<p>So my top two colleges that I'm looking to apply to are Hopkins and Georgetown. I want to study International Relations and I know both schools have great programs. And, after doing some research, and visiting the schools, I like Georgetown a little bit more than Hopkins. Granted, when I visited Hopkins, I fell in love with it, but the idea of going to college in Washington D.C., and studying international relations, is awesome. And I know, if I were lucky enough to get accepted into either of these schools I would be happy going there. So my question is, what is the admit rate for JHU ED and is it so much significantly higher that it's worth applying early rather than regular decision? </p>
<p>JHU Class of 2018. ED- 33%, RD- 17%- this trend is synonymous with most top 30 Universities </p>
<p>It depends on what your chances are to get into Georgetown. If they are close to zero, then it’s a great plan. </p>
<p>If you can estimate the probability of getting in, and if you can assign happiness scores to each possible outcome, you can calculate whether applying to Johns Hopkins ED will make you more or less happy. </p>
<p>Do you have access to Naviance?</p>
<p>@ClassicRockerDad I do have access to Naviance…why? And how would I know if I have a chance at Georgetown? Isn’t it basically a crapshoot? </p>
<p>I have found Naviance to be pretty useful for my kids. It’s not a crapshoot. If you have Naviance, you can estimate your chances pretty reliably. We can work from there. </p>
<p>What tools would I use?</p>
<p>Go to College Lookup. You can look at the scattergram which plots SAT and GPA. Draw a reasonable circle around your dot (bigger than the use), and calculate the probability of getting in. </p>
<p>Also look at the school stats tab and see if there is a huge benefit to ED. </p>
<p>Thanks so much for the help. Unfortunately, not enough people from my school have been accepted to Georgetown so the scattergraph isn’t shown because of confidentiality issues. But thanks again.</p>
<p>what about the school stats tab?</p>
<p>@ClassicRockerDad – I just recently learned that high school can tailor Naviance to their own needs. Our HS shows the school stats tab but does not include every permutation on the scattergrams whereas another HS I know does not use the school stat tab but shows every combination of EA/ED/RD and accept/defer/reject, etc. Given that limited sample size, I have jumped to the conclusion that not everyone has access to the same types of info on Naviance. </p>
<p>@CT1417 is right, I can see the school stats for somewhere like JHU, but not for Georgetown. I guess this is just to protect the privacy of that one person from my school who was accepted to Georgetown. Anyway, thank you to everyone who commented and gave their two cents. 
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<p>One more variable to consider is Financial Aid. Hopkins has the Hodson, American and GW have Presidential scholarships, covering various amounts. If you want/desire JHU as your top school, and can afford the full price tag, then by all means go ED, it doubles your chances more or less. On the other hand, if finances are an issue, cast a wide net, and see who accepts you and at what price you will need to pay. My kid was accepted to JHU with Hodson, at GW and American with good solid offers as well, and denied at Georgetown. Her decision to go to JHU was partly reputation, quality of school, and partly based on the $110,000 savings. I’m pretty sure if she had not gotten hodson, she would have gone to another school. Lots of things to consider in going to college, and the application fee is the smallest fee you’ll pay. Cast a wide net if you dont have your heart set on one school.</p>
<p>lmontoya, could you give your daughter’s stats for the Hodson please?</p>
<p>What does Naviance say about your chances of getting into Hopkins? Or schools with like acceptance rates to Georgetown? </p>
<p>As Imontoya brings up, financial need/aid is also an issue. Can you afford a school that cost what JHU and Georgetown will cost without aid? Have you done NPCs on the schools? </p>
<p>Still, when it comes down to it, IMO, if a student really prefers one school over another, going ED just to beat the odds brings a lot of questions and doubts to the whole process. So you apply to JHU to get the enhanced odds of acceptance, get accepted and see a bunch of peers get into Georgetown in the very program you want, and those kids have a profile similar or not as great as yours, and at age 18, you realize you settled when you could have taken a risk. When you gotta play it so safe as a teen, where is it all going to go when there is so much more at stake </p>
<p>My gpa and sat scores are similar, and even greater, than most of those accepted from my school. My parents are in a good enough financial position that paying won’t be too much of a problem (with scholarships of course). After a lot of consideration, I’m possibly going to end up applying EA to Georgetown and RD to JHU because I don’t think I would be able to live with the “what ifs”. Thanks for all the replies and advice</p>
<p>Georgetown gives NO merit money, so NO scholarships there, and not that many at Hopkins, one has to be the cream of the crop, and it’s mighty fine crop, to get merit money there. Unless your family qualifies for financial aid, the likelihood of getting any money from either school is about zilch. Run your family numbers through the NPCs for each of the two and do the same for any other colleges on your list, and ask your parents what they are willing and able to pay. At $60K+ a year at either of those schools, you are looking at a quarter of a million dollars to get a degree. Getting sizeable scholarships from outside sources is a huge challenge and not something any one can count on getting. Do make sure you add some schools to your list that are definitely affordable,with high likelihoods of large merit money, and that are likely to take you. Dont’ be posting on the fin aid board how you got accepted and your parents can’t pay, and the schools gave you nothing, which is what happens each year with kids who don’t discuss the finances with their parents and find out at the 11th hour that the schools they wanted are unaffordable. Peruse some of the old threads and you’ll see what I mean.</p>
<p>I applied ED to Johns Hopkins this year and got in. ED had something like a 33% acceptance rate, whereas regular was 13%. You have a significantly higher chance of getting in if you apply ED. If Hopkins is one of your favorite schools and especially if you’re borderline in terms of GPA and test scores, you should probably apply ED. </p>
<p>@johnnyhop18 what were you stats and what would you say was border line stats for JHU? </p>
<p>Son applied ED a few years ago. D applied RD this year. Both accepted. Difference was son had his heart set on JHU for years. Daughter wasn’t 100% sure. Don’t get caught up in an admissions numbers game - control what you can.</p>
<p>@goingnutsmom The Hodson Trust scholarship is given to about 20 students per class and is based on more than objective stats. Most -if not all- the Hodson recipients I’ve met have a specific, unusual, extracurricular activity: dog breeding, athletics, private businesses, foreign charity work, published research, etc. </p>