Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD · Private · 5,693 undergrads

Admit rate: 6.4% (38,926 applicants)
SAT middle 50%: 1520–1570 (ACT 34–36)
Undergraduates: 5,693 (15.2% international)
Average net price: $18,809 (per year after aid)
Graduation rate: 94% (within 6 years)

Deadlines

Early Decision: Nov. 1, 2026
Early Decision II: Jan. 2, 2027
Regular Decision: Jan. 2, 2027

Essays

Hopkins supplement (all applicants) (350 words)

At Johns Hopkins, community is built through dialogue, collaboration, and a willingness to engage across differences. Whether on campus or in the broader world, community depends on bridge builders who can listen to differing perspectives, challenge their own assumptions, or work together toward shared goals. Drawing on your own experiences, what have you learned about engaging across differences and how has it shaped the way you think about building bridges, enhancing community, and working with others?

Editor's notes

Testing is required here, full stop. If you're applying ED I, Hopkins wants your SAT or ACT done by October of senior year. Plan the fall around that date, not around the essay.
If Hopkins is your first choice, the school is telling you plainly: most of its class has historically come through Early Decision. ED II on Jan. 2 is the same deal with more time, so use it if you need fall grades or a better test score first.
You get one supplement, and the CDS rates the essay very important. That 350-word answer is the only place Hopkins hears you talk about this school's question, so don't recycle a generic community essay.
Thinking about biomedical engineering? Decide before you submit. BME must be your first-choice major, and if you don't get a BME spot at the start you can't switch into it later.

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Essays

Hopkins supplement (all applicants) (350 words)

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