<p>SAT I: Math 710 Crical Reading 610 Writing 590 Essay 11
SAT II: Lit 570 math II 650 US 610</p>
<p>AP Score
Biology 3
USH 4
European 4
English Lang 4
Computer science 1</p>
<p>IB Scores
Math SL 6
Comp SL 4</p>
<p>Recs: I dont Know
Essays: Okay, cant say much because I will put time into them
EC's : Awesome. Well rounded 2 positions, sports, culture, charity, commservice, full IB diploma Candidtate, CAS, first genereation college.</p>
<p>Your test scores really, really suck. Your GPA is a bit low as well for Hopkins. Furthermore, ECs aren't supposed to show a student is well-rounded anymore. They are intended to show that the student has a passion in a particular subject (in your case, biology and medicine). The fact that you haven't done any medical research will definitely hurt you, as a large number of science and BME applicants have some sort of research background. </p>
<p>Honestly, unless your scores improve drastically, I can't see you getting into Hopkins.</p>
<p>laptop, as an alumna of the school, let me just warn you that we are sensitive about the school's name. It's Johns Hopkins, not John. (JK - about the sensitivity, not the name.)</p>
<p>sorry, I saw other posts for chances for JHU with similar if not inferior stats than mine and were given more hope? Maybe it was because of the major....where or how would I do research.</p>
<p>You can try to contact a local university, since some of them have programs that support high schoolers (University of Albany in NY for example). However, since it appears you will be a senior next year, it won't really make much of a difference as it is too little too late. fusiondogg is correct that while you should highlight your interests, you can't do research just because you are told to; you have to want to or it won't be any fun and you'll take nothing out of it (which is the real goal).</p>
<p>That's good, but as I said, you can't want to do research just because you think it will get you into college. People who are into BME, pre-med, and biology tend to do activities that show this interest. They do it because they enjoyed it, not because it looks cool. I'm double majoring in math and physics because I enjoy them, and my activities reflect that.</p>
<p>I don't normally comment on chances threads but I'm BME and I really doubt that "a large number of science and BME applicants have some sort of research background". Yeah, some students will have research experience but I don't think its the majority (unless all my friends have done research and never mentioned it...)</p>
<p>So can having research experience (like at a university lab for 3 years) offset a low SAT score (mid/low 1900's) since it shows passion in a particular field? I am asking b/c I am interested in majoring in Bio as well and found a internship at a hospital lab last year, that I am still doing, to get some experience in college level research and make sure that it is really something I want to be involved in.</p>
<p>another thing about the research that i think matters is what your intellectual contribution was-doing assigned benchwork i don't consider research. if you have a problem you want to investigate, and you do that, THAT will compensate for a lot of things. Like my first lab experience started out doing what my advisor told me to, but then i came up with new ideas that i wanted to investigate and he wrote about this in his recc. Also, the project I am working on right now is my idea-I'm not even working with a prof-just got permission to use a lab and my dad's lab technician is helping me.</p>
<p>niceilike makes a good point. If it is your hypothesis, methodology, idea..., that is tested and written about, it really shows passion, creativity, and ingenuity.</p>
<p>Some of the people here are unnecessarily obnoxious. Laptop, if JHU is your clear first choice, apply ED. Meanwhile, try to work on your test scores, GPA, and essay.</p>