regular decision...where you might have multiple good net costs to consider.
  2. Is there some reason you think your need based aid might not be sufficient? What is that?
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Assume you will be full pay at Johns Hopkins unless otherwise indicated.
Our daughter was accepted without a penny of aid.

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@“aunt bea”

John’s Hopkins meets full need for all accepted students. If your student didn’t receive need based aid, it’s because the school calculated that you had no need based aid. They award grant aid to students with family incomes up to $200,000. Clearly…not full free rides for higher income…but something.

https://www.jhu.edu/admissions/financial-aid/

We have NO IDEA whether the OP has financial need…or not. But there is net price calculator that could provide some guidance on the potential net costs at JHU.

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Have your parents run the Net Price Calculator on the school’s website

As asked…are your parents divorced? Take business deductions? Own properties or investments?