Application Deadlines & Requirements

A completed application through Common Application or Coalition on Scoir will include your high school transcript, activities list inclusive of family or work responsibilities, list of academic achievements and honors, personal essay (known as the personal statement), parent or guardian information, the Hopkins supplement, and optional standardized test scores.

2024–2025 Supplemental Essay Prompt

How has your life experience contributed to your personal story—your character, values, perspectives, or skills—and what you want to pursue at Hopkins? (350-word limit)

The supplemental essay helps the admissions committee get a sense of how your interests and values align with the opportunities available at Hopkins.

In this essay question, we’re looking for how your background, life experiences, or interests have shaped who you are and what you want to get out of college.

This can be a future goal or experience you hope to pursue at Hopkins that is academic, extracurricular, or social, or how you hope to approach your college experience as a scholar, leader, or community member.

Wondering how to get started? An admissions counselor shares tips on crafting your supplemental essay.

Applying to Biomedical Engineering (BME):

If you are interested in applying to our biomedical engineering program, be sure to indicate it as your first-choice major. There is no separate application process.

Students are admitted to BME based on evaluation of credentials and space available. It is possible to be admitted to the university without acceptance to the BME major. If you are accepted into the BME major, you’ll be notified at the time of decision release. If you are admitted to the university but not to the BME major, you may select any other intended major in the Whiting School of Engineering or Krieger School of Arts & Sciences.

You can request a fee waiver directly through the Common Application or Coalition on Scoir. If you don’t meet the eligibility criteria on the application and need support covering the application fee, you or a representative from your current high school can submit our fee waiver request form.

Johns Hopkins University is test-optional for the 2024–2025 application year (students enrolling in fall 2025) but encourages students with access to testing to submit available SAT or ACT scores. As part of our holistic review process, submitted scores will be taken into consideration within the context of your broader application.

We will review self-reported or official test scores as part of the application. If you self-report your scores, and you are admitted and choose to enroll, you will be required to send official score reports.

Learn More About Our Testing Policy

If you’re applying as an Early Decision applicant, you must submit a binding agreement to attend Hopkins if admitted.

Learn More About Applying Early Decision

Ask your school counselor or another school official to submit your secondary school report—which includes your counselor recommendation, transcript, and high school profile—through the Common Application or Coalition on Scoir.

Also known as letters of recommendation, these should be from teachers of two different academic subjects who can provide insight into you and your work. They can be submitted through the Common Application or Coalition on Scoir.

When you apply, your school counselor will usually send your current transcript with few or no senior year course grades included. The mid-year school report allows us to review your grades and performance in the first half of your senior year. We’ll reach out to you and your school counselor via email when these are due.

You’re considered a domestic applicant if you’re a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, eligible noncitizen, or have DACA or undocumented status.

All international applicants must document the available funding for their education by submitting the Certification of Finances form.

All international students who are applying for financial aid must submit the CSS Profile.

Important note: International students must apply for aid as first-year applicants if they think they’ll need any financial help at any time while they’re at Hopkins.

Explore Our Resources for International Students