Admissions Process and Admission Criteria
The Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Johns Hopkins University welcomes your interest in its graduate programs. The deadline for a fall application is December 15 at 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5) for receipt of ALL application materials. The deadline for a spring application is September 15 at 11:59PM Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4). for receipt of ALL application materials. To ensure timely consideration of your application, please complete the items in the following checklist at your earliest convenience. In response to the test accessibility issues caused by COVID-19, the Whiting School of Engineering (WSE) has decided to make the GRE exam optional for the 2021 admissions cycle. This only applies to graduate applications for the following start terms: Spring 2021, Summer 2021, and Fall 2021. For those applicants that have GRE scores ready, we will accept them. Please note, there will be no admissions advantage in submitting GRE scores. Likewise, there will be no disadvantage to any applicant for not submitting GRE scores. Our programs engage in holistic admissions review, and we expect many competitive applications will not include GRE scores this year. The Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics provides tuition, health insurance, and stipend support to PhD students enrolled in our program. Limited partial financial support is available to some Master’s students. Applicants to one of our Master’s degree programs who are interested in applying for financial assistance from the department should: United States citizens and permanent residents: File a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), submitting it to Johns Hopkins University, code E00473. All other applicants: Complete an International Student Financial Aid Application, which must be uploaded in the online application. Detailed information about application requirements can be found on the WSE Graduate Admissions web site. If you have further questions, please contact the Graduate Admissions Office at [email protected]. Prospective students for our graduate programs must have completed a Bachelor’s level degree, ideally in Engineering, Mathematics, the Sciences, Finance* or Economics*. In addition, candidates should ideally have completed undergraduate-level courses in * Considered for applications for our MSE in Financial Mathematics Admissions decisions are based on four major factors: Mathematical course background, grades (GPA), Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores, and recommendation letters. If the applicant is not a native English speaker, a minimum TOEFL score of 100 (IBT)/ 250 (CBT)/ 600 (PBT), or a minimum IELTS band score of 7 is required. Requirements Specific to the Data Science Master’s Program For Spring and Fall 2021 admission, WSE Graduate Admissions will accept the following test scores as fulfillment of the English Proficiency requirement: TOEFL iBT and TOEFL ITP IELTS and IELTS Indicator iTEP via the J-Check Platform Test scores through ETS can be sent to institution code 4655 for GRE only and code C559 for TOEFL only. You do not need to use a department code for either exam, but if ETS prompts you, select the option best available or ‘Other’ – any department code will reach your application. It takes approximately one week for verified scores to populate on your application after sending through ETS. For both our in-person and remote graduate students, we are still requiring official transcripts to be sent to Graduate Admissions. Directions are on the website – https://engineering.jhu.edu/admissions/graduate-admissions/full-time-programs/how-to-apply/. Admitted students have until the end of their first semester at JHU to submit their official transcript with degree conferral. We prefer digital transcripts sent via email to [email protected]. Requesting a digital copy is (in most cases) available to applicants who have received their degree from a US institution. For those applicants where digital copies are not available/offered, we will accept either a mailed copy (sent in their fully sealed, institutional envelopes) or an email from the university’s registrar. Please be aware that any transcripts submitted by the student are considered unofficial – this includes an email from the student, or a mailed copy where the transcript is not in an institutional envelope. The Whiting School requires official copies sent directly from the institution. We understand that with COVID, schools are closed and/or operating at a different capacity and students may experience some trouble or delay in requesting transcripts. However, at this time, we are not changing our current policy or timeline. If an applicant is not able to provide official transcripts by mail or email (as described above) due to the ever changing COVID climate, then we will absolutely work with them. Any extensions or alternate solutions will be discussed and provided on a case by case basis. Graduate Academic Affairs Unfortunately, our application system does not integrate with Interfolio. When you provide your recommenders’ names and email addresses in your application, our Slate system will alert them. They will need to follow the instructions in the email to upload their letter of recommendation to your application. You are welcome to submit a sample of your work, but this is optional for all master’s and PhD program applications in the Applied Mathematics and Statistics Department. 1. Applicants with documented registration/participation in a listed program may apply for a fee waiver by selecting that option from the dropdown and uploading documentation. Application fee waivers must be requested directly in the application, and supporting documentation uploaded in the ‘Supporting Materials’ section, under the ‘Application Fee Waiver’ header. Answer ‘Yes’ to the question, and you will be provided with a submission field to provide your fee waiver documentation. Academic Staff Contacts Fall Deadline
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2. To request a fee waiver based on financial hardship, select that option from the dropdown and upload documentation. Examples include FAFSA SAR Report, a letter from a college/university financial aid office, unemployment verification, or other documentation/explanation of financial hardship. Tax returns are not accepted.
3. You can also contact your program directly to request a fee waiver.
