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>