I applied early. i heard i would receive a postcard from admission office if they received all my materials. but i still have not gotten anything in mail. like all the other applicants, i am really anxious right now about the application.

another question is: may I submit any additional/updated information for my application, though the deadline passed?

For your question about checking application status for Early Decision applicants, I am going to refer you to another discussion thread where I have already answered that question:

http://www.hopkins-interactive.com/forums/ask-admissions/early-decision-questions/msg984/#msg984

As far as your question about submitting an update to your application, yes you may still submit supplemental materials even though the November 1st deadline has passed. Any supplemental application materials for an Early Decision application submitted prior to November 24th will most likely be processed and added to one's file before final ED decisions are made. There is no guarantee that materials submitted after 11.24 will be processed in time.  Also, do note that there is no guarantee that supplemental information will be considered in the review of one's application.

Hello, I have a question about sending in my supplements. I have 4 recommendation letters to send, so do I take all four recommendations and send them all at once together in one envelope? Also, can I send them in before I submit my common app? Oh, and do I send in the mid-year report by Feb 15? Thanks. :)

Your first required letter of recommendation must be completed my your high school guidance / college counselor and needs to be submitted by your counselor along with the secondary school report and your official transcript. This letter is NOT submitted by the student.

Your second required letter of recommendation needs to be completed by one your high school academic teachers and needs to be accompanied by the teacher evaluation form. This letter should be submitted either by the teacher or can accompany the secondary school report just like your counselor recommendation.

Finally, if you choose to submit two additional letters of recommendation, they are considered supplemental recommendations and they can be submitted at any time by any method.

The mid-year report is NOT submitted by the student but rather once again by your school. And yes, the deadline for that form is Feb. 15.

My first question is about additional recommendations from teachers. How many recommendations does JHU require/recommend and is there a limit to the number of additional recommendations we can submit?

All applicants to Johns Hopkins University are required to have one letter of recommendation from their guidance or college counselor. This should accompany the secondary school report and high school transcript. All applicants are also required to have two letters of recommendation from academic teachers. Teacher recommendations can come from a teacher from any year in high school and any subject. All teacher recommendations must include the evaluation form along with a written letter on school letterhead.

Applicants may submit additional letters of recommendation but we request students not submit more than five total letters of recommendation. Additional letters of recommendation can come from anyone, including an extracurricular advisor, coach, boss, research mentor, etc. Since two teacher letters of recommendation are already required, we strongly request that any additional recommendations not come from a third teacher.

Another question about research papers. I have done a research with a professor and it's been published so I actually wanted to send both the abstract and the article itself but seeing the previous post about how the admissions committee would only read the abstract, should I not do so? The paper itself includes some visuals about my research and I thought the committee could read the abstract and perhaps take a quick look at the paper too.

You may send in any supplemental materials you want. The Admissions Committee prefers research abstracts over the entire research paper due to the time constraints in reviewing supplemental materials. However, if you feel it is important to submit the research paper along with the abstract you may do so. There is no guarantee though that such additional information will be reviewed.

- How should I package the research paper? What information should be included on the research paper and what shall I write on the envelope? And I'm assuming binders are not welcome- should I staple the papers together?

We do not have a stated preference regarding how one submits nor packages supplemental materials. You need to make sure your full name, birth date, and high school is listed on any material you are submitting. Binders will be discarded, so staples or paper clips work better.

- The additional recommendation I'm going to send is from the professor I've been working with and is therefore hard copy. Does it make any difference whether I send the envelope or the professor- it's going to be sealed either way, if I am able to submit it, it would be easier since I'll just send it along with my research.

We prefer that any letters of recommendation are sent directly by the recommendation provider. If you have a sealed letter with the recommendation provider's signature over the seal and the letter is produced on proper letterhead then we will accept it if sent by the student.

- I have a couple of more research projects/ school projects I would like to talk about but I won't be presenting the entire research papers on these projects. I would like to present summaries/abstracts. May I include these summaries right after my research paper or briefly mention in the additional information section of common application?

Your choice. Just note that the Admissions staff will spend less than 5 minutes reviewing supplemental materials so you do not want to overload your application.