<p>I know each school has a slightly different policy on admissions. Some look at SATs more, some look at GPA more, etc. By experience/ statistics/ knoweledge of the type of people accepted, how would you say that JHU vaules SATS vs. GPA vs. ECs (which one is the most important, second important, and third...)?</p>
<p>Its things like these that make me love college board.</p>
<p>Admission Policies and Factors
Admission requirements:
Essay(s) required
SAT Reasoning or ACT with writing Required
SAT Subject Tests Recommended </p>
<p>Very important admission factors: </p>
<p>Character/Personal Qualities
Recommendations
Rigor of secondary school record
Academic GPA </p>
<p>Important admission factors:
Class Rank
Application Essay
Extracurricular Activities
Standardized Test Scores
Talent/Ability
Volunteer Work
Work Experience </p>
<p>Considered:
Alumni Relation
Geographical Residence
Interview
Racial/Ethnic Status
State Residency
First generation college student</p>
<p>collegefreak12:
I have answered many questions about how Hopkins approaches the application review process, so I suggest you check out the archives. There is a lot of information on the "holistic approach" we take to reviewing applications. The most important thing to know is that EVERYTHING matters, and there truly is not a weighted system.</p>
<p>To elaborate a bit more, I have in the past used an analogy of admissions factors as part of a sports team. Most teams have their starting line-ups and then also the back-up players. If you know about sports, the back-up players are crucial to winning yet the starters do play more of a role. Extending the comaprison -- the starting line-up of a student's application are (1) the transcript (2) extracurricular resume and (3) essay. All other factors are the back-up players, but they will all play a crucial role but in different ways for different applicants.</p>
<p>In response to tinas post:
I suggest that you really not put much faith on outside sources for information on how the admissions process works at Johns Hopkins. Many websites such as Kaplan and even the College Board tend to have the wrong information -- check our website (<a href="http://apply.jhu.edu%5B/url%5D">http://apply.jhu.edu</a>) or send us an email (<a href="mailto:gotojhu@jhu.edu">gotojhu@jhu.edu</a>) for the correct information.</p>
<p>Also, for the most updated information about the admissions process at Hopkins, you should read old posts of the Hopkins Insider blog (<a href="http://hopkins.typepad.com/)%5B/url%5D">http://hopkins.typepad.com/)</a>.</p>
<p>Finally, in response to this thread... I specifically recommend reading the posts in December and January and this one especially: <a href="http://hopkins.typepad.com/hopkins_i...months_of.html%5B/url%5D">http://hopkins.typepad.com/hopkins_i...months_of.html</a></p>