<p>When do we find out? Anyone know a date? I have looked on the forums AdmissionsDaniels sent us links to, but I can't find anything?</p>
<p>As far as i know, we just have to keep checking that blog. And it’s usually announced the day before (at least, it was last year).</p>
<p>If we want to make some bets on it, I’m betting that they’ll release decisions on Friday (maybe Thursday, but ill bet on Friday), cuz they always do it the week before Apr 1, aka this week.</p>
<p>I am betting letters will be mailed Thursday so that you have them prior to Monday for most, if not all, parts of the country. Typically it takes two days to reach the midwest (Sat delivery), maybe three for the west coast. Mailed on Thursday, they’d receive on Monday at the latest. Pushing the expected delivery much beyond Monday would have people thinking their letter was lost in the mail! People would start calling and they certainly don’t want to have that.</p>
<p>Plus… here’s another thought. If you are rejected on Saturday, you have all of Sunday to go through the seven steps of grieving and the likelihood that people would call as a knee jerk reaction is very much mitigated. It might not be true, but it makes a lot of sense to my way of thinking.</p>
<p>Letters are mailed out 4/1, according to the website. Still a long way to go.</p>
<p>AdmissionsDaniel has said that they will probably follow the same process as last year. IIRC, last spring they emailed everyone starting at 6 pm eastern time. If you look at the old threads, though, it looks like it took a couple hours to get all of the emails sent.</p>
<p>ETA: Last year it was 3/28 – the Friday before 4/1.</p>
<p>…emails? I was thinking snail mail…</p>
<p>I thought it was snail mail also.</p>
<p>Here’s the blog about LAST YEAR’S release (don’t freak out and think that this is for this year):</p>
<p>[Hopkins</a> Insider: Breaking News: Decisions to Be Released March 28](<a href=“http://hopkins.typepad.com/hopkins_insider/2008/03/breaking-news-d.html]Hopkins”>http://hopkins.typepad.com/hopkins_insider/2008/03/breaking-news-d.html)</p>
<p>“By email: As we have done in the past, in the evening we will also be releasing decision notifications via email. NO OFFICIAL TIME HAS BEEN SET YET. In the past we have sent decisions at 6:00 p.m. EDT and we hope to be able to do the same this Friday.”</p>
<p>Its good its email, that way if I find out on friday that I am rejected, and have 2 full days to recover(I will probably need more, but 2 will have to do).</p>
<p>^Awww. Is JHU harder or easier to get into than RIce?</p>
<p>What state are you in? Also, what major are you applying for? </p>
<p>On the whole; I’d say the difference is negligible, though. VERY similar SATs and acceptance rates.</p>
<p>Harder I think.</p>
<p>It’s harder for in-state kids to apply to Rice.</p>
<p>I was rejected from Rice Early Diecion ( i live in Dallas)… My friend with a 2350, and a 1600/1600(reading and math) was waitlisted from Rice…</p>
<p>I applied for a Economics Major to JHU(still want to do pre-med)…Oh well, I applied for FA, but about a week ago, took myself off the FA List(I don’t need it)…should have done it earlier since JHU is need-aware…</p>
<p>^WHAT? JHU is need-aware?!</p>
<p>Wait, so does it matter if i’m on the FA list but I’m sure I have NO financial need?</p>
<p>Idk, I took myself off because it would help more than just having my name on the FA list…</p>
<p>Are you sure JH is need-aware? Can someone post a link for this?</p>
<p>AFAIK, Hopkins is need aware for international students only.</p>
<p>As for final admissions decisions, the Committee is still hard at work going through applications. Here is the official statement from the Admissions office: ***“The Admissions Office will release decisions prior to April 1st. No official date has been set yet, but you can check the Hopkins Insider blog for further details.” *** </p>
<p>In the past, the office has mailed the snail-mail letters in the morning of whatever day they choose, and begun emailing out decisions in the late afternoon/early evening. I believe AdmissionsDaniel gave one-day advanced notice last year - I’m not sure if he’ll do the same this year.</p>
<p>AdmissionsDaniel
College Rep</p>
<p>Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Johns Hopkins University
Posts: 2,035 A few months ago there was a post asking about whether JHUs admissions practices are need-blind. I meant to respond back then but was inundated with application reviews at the time. I also expected a new thread to pop up after the release of decisions and it did.</p>
<p>Lets start with this
- Ignore the wikipedia site: there are a number of schools on that list that practice need-blind policies but are not absolutely 100% need-blind.
- Ignore the link to the Newsletter opinion piece in 2003: it is written by someone who had very little knowledge of the admissions practices back then, and did not do his/her research
- Do read the Newsletter piece from 2005 as it is a better piece and actually has a legitimate interview with the Director of Admissions.</p>
<p>Next
There is actually no clear answer to the question of whether Johns Hopkins is need-blind since the definition of need-blind has become so hazy over the years. Here is what I can tell you.</p>
<ul>
<li>JHU is not 100% need-blind. </li>
<li>We are not need-blind for international students. I think there are only 4 or 5 schools in the country that are not need-aware for internationals. </li>
<li>We are not need-blind for students admitted off the wait list. That will depend completely on whether financial aid is still available if and when we go to the wait list.</li>
</ul>
<p>Now the complicated part, where many incorrect assumptions are made. In the Admissions process Johns Hopkins follows need-blind admissions practices. That means that while an application is being review for admission it is void of any financial details. During a read of an application or committee discussion a students financial status is not part of the deliberation. We decide to admit, deny, or wait list a student based on ADMISSIONS FACTORS not how much a student will cost.</p>
<p>None of you (aside from international applicants) were admitted because you would be cheap or cost nothing, and none of you were denied or wait listed because you would cost too much. Those discussions do not take place.</p>
<p>Then why cant I say we are 100% need-blind well basically we have a financial aid budget. We, like almost every school out there, work with limited funds and we are not able to go over budget. Thankfully that budget is a good budget and this does not become an issue. As we complete the class we must calculate the total of financial aid we are spending and make sure that we will not overuse our budget. Thankfully in the four years I have been working for Hopkins this has not become an issue.</p>
<p>I end with a paraphrased quote from my boss:
However, it is important to note that Hopkins follows a “need-blind” standard in admissions, meaning that admissions counselors making a decision [do not] access any given applicant’s financial information.</p>
<p>Hope this makes sense.</p>
<p>So wait, common consensus is decisions come out either tomorrow or Fri, according to this website and a poll on Hopkins Insider…?</p>