<p>I'm sorry to disappoint those who clicked on this thread to "obtain" a loop-hole in the ED admission. I would like to have my belief "clearified" about the JHU ED. Through my research, I've found that JHU ED gives a high chance for students to their entrance into their school. However, I've read that most of those students who are accepted are athletes. What does this mean?
(I would like to start with a vague question so any remarks may be applicable.)</p>
<p>Many ED or EA students accepted at ALL schools are recruited atheletes. Nothing new about that. The coaches work hard to get their teams sewn up by the end of the year. But I do know that even the high athlete acceptances still makes ED a good deal for Hopkins.</p>
<p>Also, Hopkins has only two D1 teams (men's and women's lacrosse) so the extent to which they can technically recruit, i.e. with athletic scholarships, is very small. There were I believe 11 men's lax players recruited early, and probably a similar number of women's. After that, who knows what influence the other coaches have, but it can't be that much.</p>
<p>21 out of 27 Blacks were admitted ED in Dec 2003 (this was published online in a journal of higher education) However only about a third of the Blacks who applied RD were admitted. JHU wants to lock in the minorities ED so it doesn't have to worry about them as much in the RD cycle. Most of the best black applicants who apply to JHU RD wind up at Harvard anyway...</p>
<p>If you really want to go to JHU, you should apply ED b/c you increase your chances greatly. Admission officers have more time to evaluate ED applicants and decisions are less random than they would be for RD applicants. Sure, one has a good shot RD with great stats- but they also have to show a big interest in JHU and be unique in some way.</p>
<p>Wow. Once again I love these generic statements. People are confused with ED, most of the athletes apply ED since the coaches want to lock them in. You do have a better chance at ED but not a "great" one. This year's ED acceptance rate was ~52% with 379. Usually 1/3 of this is athletes. Considering athletes (particularly lacrosse) have lower SAT scores, the ED SAT average of 1367 last year and subsequent acceptance rate is very misleading. At the end of the day, if you are a rd reject candidate, you WILL NOT be admitted ED.</p>
<p>The boost to chances ED comes from the fact that Hopkins, like all schools with ED including Princeton, like the fact that they KNOW you are going there if they take you. Its good for them and it makes its easier. Thats why ED is a boost. We can argue numbers till the end of time but thats the truth of it all. JHU is a school that takes interest seriously. But they are also put emphasis on recs, essays and other things that their peer schools dont seem to weigh quite as heavily. other than that, no one really knows what is going on inside the heads of the adcom</p>
<p>and the reason for this is b/c JHU, like Chicago, Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore & MIT, places a greater emphasis on academics than athletics, compared to most Div I schools. JHU has very high academic standards for its athletes (unlike Duke & Georgetown). Being an intercollegiate athlete gives you an edge, but is nothing like being a URM (BLACK, HISPANIC or American Indian). Qualified URMs have a huge advantage at Hopkins- and Penn and Brown and Harvard and Stanford- whether or not they play a sport.</p>
<p>Im not sure I understand what your question is. Are you asking why ED admit percentages are higher in general? Or are you asking a question about athletic scholarships?</p>
<p>Ritcheboy, though JHU may be D-3 in most of their sports, if you check the NCAA lists, you will find them right up on top of the D-3 list for many of them, which puts them much more intense than some D-1 school way down low on the list.</p>