can i get in with these stats?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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<p>asian girl- California</p>

<p>sat I 2290 <-- retake to get 2300+
sat ii math IIc 790 chem 800 bio 800
taking all the possible APs at school ranked top 3% large public school
unweighted gpa: 3.94 weighted: 4.5 (two B's in AP us hist., A's everythign else) will the two B's hurt?
9 APs by end of senior year, mostly fives.</p>

<p>part time job at ivyreview- tutoring students
various state awards for my EC's (decent, solid ECs) nothing too interesting...
Columbia- summer bio research program
great recs</p>

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<p>Sure, I think you'll be a great candidate. Your SAT scores are just fine (but the 2300+ will be better obviously) and your SAT II scores are great as well. I took 10 AP courses by the end of my high school career, and I was the Valedictorian of a large public school. And I also went to Yale and Stanford during the summers + study abroad with my school to 6 different countries + mexico missions trip. So we definitely have similar stats, and well-- I got in RD. </p>

<p>I'd make your EC's sound interesting (even if they're not-- you want to stand out). . . and do something awesome this summer (something like the Columbia research program). Also remember to write awesome essays! In the end, I think you're fine though! Good luck!</p>

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<p>A lot of people got in with scores a lot worse than yours, me included (3.6 gpa top 40% of phs, 1440 SAT). The key to getting in in my opinion is to differentiate. There's a lot of students applying who have wounderful grades and have proffesionally tailored stats similar to yours. If you want to stand out above the rest of those applicants, you have to write good essays and prove that there's more to you than your grades.
Then again...I have a friend who got straight A's really good SAT's, top of her class, did the math camp thing...and got accepted to Yale, Swarthmore, and Stanford (and everywhere else she applied). So I guess there's no real formula. As sbenca said, you stand a good chance.</p>

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<p>darling, it's just JHU...not MIT.</p>

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<p>l o l<br>
I like the way Staticsoliloquy thinks. My guess (and that's really as good as it gets with schools as good as JHU) is that you'll be fine and congrats on your amazing scores. </p>

<p>But really, why should Hopkins choose you over a bunch of other Californian Asians with equal or better stats/extra-curricular activities? That's the question I would ponder rather than "Can I get in?" I agree with Atoghunter; what makes you an atypical applicant and what makes you stand out will boost you a great deal.</p>

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<p>These threads are stupid. You can't base the entire college application process on what you look like on a sheet of paper. It's always a case-by-case situation.</p>

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<p>so why are you reading it? it's 10 seconds of your life that you will never get back</p>

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<p>Honestly, I think you're a shoo-in. I've seen kids with far less spectacular scores, grades and ECs get in.But then again, I am in-state, so the standards could be lower.</p>

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<p>You have a great chance but you are not a shoo-in. There have been many people with amazing stats who've been rejected/waitlisted by JHU.</p>

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<p>your post says little but your stats which are (clearly) fine. like the typical cc'ers out there, this thread focuses wayy too much on numbers. statements like "various state awards for my EC's (decent, solid ECs) nothing too interesting..." are kind of disappointing. to answer your question, you obviously can get in with your stats and probably will get in anyway. i cant help but opine on your asking the wrong question.</p>

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<p>wow, you're that smart and you can't figure out that you've got a good shot at any college anywhere? that's pretty sad</p>