Advice Please!

Colleges and Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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<p>I'm going to be a junior this year, and I'm planning on going to med school one day.
JHU is my #1 choice university, but I'm not sure if I have good enough extracurrics/test scores.
I took a practice SAT and ACT:
SAT V: 680
SAT M: 730
ACT:30 (hope to raise these scores on the actual tests)
Extracurrics:
volunteer at hospital
president/founder of Biomedical Science Association
National French Exam/Honors Society
National Honors Society
Honor Roll
Three-sport athlete (track, vb, gymnastics)
Youth Ministry
Talent Development Program
editor-in-chief of bi-monthly pamphlet</p>

<p>I also took AP World History as a sophomore and got a 5 - plan to take AP bio, UShistory, and English Lang this year and Chem, French, Calc BC, English Lit, and Evironment senior year</p>

<p>Is there any other activities I should be doing or classes I should be taking to up my chances at JHU?
Please help!</p>

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<p>Are you applying ED?</p>

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<p>If I can convince my parents to let me - they’re worried about financial aid, but if I’m going to apply ED at all, it would be to JHU.</p>

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<p>ED does not affect your Financial Aid. I have a friend who applied ED to JHU and got way more than half of the cost to attend (Tuition+Board+other expenses). For him, the cost to attend JHU is close to the cost it would take to attend a state university. People should stop believing in the myth that they will reduce the Financial Aid amount when they apply ED.</p>

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<p>How much would applying ED affect my chance of getting in?</p>

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<p>ED doesn’t increase or decrease your chances. The standards for admission are the same, but ED has higher acceptance rates because a larger number of qualified kids apply. </p>

<p>I think you should work on raising those scores, as they are a bit short of JHU.</p>