Oh how time flies! Graduating MS4 and happy to answer any questions!
Stats [source]
- 6,016 applicants
- 4,297 secondaries completed (no screen)
- 856 interviewed (MD) + 71 interviewed (MSTP)
- In sum, about 1/3 accepted outright, waitlisted, and rejected
- 256 total acceptances
-120 matriculated (10-12 MSTP students)
*There is no in-state bias and international students are welcome.*
Requirements (see helpful
FAQ)
2019-2020 Secondary Application (there is no screen)
1. Briefly describe your single, most rewarding experience. Feel free to refer to an experience previously described in your AMCAS application.
2. Are there any areas of medicine that are of particular interest to you? If so, please comment.
3. Briefly describe a situation where you had to overcome adversity; include lessons learned and how you think it will affect your career as a future physician.
4. Briefly describe a situation where you were not in the majority. What did you learn from the experience?
Optional: The Admissions Committee values hearing about each candidate for admission, including what qualities the candidate might bring to the School of Medicine if admitted. If you feel there is information not already addressed in the application that will enable the Committee to know more about you and this has influenced your desire to be a physician, feel free to write a brief statement in the space below. You may address any subject you wish, such as being a first generation college student, or being a part of a minority group (whether because of your sexual orientation, religion, economic status, gender identity, ethnicity) or being the child of undocumented immigrants or being undocumented yourself, etc. Please note that this question is optional and that you will not be penalized should you choose not to answer it.
Last year the word limit for all was 9999 characters, but previous years' limits were 1000 characters. As a former adcom member, I recommend you keep 'em more in the 1000 chara neighbourhood.
2019-2020 Important Dates
First secondary: July 2nd, 2019 (note that it can take a while to be marked as complete)
First interview: July 29th, 2019
First acceptances, waitlist, & post interview rejections: December 13th, 2019 via portal update (with email alert)
First pre-interview rejection: December 12th, 2019
First waitlist acceptance: May 5th, 2020
JHU is semi-rolling, so post-interview decisions are relayed solely in Dec, Jan, and March. As per JHU’s Facebook page, waitlist movement usually occurs by mid-May. The waitlist is unranked, and there is no differentiation between alternate list vs. waitlist.
Update Letter Policy
Updates are
not accepted pre-interview. Post-interview updates may be sent to the admissions office.
Curriculum **
unsure what changes may be applied with covid19**
Genes to Society 1.5 year condensed preclinical.
- Preclinical has been P/F since 2009.
- Pass is set to 70%
- Clinicals are graded honours/high pass/pass/fail
- Lectures are non-mandatory and recorded; labs and small group activities have ~80% required attendance
- Flexible Step1 policy as of 2019 (can be taken preceding, between, or after MS3 clinicals)
Interview **pending covid19 policies**
One faculty interview, one MS4 student interview. Faculty and student interview is open-file.
While waiting for interviews you will be in a "fishbowl" waiting room, where you can interact with the MS4s (you will be pulled aside by one for the student interview). You are technically under evaluation during this time, but don't fret or fuss – just don't sit on your phone/heckle your peers/fall asleep and you ought to be fine.
How Much Time Do I Get to Study For Step? **could change with covid19 and P/F step1**
"Since Hopkins operates on 9-week blocks, most students allocate one block for boards studying, often using 6-7 weeks to study and 2-3 weeks for vacation. Students who feel a strong command of the subject matter can often complete studying in four weeks, but weak test takers have taken up to 13 weeks in the past. Students who use more time to study have less time for elective rotations. Because the summer term has an extra four weeks, students can use this time in combination with the prior or subsequent term to have 13 weeks for studying." [Source: Class MedWiki]
Clinical Rotation Sites
- Johns Hopkins Hospital (mothership, vast majority of rotations)
- Johns Hopkins Bayview (2nd most common site, 15 min away and has all Hopkins residents)
[You may or may not rotate at the following sites – typically <4w at a time]
- Sinai Hospital (private community hospital)
- Greater Baltimore Medical Center (private community hospital)
- Addl sites: Howard County General Hospital, St Agnes Hospital, Anne Arundel Medical Center
- Outpatient surgery/clinics at Johns Hopkins Green Spring Station and/or White Marsh
- Various community health clinics and offices in Baltimore City + County (particularly for longitudinal clerkship)
Research/Add'l Degrees
- ~3k extended MS1 summer to all doing a project with a Hopkins preceptor (called the Scholarly Concentration project)
- about a dozen Deans Year Scholars (~35k) extended per year for a dedicated research year
- annual funding allotted per student ($350) to support conference attendance
- one-time $700 fund to support most international experiences
- about a dozen students pursue a MPH at Bloomberg each year (partial and full scholarships may be applied for)
- students are allowed to take a year (or years) at another institution for dual degrees (ex: MPH, MBA)
Financial Aid
- Prior to 2019-2020, JHU offered a $20,500 unit loan and need based aid only. This past cycle a limited number of full-ride offers were extended. Annual full COA is ~80k (tuition ~54k).
- As of 2018, average indebtedness was $104,016.
- 74% of students are awarded need-based scholarship; avg scholarship amount of $36,252
Of Note + FAQs
- Johns Hopkins Admissions has a periodically updated Facebook page. Check it out.
- There is no internal ranking in the preclinical years. MSPEs do not confer a ranking or graded superlatives, though grade histograms are appended to the document.
- AOA is conducted post-match
- If Match lists tickle your fancy, efle has compiled them from 2017-2020!
