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The newspaper of The Johns Hopkins University April 4, 2005 | Vol. 34 No. 28
 
Off They Go: Acceptance Letters for the Class of 2009 Are On Their Way

Isaac Adegbile, assistant director of admissions, and John Latting, director of admissions, navigate around Garland Hall on the mailings' first leg of their journey.
PHOTO BY HIPS / WILL KIRK

It was good news that went out from Homewood on March 31 for 3,538 of the 11,290 high school students who had applied for admission to the schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering. The letters, which were transported by van to the main post office, would be traveling far and wide — to numerous foreign countries as well as to all 50 states. Some, however, would be getting a quick turnaround at the post office: This year's accepted Homewood applicants included a record number from Baltimore City, 30 of whom have been offered spots in the class of 2009 as Baltimore Scholars.

None of the students, however, had to wait for the mail carrier to arrive. E-mail notifications were also sent out Thursday morning. The Admissions Office staff pressed the "send" button and began watching Internet message boards where students post college-related information. It took just three minutes for a Johns Hopkins posting to appear.

John Latting, director of undergraduate admissions, said that the university had the strongest applicant pool in its history, and it had accepted more students than ever in the three traditionally underrepresented minority groups — African American, Hispanic and Native American. More students were admitted this year, Latting said, because the two schools want a slightly larger class and also because the yield traditionally goes down when the quality of admitted students goes up. The target enrollment for fall is 1,082, which includes the 364 students accepted early.

Rachel McConlogue of the Admissions Office hoists a bin into a waiting van.
PHOTO BY HIPS / WILL KIRK

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