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Colleges and Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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<p>Just got the email. Waitlisted.</p>

<p>However, I have a few questions:</p>

<p>I heard a rumor that waitlistees get less financial aid. Is this correct?</p>

<p>By far, JHU is my top choice. If I send in the waitlist card to show Im interested, will I be legally bound to attend JHU if accepted, or even if I don't get enough financial aid?</p>

<p>I already got several acceptances but dont want to commit to a university if it doesn't give me enough aid. What should I do?</p>

<p>Replies will be greatly appreciated.</p>

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<p>33 views and no replies.</p>

<p>BUMP please</p>

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<p>No you are not legally bound. And no you probably will not lose much in terms of financial aid since they accept people with a projected amount of funding for all potential enrollees.</p>

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<p>OK. So if there is even the slightest probability that I am accepted, and then I am, how easy would it be to back out of my college that I have already accepted (which in my case is UNCCH). Besides just losing the admission fee, will it hurt me in any other way?</p>

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<p>No drawbacks except for the loss of the deposit. Thats all.</p>

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<p>thats great!!!</p>

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<p>Ok, let's try to answer all your questions...</p>

<p>(1) If you complete the postcard and say you want to stay on the JHU waitlist you are not bound to enroll at JHU if admitted off the waitlist.</p>

<p>(2) If you deposit at another school, then get in off the waitlist at JHU, and choose to enroll at JHU - the only drawback will be losing the deposit. Schools expect students to drop out because of waitlist action at other schools - we actually have a term for it, "summer melt."</p>

<p>(3) There is no guarantee of financial assistance for students accepted from the waitlist. There will be the chance that we go to the waitlist but have run out of aid money. So students admitted off the waitlist have no guarantee that assistance will be available.</p>

<p>(4) Finally, we may admit students from the waitlist as early as April 30—although that hasn't happened in recent years—or as late as June 15, or not at all. We recommend that you submit your deposit to a school where you have been accepted. If you are later admitted to Hopkins from the waitlist and plan to attend, you should withdraw your enrollment from that other school and be prepared to forfeit your deposit.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>I was just wondering if a school decides not to admit any student from its wait list, will the students on that list be notified?</p>

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<p>Yes. Once the decision is made by a school not to go to the waitlist, those students who chose to remain on the waitlist are notified. Last year we notified students in late-June that we would not be taking any students off the waitlist.</p>