<p>Im a canadian junior who is considering jhu ED next year
I just have one big nagging question: what is considered a low GPA for early decision at JHU? Im not too sure about how the canadian GPA system works but all i know (from personal experience) is that the canadian system is harsher than the american system. All other aspects of my application looks great, top 1 percentile in two international competitions (u of t bio competition and u of waterloo chem contest), straight 800s in sat IIs (still need to take sat I), but the only thing that sort of stands in the way is school marks... for the grade 11 final average, im projecting either a very high 80s or a low 90s (again im not sure about how that translates into GPA) - is that too low ???
thanks in advance</p>
<p>skip - AdmissionsDaniel will probably check in on this matter sooner or later. In the meantime, perhaps these thoughts will be useful.</p>
<p>Do you have an idea of where you rank in your class? That information would help put your GPA in perspective. In the states, many schools include a School Profile with the student's transcript. It provides information on the levels of courses offered (AP, Honors etc) - so that the college can evaluate the strength of your schedule; profile of % of the class with A/B/C/D averages; etc. -this helps the college to fairly evaluate a student who comes from a "grade inflation" hs (where half the class has an A average, say) vs. one who comes from a tougher grading environment, such as what you describe.</p>
<p>If your school doesn't automatically send a profile, perhaps you could ask your GC to include this type of information with your application pacakge.</p>
<p>well my school is semestered, so i dont really have a "set class". But im more science oriented, and with respect to bio and chem classes, im definitely at the top, but english and theory of knowledge classes just screw up my average - im in IB btw
thx for ur response</p>
<p>sk1p2myl0u - GPA is a really tricky admission statistic for us and one we typically do not publish. Every school (and I mean EVERY school) computes GPA differently, have different weighting systems, have different grading systems, etc. For this reason there really is no way to quantify an average GPA, or even what a low GPA would be considered. </p>
<p>As jmmom stated, high school transcripts are typically sent with high school profiles - this is true in the states and I expect it is true in Canada as well. In addition, my colleagues and I are assigned specific geographic regions to read applications from, so that we can become experts on the schools in those regions and each school's grading systems. We have a staff member who reads our international applicants, and she is a ton of knowledge on how international schools work and grade.</p>
<p>Most students who apply and are accepted to Hopkins are very strong students, get the top grades in their school and taking the most challenging of courses. This is a general statement because we review the complete application of the student when making decisions. </p>
<p>My advice, don't worry so much about your GPA. If you like Hopkins, then apply and keep your fingers crossed. Put together the best application you can and know that when we review your transcript we will review it with knowledge of your school and not in comparison to some arbitrary GPA scale. </p>
<p>Hope that helps.</p>
<p>@both replies: thanks, i ll give it a shot</p>