Can I get into JH???

Colleges and Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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<p>I'm OOS (from California), planning to go for premed</p>

<p>Weighted GPA - 4.28
Unweighted GPA - 3.67
class rank - 59/428</p>

<p>very competitive high school (because of the IB program)</p>

<p>ACT composite: 35
english - 35
math - 35
reading - 32
science 36
(english/writing - 31) I got an 8 on the essay ='(</p>

<p>SATIIs:
math IIc - 800
physics - 780
chemistry - 750</p>

<p>national merit commended</p>

<p>Middle Years Program Diploma (9th-10th) w/ completion of Personal Project</p>

<p>Expecting to graduate with Full IB Diploma</p>

<p>IB tests: (out of 7)
IB math 2 SL - 6
IB economics SL - 6
IB Spanish SL - pending
IB History HL - pending
IB Biology HL - pending
IB English HL - pending</p>

<p>12th grade schedule: (hardest possible schedule, except math which has one level above it)
AP Calculus
IB English 2
IB Theory of Knowledge
IB Global Studies (history) HL
IB Spanish 2 SL
IB Biology 2</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>Certificate of Merit - Piano - lvl. 5
6 years experience in mallet instruments
National History Day (1 year) - regional finalist, state finals competitor
Quiz Bowl B Team - two years
Science Bowl C team captain - 1 year (going at it again this year, hope to make B team)
Science Olympiad B team member - 1 year (going at it again this year)
Member of National Forensics League (debate) - 2 years
won 1st place novice public forum debate at Yuba City HS Tournament
Quiz Bowl Officer: Tournament Chair 1 year (going at it again this year)
Model United Nations Officer: Treasurer (1 year)
Co-founder of UTSAV Youth Group
President of UTSAV Youth Group
Internship with UC Davis medical center Pathology dept. 100+ hours</p>

<p>Community Service:</p>

<p>approximately 230 hours comm. service
FLASH program - (2 years) mentoring/tutoring elementary/middle school kids
Library community service - (4 years) book shelving; upgrading children’s books record-keeping system on FPL library catalog; Summer Reading Program volunteer</p>

<p>UTSAV Youth Group (2 years) - organized coat drive for a local women's/children's shelter; organized Spring Clean-Up event for local park; organized fundraiser for same shelter listed above; organized cooking event for said shelter, currently organizing Christmas toy drive</p>

<p>major: bio (premed)</p>

<p>Please let me know what are my chances!! thanks</p>

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<p>The fact that you are out of state doesn’t matter; Johns Hopkins is a private school. On the other hand, coming from CA won’t give you a geographical diversity advantage, since they surely get plenty of applicants from there.
Your profile is strong; you are a competitive applicant.</p>

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<p>thanks for response</p>

<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>All I can say is fear not about your ACT essay score. I got a 6 on my essay and got in.</p>

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<p>lol that’s good news I guess haha.
how do my stats stack up compared to yours though?</p>

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<p>Do you attend or have you attended?</p>

<p>And if so, do you think I can get in?</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>bump 10char</p>

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<p>bump 10char…again</p>

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<p>new years bump? =D</p>

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<p>your act is pretty good. besides that…the rest of your profile is just ok…</p>

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<p>all right. appreciate the input thanks</p>

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<p>hey enemy…your stats look great. </p>

<p>if your essays weren’t strong, however, i’d say youre a sure reject. those essays are KEY.</p>

<p>jhu rejects a ton of applicants w/good scores & gpa because they don’t see much in their essays. they want to find out who you are through your essays. they want an applicant who is impassioned.</p>

<p>source: my cousin got in with a 31 and 3.8; essays were outstanding (no legacy/URM/hook), and ecs were minimal</p>

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<p>charlieharper: Wow! I totally would not have known. That’s really good info, maybe I’ll stop worrying about this haha. Thanks for the input man.</p>

<p>Good luck with those other schools you’re applying to!</p>

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<p>is rank important? i saw some data set thing that hopkins presents to companies like us news and world report…common data set or something? anyways, i think 80-something percent of accepted students were in top 10th of HS…so if your school ranks, you better be top 10th.</p>

<p>other than gpa/rank, everything looks good; you should definitely be competitive even though you are a prospective bio major coming from cali</p>

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<p>ah…i’m in the top 12.5% ><</p>

<p>all right, thanks for your input. I guess at this point it’d be better if I just forgot about it and waited until March =)</p>

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<p>I would say that your EC are extraodrinary so I think you will get in
Good luck!</p>