| Location: | Mid-Atlantic |
| Setting: | Large City Setting |
| Type: | Private |
| Size: | Large (5,000 to 10,000 Undergrad) |
| Mascot: | Blue Jays |
| Nickname: | JHU |
The mission of The Johns Hopkins University is to educate its sutdents and cultivate their capacity for life-long learning, to foster independent and original research, and to bring the benefits of discovery to the world.
The Johns Hopkins University is a private university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Johns Hopkins also maintains full-time campuses in greater Maryland, Washington, D.C., Italy, and China. It is particularly esteemed for its medical, scientific, and international studies programs.
The university is named for Johns Hopkins, who left $8 million in his 1873 will for the foundation of the university and Johns Hopkins Hospital. At the time, this was the largest philanthropic bequest in U.S. history, the equivalent of over $131 million in the year 2006. The university opened on February 22 1876, with the stated goal of "The encouragement of research ... and the advancement of individual scholars, who by their excellence will advance the sciences they pursue, and the society where they dwell."
Johns Hopkins was the first university in the United States to emphasize research, applying the German university model developed by Wilhelm von Humboldt and Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher. Johns Hopkins is the first American university to teach through seminars, instead of solely through lectures, as well as the first university in America to offer an undergraduate major (as opposed to a purely liberal arts curriculum). As such Johns Hopkins was a model for most large research universities in the United States, particularly the University of Chicago. According to the National Science Foundation ranking, Johns Hopkins performed $1.49 billion in science, medical and engineering research in fiscal year 2006, making it the leading U.S. academic institution in total Research & Development spending for the 28th year in a row.
The university's first president was Daniel Coit Gilman. Its motto in Latin is Veritas vos liberabit – "The truth shall make you free." While women had previously been admitted to graduate programs, the undergraduate program admitted only men up until 1970. Admission of women to Johns Hopkins undergraduate programs was not considered until the late 1960s. The decision to admit females was announced in October of 1969, and in the fall of 1970, women were finally admitted into the undergraduate programs. In the academic year 1970-1971, 4.7% of students in the Arts and Sciences programs were women. In the year 1985-1986 the proportion of female students in the Arts and Sciences programs had increased to around 38%. Currently, the undergraduate population is 47% female and 53% male.
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| Percent of Students International: | 12% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 17% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Member of: | NAA, NCAA |
| Sports Include: |
Football (Centennial Conference) Basketball (Centennial Conference) Baseball (Centennial Conference) Track (Centennial Conference) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 31,620 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 5,213 | 15% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 2,661 | 7% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 16,996 | 44% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 5,782 | 35% | |
Any Aid: |
52% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 35% (Highly Selective) |
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| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 95% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 630, Math: 650 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 730, Math: 760 |
| ACT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting ACT Scores: | 19% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Composite: 28, Verbal: 27, Math: 27 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Composite: 32, Verbal: 33, Math: 33 |
| Application Fee: | $ 60.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Recommended |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Required |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
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I know that Baltimore, Maryland is a very dangerous city. Yet some neighborhoods there are quite safe. What about the area immediately surrouding Johns Hopkins University? Is it safe? Is it an affluent area?
16 months ago
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areas AROUND Hopkins are not very safe. Hopkins itself is a safe place. Its all about where the students are stay closer to them. Baltimore isn't as dangerous as you may think, because almost all of its tourists are going to frequent the inner harbor, little italy, M&T bank (raven's home turf), Camden yards, fells point and other highly populated bar areas. If you want to know where not to go ask someone who goes to Hopkins they will tell you the best routes to go.
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I was rejected from Johns Hopkins University today but was offered a spot on the waiting list.?
I was wondering... What are my chances of being accepted if I decide to pursue Johns Hopkins? Has anyone here been wait-listed from JHU and then accepted? I just want to know if it is worthwhile or if I should just choose another college. Thanks for the help!!
Thank you everyone for your help!
Hi Margaret,
You wanted to know what type of student I am. I am glad to help.
My G.P.A:
weighted - 4.271
unweighted- 3.780
S.A.T:
Critical Reading - 660
Math - 660
Writing- 740
I also took some SAT II's; I did okay, not superb:
Math Level II - 670
Literature - 650
Chemistry- 580 (I don't know why I took the Chemistry SAT II)
Extracurriculars:
President of Key Club two years; Members four years
Vice-President of National Art Honor Society; Member three years
Treasurer Student Government; member four years
National Honor Society member three years
I also participate in a lot of community service activities like visiting Relay for Life and volunteering at a nursing home.
The essay is also a big factor in admission so if your daughter is a good writer, then she has a definite advantage.
I hope this helps. Good luck to your daughter! Admission to a university is getting tough!!
17 months ago
Best Answer
Hi, I am sorry to say this, but mostly for any college that you apply to and are wait listed, your are more likely of not being accepted. I currently attend JHU, and I have to say that up to now, I have not met many people that were waitlisted and then accepted. Usually the reason for this would be grades from your high school, yet, based on your GPA, I would say that grades arent the reason or your rejection. Other than that I would ask what major you applied for. If you applied for the engineering school, then you have it tougher, even more if you applied for the Biomedical Engineering program, since its one of the top programs in the nation. They do like students that are well rounded in extracurriculars as well as can balance school.
Like someone stated earlier, you can try getting in communication with the Admissions staff, and sending in additional recommendations, one thing they do like and will add points to your acceptance into Hopkins is your relation with alumni from here, so if you know an alumni, or someone that can write a magnificent letter(s) of recommendation, you should definitely do that. Other than submitting additional supplements and speaking to the people here in Admissions, I do not know what else to say. Hopkins is a great school, yet, if in the end things do not work out the way you wished them to, you should have another college in mind.
Hope that helped. If you come to Hopkins next year, I'll see you here... Good luck!
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I really would like to go there, and I wanted to know if anyone has any comments, on how you like or liked it
23 months ago
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I'm a Johns Hopkins grad. Got my Master's there. It was a wonderful place, if you don't mind living in Baltimore, which I really loved. You will get a great education, but it is SUPER expensive. I'll be paying my student loans for awhile, for sure. However, you'll get real teachers and not TA's, a campus that is big enough to give you what you need but not too big to navigate, and there's a bunch to do in Baltimore, personally, my favorite city in the world - not that I'm biased or anything.
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Johns Hopkins is a higly prestigious university, and ranks among the best in science and medicine. But it is located in Baltimore, Maryland. So i'm wondering if the area around the University is safe or not.
25 months ago
Best Answer
Hey, I'm at the campus right now. Downtown is the dangerous area. The college campus is relatively safe, and you'll see security everywhere, so that's always a good sign.
If you ever drive from Homewood to the Med Institution (where I work) you'll see the "unsafe" parts.
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