Hopkins-Nanjing Center Blog

The Hopkins-Nanjing Center Office of International Admissions wishes our applicants and students a very happy new year! A few reminders for applicants: Our office is closed on December 31 and January 1, but we'll be holding virtual office hours on January 2 from 9:30-11:30am and 2:30-4:30pm EST.  Click here on January 2 to have your questions answered in real-time. We'll also be holding an online chat on January 5 from 8pm-9pm EST for another opportunity to ask questions and to hear answers to questions asked by your fellow applicants. The application deadline for the HNC Certificate/SAIS MA is January 7!  Certificate and MAIS applicants have a few more weeks until February 1 to complete their applications. Best wishes for 2015!

As you finish up (or for some of you, start!) your application to the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, keep these tips and guidelines in mind: Transcripts If you haven't already done so, request official   transcripts from any institutions at which you've taken undergraduate or graduate-level courses and have them mailed to the Hopkins-Nanjing Center Washington Support Office at 1740 Massachusetts Ave NW Washington, D.C. 20036. We accept both hard copy transcripts and electronic transcripts, but both need to be official documents. Non-English-language transcripts: If your transcript is in a language other than English, you are asked to provide an official translation of the entire transcript and an explanation of the grading system of the university. You are strongly encouraged to use a credential evaluation service, particularly if you are not sure of how to obtain original transcripts or face difficulties obtaining them. Transcripts and translations must be official (unopened by the a...

Happy holidays from the Hopkins-Nanjing Center's Office of International Admissions!  While our admissions office is still closed today ( see our holiday hours here ), we just had to post these great pictures of recent festivities in Nanjing shared with us by HNC student Nanfei Yan: Christmas Eve Banquet featuring HNC carolers Santa visited the HNC to hand out Secret Santa gifts Happy holidays!

With the HNC application deadlines approaching, the holidays are a perfect time to work on your application!  If you have questions during this time, we recommend that you consult the schedule below for the best way to reach us:   December 22: Open for office visits , phone calls, and email December 23:  Admissions representatives available by email at nanjing@jhu.edu, but the office will be closed to visitors December 24-26: CLOSED   December 29-30: Admissions representatives available by email at nanjing@jhu.edu, but the office will be closed to visitors   December 31-January 1: CLOSED   January 2: Receive real-time answers from admissions staff during virtual office hours from 9:30-11:30am and 2:30-4:30pm EST. January 5: Resume regular office hours and an online chat at 8pm EST January 7: HNC Certificate/SAIS MA application deadline February 1: HNC Certificate and HNC MAIS deadlines Happy holidays! Nanjing in the snow

The Hopkins-Nanjing Center offers students the opportunity to join a number of interest groups and activities, but one of the most rewarding may be the Migrant School School Learning Initiative.  Read on for current student Nanfei's experiences teaching English to local migrant children: Hi All, There’s a variety of international teaching programs that offer employment to students in the form of English teaching. These are particularly popular in Asia (Japan’s JET, Korea’s EPIK, just to name a few). While many of my friends (including HNC students, prior to their enrollment) have enjoyed such experiences, I’d like to talk about a different kind of English teaching going on in Nanjing. There’s a volunteer program at the HNC called the Migrant Student Learning Initiative (MSLI). It was started a few years back by the HNC’s Professor Armstrong-Taylor and current American Academic Coordinator Angela Chang (MAIS ’12). They wanted to create a volunteer opportunity with both immediate ...

It has recently come to our attention that some email communications from our office about STAMP Chinese Proficiency Test instructions and score results have been filtered into applicant spam folders, particularly among those with Gmail accounts.  If you recently requested the STAMP or completed the test and have not heard from our office, please first check your spam folder.  If you have any questions, please contact nanjing@jhu.edu.  To ensure that you receive all of our emails, we recommend that you add us to your email contact list.  Sorry for any inconvenience!

Hopkins-Nanjing Center students do not have classes scheduled on Wednesday afternoons to give them the opportunity to attend regular guest lectures that occur at that time.  Read on for current HNC student Thomas Holt's account of this week's lecture by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Space and Defense Policy, Frank Rose: On Monday December 8th, the Hopkins-Nanjing Center was privileged to host a lecture by Frank Rose, the US Department of State’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Space and Defense Policy. Mr. Rose is currently in China for talks with Chinese counterparts, and stopped by the Center to give a talk on US-China strategic stability.   Deputy Assistant Secretary Frank Rose By strategic stability, Mr. Rose meant how the US and China can work together to prevent nuclear proliferation, control ballistic missile proliferation, and protect the environment of outer space. Mr. Rose started off by explaining the US’s current nuclear policy, emphasizing that President O...

There are several breaks during the academic year that allow HNC students the opportunity to travel throughout China and the region.  Current student Nanfei Yan took advantage of Nanjing's close proximity to Shanghai to spend a week there over fall break.  Read on for the highlights of her trip: Hello All, Two weeks ago was Fall Break at the HNC. A quick survey of destinations included Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Cambodia, Japan, Sichuan, Huangshan, Beijing, and Guangdong. Breaks at the HNC present a fantastic dilemma for students: explore China or go abroad? With so many countries nearby, it can be a difficult decision. I spent the week in Shanghai, a decision which all of my friends considered utterly boring. I’ll talk about what I did, and you guys can be the judge! Shanghai is less than 90 minutes away by gaotie, the high-speed train. As one of the most developed cities in China, it’s a popular destination for tourists internationally and nationally. This makes it a prime...

The HNC Certificate/SAIS MA program allows students the opportunity to spend time in both China and Washington, D.C.  Read on to learn how current HNC Certificate/SAIS MA student Tyler Makepeace has taken advantage of SAIS's location in Washington to find a fall internship.  Interested in the HNC Certificate/SAIS MA?  The application deadline is about one month away so apply now ! Tyler Makepeace After my year at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, I arrived in Washington, D.C. for my first semester at SAIS’s D.C. campus, I did not intend on applying for a fall internship. However, my class schedule worked out such that I did not have class on Monday and Friday, and after the first few weeks of school, I realized that I had enough free time to be engaged in my coursework and to intern with an organization.   I began my internship search using SAISworks , the Career Services online database for jobs, internships, and online courses offered throughout the year (a...

With application deadlines approaching, we en courage you to join the next online admissions chat taking place this Thursday, December 4 from 8-9pm EST (Friday, December 5 from 9-10am in China) .  Chatting with us will be admissions representatives, alumni, and a current student.  Join us to hear their firsthand experience and valuable advice, and be sure to ask any questions you may have about the application, academics, or student life.  To participate, click on this link as early as ten minutes prior to the beginning of the chat and login as a guest.  Upcoming Application Deadlines January 7: HNC Certificate/SAIS MA application deadline February 1: HNC Certificate and HNC MAIS application deadlines Remember that the STAMP Chinese proficiency test must be taken prior to the application deadline of the program to which you are applying!  Be sure to also register for the GRE soon if you are applying to the HNC Certificate/SAIS MA ...