The University admitted a record-low 15.31 percent of 19,166 regular decision applicants to the Class of 2017 on Thursday. The 2,943 high school seniors admitted regular decision join the 530 students admitted under the early decision program last December, making for an overall admitted class of 3,464.
Taken together, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions received a record-breaking 20,613 applications for the Class of 2017. The admitted class is 50 percent female, 50 percent male and 25 percent underrepresented minorities.
“We are very excited for this incoming class. They represent some of the brightest and most talented students in our applicant pool and we look forward to the ways that they will contribute to student life and the academic landscape at Johns Hopkins,” Director of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions Ellen Kim wrote in an email to The News-Letter.
Decision notifications were released to regular decision applicants online around 5 p.m. EST. The official admissions packets were shipped out via FedEx earlier Thursday afternoon.
The students admitted regular decision this year represent all 50 states and 51 different countries around the world. The average combined SAT Critical Reading and Mathematics score among the regular decision admits was 1472.
Admissions has a need-blind policy when deciding who to accept. “[Students from the U.S] were evaluated without regard to their ability to pay tuition,” Kim wrote.
Of those admitted, 38 percent have been offered need-based grant funding from the University, exactly the same percentage as last year.
Officials hope to enroll 1,300 students for the freshman class entering in the fall of 2013, up from last year’s target of 1,275. The University significantly overenrolled last year when 1,330 students matriculated.
The overall acceptance rate last year was 17.74 percent with an admitted class numbering 3,636. 3,071 were admitted regular decision and 557 were admitted early decision. The regular decision and early decision admission rates for the Class of 2016 were 16.00 percent and 38.00 percent, respectively.
The University will report the overall acceptance rate for the Class of 2017 only once the uncertainty clears over whether or not any students will be taken off of the waitlist.
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions does not usually disclose the number of applicants offered a spot on the waitlist.