<p>I talked a JHU Financial Aid officer, and I was told that when admission process/decision comes down to borderline applicants, JHU is more likely to choose full-payers and so forth..</p>
<p>I do have to get a financial aid and yes, I am a borderline applicant. this news just made my day... -_-</p>
<p>you should apply elsewhere where you have a better financial aid plan. the applicant pool is still strong for the EDers to JHU. Being a borderline applicant doesn't look promising especially if you need money. Usually they grant money to those that are stellar applicants. What region/state are you from?</p>
<p>out of curiousity, conversly, if you dont need any financial aid will that improve chances slightly ED?</p>
<p>i am from florida. (does it matter??)</p>
<p>abrandel05 / i think so...</p>
<p>I can definitely say JHU was very inhospitable when it came to financial aid. I had a situation where my father was unwilling to shoulder college costs, but I still had contact with him. All of the nine other universities requested more information to understand the situation, were willing to help out, and subsequently did help out. I received a single e-mail from JHU saying, "The university is a source of last, not first resort." (I actually have that e-mail still saved.)</p>
<p>I was so ****ed off that I let them know on my reply card. They were my first choice, at the beginning of the process.</p>
<p>if it is apply ed and this is when you have best chance of getting money...if it is not your first choice then perhaps somewhere else is better for you</p>
<p>i am sorry , but "apply ed and this is when you have best chance of getting money." is not true. there was an article about the admission process in JHU in Alumi magazine and it says that JHU reserves better financial aid for RD and non-engineering/science majors.</p>
<p>although i am applying ED, i think its worse than RD. they reject you on the basis of aid, not even letting you the chance to seek out sources to fill out the gap in finance. In rd however, they give you an aid package and then you have to tell me whether U except or not. that's one of the things haunting me: they'll probably reject me on the aid i'm asking them. if u've got a different opinion, plz tell me.</p>
<p>but again, isnt this more support for the postulate that "if you have money and fin aid isnt at all necessary, theres an admissions advantage"?</p>
<p>yea, my JHU friend hot screwed with financial aid and now he is in "loan hell"</p>
<p>ya but i dont need loans either so thats not an issue...interesting question though...for those of you who do need financial aid (and this is in general not just JHU) does it factor in to your admissions decisions a lot or are you generally willing to take on loans if it means going to a top school?</p>
<p>so just to clarify...</p>
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<li><p>when u need financial aid you have to check "yes" on the need-based financial aid question of the hopkins Part 1 application (it's #11)? and if you checked "no," basically you don't have to turn in those financial aid forms right?</p></li>
<li><p>But doesn't this kind of violate the nondiscrimination policy?-because they are judging you as an applicant by your financial situation?</p></li>
<li><p>But doesn't it say somewhere that early decision applicants are the first to be considered for financial aid (so earlier the better)?</p></li>
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<li>true</li>
<li>well on JHU application, it states "The Johns Hopkins University does not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status ....(so on).... or other legally protected characteristic in any stuent program or activitiy administered by the univeristy..."
it didnt talk anything about financial situation, therefore i guess it's ohkay to put that into consideration</li>
<li>No. JHU alumi magazine said JHU saves the 'better' packages for RD(attract staller candidates) and non-engineering/science.</li>
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<p>abrandel05 / i would go a little lesser school if they offer a great financial aid.</p>
<p>what is considered a stellar applicant as opposed to say an above average applicant.</p>
<p>well i guess ones who won the national or international science/math/english/any academic awards, or perhaps published the NYTimes bestseller book.. so on.
basically many other top-tier(most ivies, if not all) schools dont offer merit scholarship, but JHU does, and at same time, 10% of admitee-candidates(before considering the financial situation) are denied because of financial aid.</p>
<p>man this financial aid plan isn't that compatible. how many ed'ers need aid?</p>
<p>upon the Financial Aid application, this is what it says:</p>
<p>"Your application for financial aid is considered independently of your application for admission."</p>
<p>dreaming:
I do not know how valid your source was, but for a University like JHU, I would assume its applicants are blind read like all the top tier universities.</p>
<p>If not, lets just say I am a bit screwed...:)</p>
<p>chicagonobel. i am very sure about my point.</p>
<p>by the way, has anyone else recieved a newsletter on Financial Aid. I found it quite encouraging.</p>