<p>If you read the Insider Blog, it says that less people are getting admitted.. which is understandable as I read the blog and whatnot. But is anybody else really really freaked out?? I feel like I can be kissing any chance of admission goodbye as my stats were pretty borderline was it is... just trying to relieve some stress and find strength in numbers, haha</p>
<p>oh man down from 35 to 25%. Guess i have to live in the temple praying for the next month :(</p>
<p>great- phoenix university here i come----well at least not in real space</p>
<p>FEWER people... gosh please speak English next time</p>
<p>omg I is so done with that SAT writing crap</p>
<p>lol</p>
<p>Wow, chlor... calm down. I guess my use of the word "less" means that I'm not speaking English anymore? Somebody has his/her panties in a bunch.. and let me guess.. you'll pick apart this sentence for grammar/spelling/punctuation too? This is the internet, not a report for school. Thanks</p>
<p>"Though LESS will be admitted, we have evaluated amazing students these past few months and are quite confident we will be able to shape the best Class of 2010 possible."</p>
<p>^ this sentence is from the hopkins official blog (
<a href="http://hopkins.typepad.com/)%5B/url%5D">http://hopkins.typepad.com/)</a>.</p>
<p>.. find the red flag?</p>
<p>"Less" in what sense, as in numerically less than the year before, or percentage-wise less than the year before. That sentence does leave a bit up to the imagination...</p>
<p>I feel like a huge dork analyzing one sentence so much....I should be a Lit Major.</p>
<p>are fewer people being admitted or is there a lower percentage. i heard that apps went up at schools across the country, so maybe the same number of people are being admitted, but there is a lower acceptance rate b/c of the influx of apps.</p>
<p>Less people, fewer peoples, fewer persons?</p>
<p>According to the Hopkins Insider, last year's applicant pool consisted of 11,277, and last year's acceptance rate last year was 35%. Doing the math, ~3,947 were accepted last year.</p>
<p>This year, an applicant pool of ~14,000 is expected, and the predicted acceptance rate for this year is 24-25%. Doing the math, ~3,360-3,500 will be accepted.</p>
<p>I guess that means that fewer applicants will be admitted AND the acceptance rate will go down as a result of the influx of applicants.</p>
<p>yes, this is true, for two reasons:
-the acceptance rate will go down because of the inrease in applicants from 11,000 to 14,000.
-the amount of people admitted will go down because of the amount of people accepted during the early decision round, therefore taking place of many regular decision spots.</p>
<p>I must say I enjoy the speculation that my one sentence in the Hopkins Insider blog has generated. Though you all have tried to analyze the numbers, I must admit you are all wrong. I say that with confidence, because I know that the numbers are not final yet, and will not be final for a number of days.</p>
<p>I can let you know this:
(a) the overall acceptance rate will drop probably to 24 or 25%
(b) the percentage of students admitted RD will drop
(c) the raw number of students admitted RD will drop - significantly from last year</p>
<p>Why is this -- well consider all these factors:</p>
<p>(1) The applicant pool is up 23%
(2) The ED population was quite strong, so there will be more ED students in this year's class
(3) JHU over-enrolled the class last year, which means we need to re-examine our yield ratios
(4) JHU is just cool!!!</p>
<p>(sorry the last one is just my own personal opinion)</p>
<p>Man....I have NO chance....Sux0rz...I was a borderline candidate at best, and with all of this info out, now, I'm screwed.</p>
<p>if you have no chance then I am utterly hopeless.</p>
<p>Wow. I'm really not getting in. JHU still rocks. I won't be bitter. It just sucks to be applying to college this year. Everything is getting way too competitive.</p>
<p>don't lose faith people!! i applied ed, and when i heard the number of applicants for ed went up like 35% or something, i was like....uh oh, im not getting in....but i still got in. so it's ok, if you deserve to go, you'll be fine. and if not jhu, there's gonna be another college out there for you. good luck people!!</p>
<p>yeah... when i read that i was not happy at all. jhu is one of my top choices so i hope i still make it... i guess i will find out in two weeks with the rest of you. at least i know that i already made swarthmore so i have another school to go to if jhu rejects me. but good luck everyone!</p>