jhu scholarships

<p>Does anyone know the requirements for Johns Hopkins University scholarships for pre-med fields (GPA, ECs, SAT I and II)?</p>

<p>If you're talking about merit scholarships, see this</a> page. There's no application for the Westgate and Hodson scholarships, and the Wilson Fellowship requires an application. There are no strict requirements for the scholarships, nor are there any specific scholarships for "pre-med fields"</p>

<p>Unlike many schools, Hopkins offers only a select few merit scholarships each year, typically less than 80 offers for all ED and RD admits (3000+ admitted students each year). There are the Hodson Trust scholarships which value at around 2/3 tuition a year and then the Westgate scholarship for engineers which is full-tuition (only 2 of these a year). (((There are also specific awards such as the Hodson Success scholarship which is a merit and need based award, a few ROTC scholarships, and the Baltimore Scholars program - learn more here: Hopkins</a> Undergraduate Admissions :: Financial Aid :: Merit Scholarships.)))</p>

<p>With such few awards, obviously many amazing students each year do not receive merit based aid to attend Hopkins. These awards go to the most unique, most noteworthy, most distinct applicants we review each year. This handful of students are determined by the Admissions committee to be the best fits for what we are looking for - they fit all the criteria we look for at the highest of levels but they also have special qualities which make the Admissions committee consider them to be "hot prospects" and students we most want to enroll. Consider the scholarship as an incentive for these noteworthy students to choose Hopkins in the end. </p>

<p>There is no way to quantify our scholarship winners with an average GPA, average SAT, or demographic specifics. Every year the group is different and the decisions are based on the complete applications - not just stats. </p>

<p>Finally, many people wonder why so few scholarships are offered. Simply because it is our decision to focus our funding on need-based aid rather than merit aid - very similar to how the Ivy League does their aid processing. Most elite schools you will find do not offer extensive merit awards.</p>