Hi all - maybe I am jumping the gun, but has anyone else begun working on their applications for Summer/Fall 2010 admission?
I plan on applying for direct entry to JHU, UCSF, Yale, Columbia, and Vanderbilt. With the exception of UCSF's 9/1 deadline, the rest seem to be due between 11/1 and 12/1. Although UCSF has the closest deadline, I am stressing the most about the essays for JHU. Anyone started them yet?
Also, does anyone plan on attending the open house that JHU is having in September? I would love to go, but I am in California, so I have to decide if it is worth the $$$. I am thinking I might be better off saving the money to fly out for the interview (positive thinking here).
Anyway, I would love to compare notes with anyone applying, or anyone who applied last year.
I called JHU SON last week and inquired about how they would be "sending" out acceptance/rejection letters. I told the woman who answered that I know that acceptance phone calls were made earlier last year and would it be a similiar process. She informed me that they would make phone calls on December 15, and no earlier. She was very adamant about this. She also said that it was a fun day for them to hear all the excited reactions of accepted students. She also noted that not-accepted applicants would find out before December 15 via a letter or a different phone call. So i have been grudgingly checking my mailbox everyday since the 1st of December....hehe. She also informed me that they received over 600 applications for the accelerated program (I doubt they were all ED), so it was uber competitive. I also don't think that if you turned in your application early, they you will find out early (i.e., I turned mine in in September and interviewed in September as well--this has been a long and hard wait for me).
I wish everyone luck. Only a week left to go!
C.
Wow - not earlier than 12/15? Has anyone heard anything differently from the admissions office? I've been hoping we'd hear something this week. Ahhh! The wait is killing me!
if i remember correctly, according to jhu 08/09 forums, kids have gotten acceptance calls from as early as 12/9 in past years. maybe its different this year D:
according to these forums, kids have gotten acceptance calls from as early as 12/9 in past years. maybe its different this year D:
yeah! that's why i was surprised to hear that. as much as i had the thought of having to wait another week, i figure the info of the admissions office is what we should go by! has anyone else talked to them?
I called JHU SON last week and inquired about how they would be "sending" out acceptance/rejection letters. I told the woman who answered that I know that acceptance phone calls were made earlier last year and would it be a similiar process. She informed me that they would make phone calls on December 15, and no earlier. She was very adamant about this. She also said that it was a fun day for them to hear all the excited reactions of accepted students. She also noted that not-accepted applicants would find out before December 15 via a letter or a different phone call. So i have been grudgingly checking my mailbox everyday since the 1st of December....hehe. She also informed me that they received over 600 applications for the accelerated program (I doubt they were all ED), so it was uber competitive. I also don't think that if you turned in your application early, they you will find out early (i.e., I turned mine in in September and interviewed in September as well--this has been a long and hard wait for me).
I wish everyone luck. Only a week left to go!
C.
Thanks for sharing that information with us. I was hoping we'd hear sooner given how early they've heard in year's past but at least I can chill out a little.
She also noted that not-accepted applicants would find out before December 15 via a letter or a different phone call. So i have been grudgingly checking my mailbox everyday since the 1st of December....hehe.
look on the bright side - for every day until 12/15 you dont see a small Jhu envelope in your mailbox, you are one day closer to acceptance! yahoo! cant believe id be happy about an empty mailbox...i also jump whenever my phone rings now...sigh. back to my all nighter for my A&PII equivalent final in 8 hours :C
This is certainly a unique experience - anxiously checking the mail, hoping for nothing! At least we don't have to go through it in a bubble - it is comforting knowing that I'm not the only one in limbo.
i applied regular decision for the accelerated absn/msn. i just received an email regarding scheduling an interview. i hope you ed folks hear back soon!
well first i got an email saying they didnt have my essays. i almost s*it a brick. she asked me to email them, and i did, and now i'm scheduling an interview. are you going there or doing it over the phone?
amojo99- i'm still waiting for the faculty member to email me so i know what my options are. if i can find a cheap flight from california then i'll go. i visited a couple weeks ago, though, and was reassured that a phone interview would suffice as well. what are you going to do?
i need to see the campus. maybe in january i can go, but i havent figured it out yet between work and school and stuff. i don't know if that's too late though, and i should just phone interview and see the campus later.
mother_baby_RN
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Wow - not earlier than 12/15?
Has anyone heard anything differently from the admissions office? I've been hoping we'd hear something this week. Ahhh! The wait is killing me!