Can I get in?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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I am applying to Hopkins ED, and would like to hear about my chances as a very non-traditional student

5 on AP US HISTORY
35 on ACT (35 MATH, 36 SCIENCE, 35 ENGLISH, 32 READING, 26 WRITING)
2250 SAT SUPER SCORE (760 MATH, 740 READING, 750 READING, 3 DIFFERENT TESTS)
SAT SUBJECT TESTS (780 MATH 2, 730 PHYSICS, 680 LITERATURE)
Works full time on a business I cofounded. (million dollar e-commerce company)
Great recommendations.
Taking 3 ap’s this year (BC Calc, Psych, Macroeconomics)
Honors in every class in all of high school
3.5 total GPA (3.1 freshman year, 3.5 sophomore year, 3.9 junior year, all not weighted)
Awesome ec’s (Editor in chief of political magazine, started charity basketball tournament, started you entrepreneur’s club, etc)

So… I have a solid shot, right?

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Does your school offer a lot of AP classes? The question may be raised that you didn’t take enough challenging coursework and yet still only have a 3.5 GPA (what is the GPA weighted on a 5.0 scale?). It helps that you have a strong upward trend so that will certainly help. Starting your own business is awesome and unique, so you clearly would want to play that up in interviews, rec letters, and PS to make you stand out and help negate the lower GPA.

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Who founded the business? Parent or student? Who is backes101 - the parent or student?

Why are you a nontraditional student?