<p>Hello!</p>
<p>I am a rising senior, and I really want to go to JHU for its outstanding biology program!</p>
<p>Is regular decision gives lesser chance than early decision? What is major disadvantage </p>
<p>of applying as regular decision?</p>
<p>Also is science internship helpful and perhaps increase the chance of admission, given that </p>
<p>academic grades and test scores are in JHU's range?</p>
<p>If you’re set on hopkins, then do early decision, the acceptance rate is much higher. Maybe like twice or something? But also know that you’re bound to the school so that you can’t change your decision once you apply here.</p>
<p>And anything extra always helps admissions. So yes, an internship would be beneficial.</p>
<p>I think these are the stats:</p>
<p>ED rate= 39%
RD+ED rate= 18%</p>
<p>might be wrong, but if I am, not by much</p>
<p>I believe that the overall acceptance rate was 18%, so the
RD rate would therefore be even lower.</p>
<p>Clearly, the statistical chance for admission appears to be much better ED than RD, but don’t be mislead. The applicant pool for ED is stronger than RD, and the higher acceptance rate for ED reflects that. The standards for admission are no different for EA or RD. That said, the admissions committee knows that JHU is your first choice if you apply ED and, like at most schools, there is a desire to admit a lot of students for whom JHU is their first choice since it generally leads to a happier student body. In addition, the smaller applicant pool for ED means that, if you have a special skill set that might be of interest to admissions (e.g., you are a good Tuba player and want to be in the Band), it is a bit easier to stand out. So if JHU is definitely your first choice, there is an advantage to applying early.</p>
<p>The disadvantage of ED is that you cannot compare FA offers. If you need a lot of FA to go to college, EA may not be the best way to go. You will get the same FA offer from Hopkins if you are admitted ED or RD, but you will never know if you might have gotten a more generous offer elsewhere. But if you would go to Hopkins regardless, than EA is the way to go.</p>
<p>One more thing–recruited athletes are in the ED numbers so, if you are not a recruited athlete, the real admission rate for ED is lower than it might appear.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for detailed advices!!</p>
<p>By the way, what is FA (I feel like I am dumb)?</p>
<p>If I get rejected during EA, does that mean I cannot apply to RD? (I heard that some </p>
<p>universities do not allow rejected EA applicants to apply again for RD…)</p>
<p>So EA is not necessarily beneficial than RD…</p>
<p>FA=financial Aid</p>
<p>And I believe if you got rejected from ED, the officers wouldn’t believe that you’d stand out among the RD applicants. However, if they think you have a shot, I think you are deferred to RD</p>
<p>^ that’s correct. If you apply Early Decision, three things can happen: an acceptance (which is binding upon you except for some exceptional circumstances); a rejection (that’s it–you will not be admitted that year); or deferral (you will be reconsidered during RD–you don’t need to reapply).</p>
<p>If you apply ED asking for FA, the school will make you an offer of FA; you have to take it or leave it, unable to compare it to other FA offers. If it’s not enough to support attendance, you say thanks but no thanks, and apply RD elsewhere.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for all the answers! I really appreciate your help!</p>
<p>I have some standardized tests (SAT-IIs, CLEPs, etc) and other continuous activities (intenrship and extra-curricular activities) that are schedule to finish between October and November. In that case, Regular Decision is much wise to go for, right?</p>
<p>So there is no really good advantage for EA, and RD might actually be more safe?</p>
<p>ED is very advantageous because of the drastically higher acceptance rate</p>
<p>But I thought despite the higher acceptance rate, EA is much competitive due to excellent pool of applicants. </p>
<p>Does JHU’s EA put serious consideration on extra-curricular activities and others (recommendation letter, student essay, awards, etc.) lust like RD, or is EA consisted mostly of GPA and standardized tests?</p>
<p>RD and EA applicants are evaluated in the same way, according to Admissions.</p>