<p>Oh thank god, I can't wait to finally relax =)</p>
<p>Oh thank god, I can't wait to finally relax =)</p>
<p>what happened?.. did we max out on ED applications for Hopkins? I kinda see this as a failure on the admissions staff part? or is there an explanation to this? Other quality schools seem to be up-- at least slightly-- maybe it is because Hopkins admissions doesnt pay attention to rankings.</p>
<p>well stated JHU_michelle...I wonder where you get your information.
And oh yeah -- there is not going to be 524 admits.
Stop the speculation and let us do our jobs.
The decisions have not been finalized ... you all need patience.</p>
<p>Yeah we failed. </p>
<p>The ED pool is basically the same size as last year after a 39% increase.</p>
<p>The RD pool is projecting to be the largest ever, and oh yeah that is off of last year's 23% increase.</p>
<p>The quality of the applicant has continued to grow as does the applicant pool.</p>
<p>Admit rates for both ED and RD will drop this year.</p>
<p>Binding ED schools usually show very small increases in their ED applications - so last year was an anomaly, and this year was a continuing of the trend.</p>
<p>Most "quality" schools that are up are not ED programs. </p>
<p>And oh yeah, in 5 years the applicant pool at Hopkins has doubled in size. That is the largest applicant pool % increase for any of the top tier schools in the country.</p>
<p>If that is failure, I am over-joyed to be failing.</p>
<p>the rd pool is shooting up the ceiling...everyone should check the stats for the people applying for rd for jhu...its literally madness =/</p>
<p>Exciting..</p>
<p>i'm speechless</p>
<p>=( btw we missed the gl notes to eders for columbia =(...</p>
<p>scared just found out that since i use gmail then i will be able to tell the decision before i even open my mail due to the preview mail thing...</p>
<p>I know! I hate that about Gmail, I'm giong to close my eyes and click on it then.</p>
<p>"Admit rates for both ED and RD will drop this year."</p>
<p>I hope so. But we'll see about yield. </p>
<p>To, me, and this is my humble opinion, the fact that we admit over 45% of our ED applicants is not good. Hey, at least like you said, it is going down=most likely=from 48% last year. </p>
<p>What extra steps might the admissions people be doing to make more RD applicants attend Hopkins? No need to answer. I'm not Latting, but I'd like to know.</p>
<p>I know Hopkins is a great school, but what is being conveyed to these prospects after they admitted that will make them choose JHU over Cornell, Brown or Dartmouth? It seems like almost having 1/2 of your class filled "binding" by December doesnt make for much motivation.</p>
<p>"And oh yeah, in 5 years the applicant pool at Hopkins has doubled in size. That is the largest applicant pool % increase for any of the top tier schools in the country."</p>
<p>Kudos for this
lets not rest on our laurels</p>
<p>PalmBeach - simply based on your posts, you really have NO clue about anything an admissions office does or any idea of the complex market interactions that occur between prospectives, schools and competitors. If you DID know what you were talking about, then you would know that it is advantageous to fill a class early because it will reduce the overall admit rate by removing the volatility of yield prediction. </p>
<p>I believe that Hopkins has it <em>exactly</em> right, filling about 39% of the class ED. *Other * schools game the system by filling their class early and reducing their admit rate as a result and in turn, deny stronger students RD. It doesn't appear that Hopkins does this. </p>
<p>PalmBeach, consider that a first lesson. Educate yourself before commenting. :D</p>
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<p>< sigh looking at this i'm embarrassed to even apply due to my top 50% rank...O.o good thing my school doesn't rank officially =D</p>
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<p>more like yield "PROTECTION" to me.</p>
<p>Wealth--excuse you, I know a lot about admissions. </p>
<p>We are only minimalizing yield volatility, not eliminating it!</p>
<p>Also, prove to me that we are getting better students ED than we get from our RD yield then I would consider Hopkins' tactic "advantageous"..</p>
<p>Do we ever aspire to be a RD applicants 1st or 2nd choice? Or are we complacent with our abysmal RD yield made up mostly of ivy rejects? </p>
<p>add to your "complex market interactions" RANKINGS as well as the word "back-up" Let's pay attention!</p>
<p>i just want to say jhu ranking is not dropping nor is it going up...so its current policies are not damaging the system in any way. It is true that the rd people that choose to attend jhu are usually ivy rejects with exception to cornell who is around at the same ranking as jhu.
2007- us news #16
2006-us news #13
3 ranks is just a slight deviation</p>
<p>--however, rankings isn't everything plus these rankings are usually based subjectively =D</p>
<p>i've heard quite a few conflicting numbers regarding jhu's percentage of admitted ED applicants. some say 66% of ED applicants get in, while others say 30% or so. i'm a junior right now, but i really want to apply ED to hopkins next year and i wanna know what i'm up against.</p>
<p>to look up who you r up against u should check the admission statistics not the percentage of people accepted</p>
<p>admission statistics=gpa, sat score ranges, and jhu's value in ranking of ec's, letters of recs, etc</p>
<p>i know that, but other than those things, i just want to know what the chances are. obviously many equally qualified students get rejected.</p>