Are These Classes Too Easy to Get Into Johns Hopkins U?

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<p>P.S. I'll be applying for the BME Program. </p>

<p>CP = College Prep/Basic
P = Pass (On a pass/fail basis)</p>

<p>9th Grade:</p>

<p>Intro to Business - A+
Business and Personal Law - A+
Art 1 - A+
Drawing and Painting - A+
English 9 Honors - A
Algebra 1 CP (8th Grade) - A
Geometry Honors - A-
Health 9 - A+
Phys ED - A
Biology Honors - A-
World Studies Honors - A
Italian 2 CP - A </p>

<p>10th Grade:</p>

<p>Marketing and Entrepreneurship Honors - A
Electronics & Robotics 1 - A
Electronics & Robotics 2 - A+
English 10 Honors - B+
Algebra 2 CP - A
Phys Ed - A
Drivers Ed - B+
Chemistry Honors - B+
US History 1 Honors - A-
Italian 3 Honors - A</p>

<p>11th Grade: </p>

<p>SAT Prep - A
English 11 Honors - A-
Math Analysis (Precalculus) CP - A
Health 11 - A+
Phys Ed - P
AP Biology - A-
Intro to Marine Science - A
US History 2 Honors - A
Italian 4 Honors - A</p>

<p>12th Grade (Classes)</p>

<p>AP Calc AB
AP Language and Composition
AP Macro/Micro Economics
AP Italian Language
Physics Honors
Phys Ed
Financial Lit/Personal Finance</p>

<p>How does this stack up to gain admission to JHU BME Program (and also any chances for Merit? Very good ECs, my SAT is 2190 - 690 CR 720 M 780W - will be taking ACT in september)?</p>

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<p>Are these the hardest classes your school offers?</p>

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<p>I havent taken all of them. Most you can take is 12 APs. we have like 21 to choose from or something. Ill only have taken 5, but mostly honors.</p>

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<p>You seem to have taken a fairly average schedule. I have never seen a course called “SAT prep” though…much less for a grade.</p>

<p>Your transcript and scores won’t kill your application but admissions won’t salivate over your application either.</p>

<p>Will your guidance counselor be checking the “most rigorous curriculum” box on your application? If you will have taken 5 APs, and most top students at your school take about the same number, you are ok; if top students take 10 APs, it will hurt you.</p>

<p>Another item that may hurt is that you did not take the most rigorous math curriculum, and you are applying to a very tough major–BME at JHU is very popular and your competition will have taken more rigorous math classes.</p>

<p>What will your LORs say about you, other than you got an A in class? In what way will you distinguish yourself from other applicants–have you done some unusual extra curriculars, or will you have a unique essay?</p>

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<p>@boysx3 thanks! very informative. Yeah, my ECs are my golden ticket I believe. Most kids will have taken about 6/7 APs that are the top of my class so I mean im still top 10%. And My teachers actually really like me, at least the ones that Im asking :wink: and Ive gotten them to write me letters before for internships and both were sublime. They were amazing, especially my biology teacher, and my math teachers glorified how I think out of the box in math and how I help others learn and how she said even I was one of the highest achievers she had. Im not sure if this coupled with a hopefully high MIIC score will overlook my low math rigor. Also, I have done some biomechanical kinematics research as well and will hopefully be published in the fall, so I dont know if that would help either.</p>

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