<p>i am a junior at a private school on long island with a 4.0 unweighted g.p.a, a 750 on critical reading, a 710 on math and 750 on writing on the sats. i have a 690 on the sat 2: world history and i'm taking the sat 2 in chem, math and hebrew. i have a 5 on ap euro and i am taking this year ap chem and ap english. i am editor in chief of the school newspaper, captain of college bowl, on science olympiad and model congress, tutor disadvantaged students every week and was 10th place in an international bible contest. </p>
<p>what does it take 2 get the hopkins merit scholarship? am i eligible? how much of the tuition does it cover? if anyone can help me out i'd appreciate it. thanks.</p>
<p>Son had similar SAT stats and even better SATIIs and ECs (but less than 4.0) and got nothing. Its probably a crapshoot. Where you are from may help (they want geographic diversity).</p>
<p>Just so you know, The school is JohnS hopkins, dont make the mistake when you get here, or no chance at the merit scholarship. Haha people care a lot about that</p>
<p>Well yes, first off it is JOHNS HOPKINS - you need to get that right.</p>
<p>But more importantly here is some information about merit scholarships at Hopkins that should be helpful. It is not a "crapshoot."</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 (about 3000 students this year). There are the Hodson Trust scholarships which value at around $23,000 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: <a href="http://apply.jhu.edu/finaid/scholarships.html.))%5B/url%5D">http://apply.jhu.edu/finaid/scholarships.html.))</a>)</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>
<p>As far as I understand it, JHU offers two merit scholarships that everyone is eligible for: the Hodson scholarship and the Westgate scholarship. There are probably more but these are the ones I am aware of. The Hodson one goes to about 20 freshman while the Westgate goes to 2. 22 freshmen out of about 1200 in a school like JHU amounts to extreme competition.</p>
<p>To echo roberthhid, my stats were better and I didn't qualify. I was international, however, and I'm not sure if your chances are better if you are a domestic candidate.</p>
<p>Note: I could be wrong about the above. Please correct me if I am.</p>