Can I get into Johns Hopkins.. (high GPA, low SAT, some hooks)

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<p>Hello,
I am applying Johns Hopkins as Early decision.. and some other schools </p>

<p>Reach - Johns Hopkins, Cornell, Boston College, Emory</p>

<p>Realistic - Georgia Tech, U.Michigan, U.Wisconsin, U.Washington</p>

<p>Safety - Boston University, another school (undecided..)</p>

<p>Majoring in Chemistry.. </p>

<p>My stats..</p>

<p>Korean Citizen..
SAT I (highest combined) 1950 (CR:530/MATH:780/WRITING:630)(have taken twice)
SAT II
Math IIC 700
CHEMISTRY 650
GPA
Freshmen 2.0
Sophomore 4.1
Junior 4.1
Senior 4.2
Rank 1% </p>

<p>Others
Student Leadership Council
10th grade class representative
Secretary/Treausry
Soccer State Champion
3rd place for boys quartet in state
Varsity Wrestling
Coach's Award X 2
Captain X 2
4th place in region
National Honor Society
Secretary/Treasury
1st place in Math Competition State tournament
Presidential Honor Roll X 3
The Bausch & Lomb Award (Award for excellence in science in sophomore and junior year)
Prefect in the dormitory
Environmental Club
Secretary and Treasury
Nomination for National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, a carrier immersion and leadership program for high-achieving high school students
Etc...(highest accomplishments...)</p>

<p>P.S. I have taken all of sciences in the school.. except for environmental science (I have taken two sciences a year including.. physical science, biology, chemistry, physics, human anatomy and physiology).. Yea,, I love science..</p>

<p>I have prepared my resume and application for Johns Hopkins since I was in high school..(except for freshmen year).. I was kinda spoil first year.. haha</p>

<p>Anyway, since I really want to go to Johns Hopkins, I am going to apply there despite of poor scores in SAT..</p>

<p>What do you guys think?</p>

<p>Thanx for reading this!</p>

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<p>JHU is very very very focus on SAT.
CR is not competitive.
But in my opinion,you can change your goal?Brown!
It is a good choice.</p>

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<p>^ doesn't know what he/she is talking about. Grades are far far more important in Hopkins admissions than SAT's. While it is impossible to accurately predict admissions--you certainly are in the ballpark for ED admission. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Thanx for replying.. and encouraging.. both of you.. 009811 and bonanza</p>

<p>good luck to you!</p>

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<p>your SATs and tests cores in general are very low and your freshman GPA is kind of bad. But you have a rising trend so that is good.</p>

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<p>yea... that's what i am worrying about..</p>

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<p>The problem with your SAT scores being low is that JHU might be more skeptical of your school's grading system since high grades "should" correlate with high standardized testing scores.</p>

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<p>ED for JHU is about 50% acceptance rate. good chance of getting in</p>

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<p>Yea.. DarkSideofMoon4.. I have thought about that too... I hope they do not get too much skeptical..</p>

<p>and cc3c, yes, it is 50%.. but i think since people who have good stats apply.. to johns hopkins.. it's still hard to get in tho..</p>

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<p>I think you have a good chance of getting in. You have an excellent resume including leadership positions, science awards, and a strong background of science courses.</p>

<p>I am somewhat confused by your "Korean citizen" status. Is english your second language?
If it is, and I have to assume it is if you're a Korean citizen, then I wouldn't expect you to score as highly on the Writing and Critical Reading sections of the SAT.</p>

<p>I don't know how colleges would take that into account, but I suspect it must figure in somewhere with international students.</p>

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<p>I think that you are looking pretty good for your realistics and a couple of your reaches. And ofcourse BU =)</p>

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<p>SATs are very important for JHU...</p>

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<p>dude damn u have ****load of extra curricular/award and honors. I think you might not get into John Hopkins, as one of their most important, if not the most important, factor is grades (not class rank), and SAT. However, I thinnk you have an excellent chance at Emory, which tends to look more at extracurriculars and stuff. </p>

<p>Just curious though, Ap scores? er how did you do on them and how many did u take?</p>

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<p>SO DID YOU GET IN??
i’m dieing to know!</p>

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<p>What schools did you end up getting into?</p>

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<p>Well, here’s ol’ YoonLee9’s final post to CC:<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/georgia-institute-technology/687264-waitlisted-georgia-tech.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/georgia-institute-technology/687264-waitlisted-georgia-tech.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>He got some lousy advice here.</p>