Johns Hopkins University is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. It was incorporated in 1867, funded by a $7 million bequest from merchant Johns Hopkins, and opened on February 22, 1876, and is widely regarded as the first research university in the United States. Its main undergraduate Homewood campus sits in Baltimore alongside campuses in East Baltimore, Mount Vernon and Harbor East, with sites in Washington D.C., Laurel, Bologna and Nanjing. Wikipedia lists about 30,000 students in fall 2024, over 6,300 of them undergraduates. Hopkins is known for its School of Medicine and Hospital, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Applied Physics Laboratory and a large roster of affiliated Nobel laureates. It is highly selective, admitting about 5 percent of first-year applicants for the Class of 2029, and has announced a return to required SAT or ACT scores.
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Hopkins applicants apply through Common App or Coalition on Scoir and are reviewed holistically with no minimum test score. SAT or ACT scores are required again, per Hopkins' 2024 announcement, though one admissions page still shows an older test-optional line.
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Baltimore, MD 21218, United States, Maryland
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