2026-27 Cycle • 1 prompt

Johns Hopkins University supplemental essays.

Every Johns Hopkins University supplemental prompt for the 2026-27 cycle, with the word limit, what they're looking for, and the most common pitfalls.

1. Prompt 1: Tell us about an aspect of your identity (e.g. race, gender, sexuality, religion, community) or a life experience that has shaped you as an individual and how this influenced what you want to learn or do at Johns Hopkins.

   350 wordsrequired

   What they really want

   • Hopkins wants the 'how this influenced what you want to do at Hopkins' second half — most students under-deliver here.
   • Tie to specific Hopkins programs / labs / professors / courses.

   Avoid

   • Identity essay with no link back to Hopkins.
   • Generic 'I want to study premed at JHU.'