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Applying to Hopkins
We are often asked to describe the perfect Johns Hopkins applicant. That's tough. We want to know as much as we can about you. Are you intellectually curious? Have you taken the initiative in your studies?
Because we emphasize learning through exploration, we know that independent thinkers do well here. Does this sound like you? What about extracurricular and leadership activities, interests, and life experiences?
Be sure to include in your application supportive letters of recommendation and any other supplemental information that can help us get to know who you are and what you can contribute to the campus community. (Remember that no test score ever summed up a Johns Hopkins student. Of course, standardized tests are required and considered in the admissions process, but these scores don't typically decide admission.)
Each year we review more than 14,800 applications, from which we must select a freshman class of around 1,200. Also each year, transfer students from other colleges and universities apply for entrance during their sophomore or junior years. Each application we receive represents an individual, and the Admissions Committee considers each one individually.
Recommended courses for admission:
- Four years of English
- Four years of mathematics
- Four years of a foreign language
- Four years of science with laboratory
- Four years of history and social sciences
Please note this important policy: Students wishing to enroll in the biomedical engineering (BME) major must indicate BME as their first-choice major on their application. Students are admitted specifically into the BME major, based on evaluation of credentials and space available.
Students can be admitted to the university without acceptance to the BME major. No separate application is required. Notification of acceptance into the BME major is given at the time of decision notification. A limited number of transfer majors for matriculated students may be available through the Biomedical Engineering Department at the close of each academic year.
Early Decision
If Johns Hopkins is your first college choice and you are ready to make that commitment, we encourage you to apply Early Decision. Each year, about 30 percent of our entering freshmen choose this option. To apply Early Decision, you must submit your application and supporting credentials by November 1.
Applicants are notified of the Admission Committee's decision by December 15. Admission to Johns Hopkins under Early Decision is binding. You, your parents, and your secondary school counselor will be required to sign an agreement stating that you will enroll at Johns Hopkins if admitted and immediately withdraw any regular decision or early action applications to other schools.
You may not apply to any other school under an early decision plan. We will notify you of our decision in time for you to make regular decision application deadlines for other schools. Most students not admitted Early Decision to Johns Hopkins are deferred and reevaluated after January 1 as Regular Decision candidates. Such applicants are encouraged to apply to other institutions as well.
Please note this important policy: Early Decision applicants who are admitted to Johns Hopkins but who are not admitted to the biomedical engineering (BME) major at that time will be allowed to apply to and consider offers of admission from other institutions. The commitment to matriculate at Johns Hopkins if accepted is null and void in this circumstance. Such candidates have until May 1 to reply to Johns Hopkins' offer of admission.
As an Early Decision candidate, you are eligible to apply for all types of need-based aid offered at Johns Hopkins. If you are accepted Early Decision to Johns Hopkins and qualify for aid, you will receive a tentative aid offer based on the CSS PROFILE Form, past financial statements, and current estimates. A firm aid offer follows in the spring, pending receipt of your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and prior calendar year federal income tax returns.
Unless the information provided on your FAFSA and tax returns varies significantly from original estimates, your financial aid package will remain unchanged. If we are unable to offer you adequate need-based financial aid, you may be released from the Early Decision contract.
Transfer Applications
Johns Hopkins welcomes transfer students each year into the sophomore and junior classes. All application materials must be received by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions by March 15 for entry in the fall. Applicants must have solid academic preparation in courses comparable to those offered at Johns Hopkins, and a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average, which includes all college courses. Consideration is also based on available space within particular university programs.
Transfer students must apply using the Common Application Online or the paper Common Application.
You must submit an official high school transcript, an official college transcript from every college or university attended, and an instructor's recommendation. (Official SAT or ACT results may be submitted, but this is optional for transfer applicants.) Students who wish to earn an additional bachelor's degree must apply for transfer admission.
U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or other eligible noncitizen transfer applicants may apply for financial assistance. Funds for transfer students are very limited and are only based on need. Please submit all appropriate financial aid documents by their deadlines. Students with a prior bachelor's degree are only eligible for student loans. International students must also submit the Certification of Finances form. Scholarship and/or need-based financial aid is not available for international transfer students.
Visiting Students
Undergraduate courses offered by the schools Arts & Sciences and Engineering are designed for full-time students enrolled in degree programs, but Johns Hopkins does allow a small number of students each semester to take courses for personal or professional enrichment as visiting students.
Visiting students are not enrolled in a degree program, but they may take courses in these two schools for a maximum of two semesters.
For more information, please see our Visiting Students FAQ.
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