Jiho,

First and foremost congratulations on being admitted.  When withdrawing other applications, you can either 1) send an email or letter to your regional counselor at that school if you know who that is or 2) place a phone call to the admissions office and ask to withdraw your application because you've been admitted ED to Hopkins.

There are no set rules to these post-matriculation transcript reviews as each and every situation is taken on a case-by-case basis . Every year a handful of student have their admission rescinded for poor grades, disciplinary actions, and/or providing false information in their application.

As what constitutes poor grades, we will evaluate for a serious downgrade in performance. Typically this is seen in a number of C and D grades, as well as any failures. Having a mild case of "senioritis," struggling with a rigorous curriculum, or a slight drop in your typically perfomance (Bs now instead of As) is all understandable. It is when there are a number of seriously poor grades will a reconsideration be necessary.

Make it easy -- keep up the good work so none of this becomes a concern.

I hope this helps.  :D

~Mark

Letters work too!

First, the best source of information about applying Early Decision to Johns Hopkins is this FAQ list: http://apply.jhu.edu/faqs/ed.html.

Now, as far as your question, it is important to note that as an ED applicant you will be eligible to apply for all types of need-based aid offered at Hopkins. By applying ED you will not be at a disadvantage for financial assistance.

All applicants accepted ED who applied for financial aid will receive an estimated aid offer with their acceptance. A final aid offer will follow in the spring after you submit the additional required documents (FAFSA, current taxes, etc.). There is a chance that the final offer will differ from the estimated award dependent on how correct one's estimates were when they completed their financial aid paperwork during the ED process.

If we are unable to offer you adequate need-based financial aid, you may be released from the Early Decision contract. Because no additional need-based aid would be available to you as a Regular Decision (RD) candidate, your application would also be removed from consideration altogether.

Finally, it is very important to note that we do not encourage a student to apply Early Decision if financial aid is a serious concern. In such cases, we recommend waiting for Regular Decision so that you can weigh offers from a number of schools. And also, our merit awards are only released during the RD round.

Hope that helps.

Early Decision applicants are not required to send in the mid-year report until it is available from their school. In most situations (like yours) that will be after the ED application deadline and typically also after decisions have been released. Admitted ED students will need to have their mid-year reports submitted by their schools (see this thread for more details: http://www.hopkins-interactive.com/forums/ask-admissions/mid-year-reports/).

It is recommended that ED applicants have their most recent senior grades submitted when they become available. In your situation, you should have your guidance counselor send your first quarter grades when available as they will help the Admissions committee. When reviewing ED applications, if the Admissions counselor feels we need the most recent senior grades we will contact your school and/or counselor to request whatever grades are available.

Hope that helps.

This Hopkins Insider blog entry from last November thoroughly details the ED process at Hopkins and answers your questions:

http://blogs.hopkins-interactive.com/blog/2006/11/to-ed-or-not-to-ed/

You do not have to send in your first marking period grades. You do though have to send in your first semester grades no matter if your early decision or regular decision [mid-year report]. If you send in your first marking period grades, you are sending it in because you think it will add something to your application. I sent in mine personally last year because I was doing well, but many do not.

Hohenheim of Chaos:

Though first marking period grades are not required for Early Decision applicants, the Admissions counselors may (and often do) contact your school to request recent senior grades before rendering a final decision. And as Jessica said, mid-year reports will be required and final transcripts for enrolling students. Poor senior performance will absolutely impact one's application revirew.


enavant:

There is no way to determine whether or not grammatical errors in one's essay will impact the admissions review. I will say that no one has ever been denied because of a spelling mistake or misplaced semi-colon.

No, you should be fine.  As long as you've indicated that you've applied ED we'll wait for the subsequent materials.  Good luck!

Understand that we are understand that errors and problems can occur, therefore we will be lenient when it comes to receiving and processing materials around the deadlines. Because one document comes late or is not postmarked on the deadline date, does not mean one's chances are diminished or we just automatically defer and ED applicant to RD.

In fact, almost always when the counseling staff is reviewing the applications we have no idea when materials were received or processed. Just don't abuse the leniency we show with deadlines and all will be O.K.

You may apply to other EA schools as long as they are not Single Choice Early Action schools (ie. Yale or Stanford among others).  If you're admitted to Hopkins ED, you must enroll.  

Our deadline is Nov. 1 for ED.  You should have had the application sent in already.  While this is the first year we've had the the deadline of November 1, this is still the deadline and processing is well under way.  Submit everything as soon as possible and good luck!

Mark

Here is our current message re: checking app. status:

As you can imagine, it's a busy time in the Admissions Office as we process application materials. Because of the volume of records being handled, we regret that it is not yet possible to confirm whether application files are complete or to identity which individual items have been received. We do request your patience over the next several weeks.

You will be mailed an acknowledgment postcard after your application is received and processed. Rest assured that application files are checked carefully for completeness. We will contact students whose applications remain incomplete. Those students will be given an opportunity to provide us with any missing items before we complete the evaluation of their applications.

We are unable to confirm the receipt of application materials through email. Early Decision applicants may call the Admissions Office at (410) 516-8171 after November 15 to check if their application materials have been received.
 

Your choice if you would like to add this to your application -- we do not tell students what to put in their applications.

To provide an update to a previously submitted application you must compose a letter of update and either fax it to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions (410-516-6025) and mail it to:
 
Application Coordinator
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Johns Hopkins University
Mason Hall
3400 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
 
Please make sure that all updates include the applicant's full name, birth date, and school (social security number is helpful but optional). We are unable to process application updates received through email.