More than 3,000 admitted to Johns Hopkins University's Class of 2020

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Nationally and internationally recognized inventors and researchers, founders of businesses and socially conscious organizations, globally ranked athletes, and published authors and journalists are among the 2,539 students Johns Hopkins University has admitted to the Class of 2020. These students join the 559 future Blue Jays already admitted under the early decision plan.

One student patented an electronically engineered tennis racquet. Another found a way to create an artificial leaf that's better than a real one at photosynthesis. Another won a film festival award for a public service announcement on domestic violence.

The class not only breaks university records academically, but is also the most diverse to date. Nearly 37 percent of the admitted regular decision class identifies as members of underrepresented minorities. The students hail from 49 states plus Washington, D.C., and 54 countries.