<p>Stats:
SAT: 2300
SAT IIs: Going to take in June. Probably 700-800 range
ACT: Taking on Saturday
GPA: 4.0 UW/ 4.7-4.8 W (taking most difficult courseload)
Rank: Most Likely will be Valedictorian</p>
<p>Location/Person:
School Type: Public Magnet (IB)
Ethnicity: URM
Income: Low
Gender: Female</p>
<p>ECs:
Gifted Summer Program at local university
Piano (playing since in grade school)- Superior ranking @ festival
Varsity Tennis- 10 + 11 (shooting for co-captain senior year)
NHS- 10 + 11
100+ volunteer hours by graduation
School Academic Team- 11 (leadership next year possibly)</p>
<p>Recs/Essays: Should be good+
Intended major: Biomedical Engineering/ Pre-Med</p>
<p>Chances @:
Johns Hopkins
UCLA
UCSD
Brown
Rice
Franklin W. Olin
Princeton</p>
<p>Also, any ideas to help my chances (or schools that I should consider) are appreciated. Thanks!</p>
<p>Reeeeally good chances. The fact that you are an URM helps too. I say you'd be matches for all of them except Princeton, since it's a complete crap shot even if you are a URM.</p>
<p>Don't try to impress colleges with a difficult courseload, a lot of them like to see a surefire passion for certain subjects, such as science and math in your case since you are looking for biomed.</p>
<p>You have the GPA and SAT to boot.</p>
<p>My advice: Clearly indicate why you're passionate about bio med without being too obvious/transparent, maintain your grades, try not to put too much emphasis on a variety of the AP courses you may be taking (instead talk about the courses that would reflect the interests of your college major).</p>
<p>Chances: I think 90% chance of acceptance to all except Princeton. What sucks is you're the kind of URM competition that I wouldn't stand a chance against at JHU, my dream school. =(((( ::crosses fingers::</p>
<p>Thanks UchihaMikyas. Just so you know, I don't take a difficult courseload just for college but because I take more interest in advanced classes (plus the IB program lets me take advanced everything). Lol, I hope my chances are that high but I sincerely doubt it. </p>
<p>Addition: Most likely National Merit Finalist and NOT a California resident</p>
<p>Nice stats! Ratings are based on a scale of: unlikely reach, reach, semi-reach, good fit, likely, safety.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins... LIKELY.
UCLA... SAFETY.
UCSD... SAFETY.
Brown... SEMI-REACH.
Rice... GOOD FIT.
Franklin W. Olin... SEMI-REACH.
Princeton... REACH.</p>
<p>Olin, Brown, and PARTICULARLY Princeton are major crapshoots, but I'd say your chances even at those three schools are excellent.</p>
<p>Thanks littleatheist! Are there any other schools that I should be considering (similar discipline but maybe easier admissions)?</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins MATCH
UCLA SAFETY
UCSD SAFETY
Brown MATCH
Rice MATCH
Franklin W. Olin MATCH
Princeton SLIGHT REACH</p>
<p>I think you guys are being far too generous in your estimation, lol. I seriously don't believe UC schools for any out-of-stater would be safety. Plus, anything Ivy would be crazy if it was a "match"! Drawing from experience thus far: two summer programs applied to and two rejections...</p>
<p>So, if anyone else would care to share (percentages greatly appreciated as well as other school suggestions), bump?</p>
<p>Hey OrangeGlove, do you take IB and if yes which ones at HL and which ones at SL.</p>
<p>I plan on taking English, History, Chemistry, and Biology HL and Foreign Language and Math SL.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins--Match
UCLA (OOS+Engineering)--Match
UCSD (OOS+Engineering)--Match/Slight Reach
Brown--Match
Rice--Match
Franklin W. Olin--Reach
Princeton--Slight Reach</p>
<p>The only problem you have with any of these is that your ECs don't show engineering awards, yet you are applying for engineering or pre-med at some of the top schools in the country for engineering and pre-med.
Personally I would apply for a major like Biology at Princeton, not Engineering or Bioengineering. Making this change would improve your chances tremendously in my view. </p>
<p>Your URM and low-income status helps you at the UCs and at Princeton, but not at Olin. Thus the reason for Olin being a reach and Princeton a slight reach.</p>
<p>Also, you should consider applying to UC Berkeley. Berkeley is the toughest college to get into of the UCs, but they accept a lot more out-of-state students than UCLA or UCSD (Berkeley--11% OOS, UCLA--5% OOS, UCSD--3% OOS).</p>
<p>Thanks so much Calcruzer! Since I have little engineering background, do you believe that I'd have a shot anywhere like MIT or should stick to just to my current list? Are there any ways for me to improve my engineering background (taking physics but extremely limited community resources)?</p>
<p>I like your workload at IB...I myself have four HLs and two SLs and I understand that it is more demanding, and I can tell you that colleges understand that too. But what is your IB GPA? That would be very helpful to know. But w8, have u taken IB or are u GOING to take IB? Cuz if that is the case, you wont be able to get the IB diploma..which is very different than doing IB.</p>
<p>I'm currently a IB Diploma Candidate (doing TOK, EE, yadda yadda yadda) and definitely plan on getting the diploma. Right now I'm doing double science to take the HL tests next year. Don't know what you mean by IB GPA (projected scores perhaps?). Based on the American system, I have straight As and therefore a 4.0 UW. My IB projected scores (though I have yet to ask my teachers) are probably:</p>
<p>Math SL: 6-7 (pretty sure)
Foreign Language SL: 4-6 (no clue)
Chemistry HL: 6-7ish (almost positive)
Biology HL: 5-7 (I think I'll get a 6)
English and History HL: not a clue</p>
<p>Hope that helps.</p>
<p>Are you people not familiar with JHU?</p>
<p>She stated here major was biomedical engineering. To get into JHu with that major is like trying to work at NASA (prestigious) as an astronaut (extremely prestigious).</p>
<p>I still think your stats are excellent, but I think you have a better chance at all those other schools (except maybe Princeton) than biomed engineering at JHU.</p>
<p>There's not too many spots for this major at JHU.</p>
<p>By GPA i mean IB grades..at our school, we get quarter grades according to the essays and assignments we hand in..for example, I'll give you my scores to see what I mean.
First quarter: 40.4
<a href="out%20of%2042,%20TOK%20and%20EE%20are%20not%20added%20since%20this%20is%20only%20the%20subjects">/U</a> (History HL 6.7, English A1 HL 6.3, Math HL 7, Chem HL 6.7, Greek A1 SL 7, Biology SL 6.7)
Second Quarter: 41.1
<a href="History%20HL%206.7,%20English%20A1%20HL%206.7,%20Math%20HL%207,%20Chem%20HL%207,%20Greek%20A1%20SL%207,%20Biology%20SL%206.7">/U</a>
Midterms 41
<a href="like%20the%20May%202008%20finals,%20not%20all%20papers%20since%20we%20havent%20covered%20the%20full%20syllabus%20taught">/U</a> (History HL 7, English A1 HL 7, Math HL 7, Chem HL 7, Greek A1 SL 6.3, Biology SL 6.7)</p>
<p>Don't you have this system? And if not is it cuz you followed the American GPA system?
And do you have predicted grades? If they are good, ask your teachers and/or school to issue them. Universities love predicted IB grades because they are a validation. And after all, based on the predicted grades (when they exist) unis issue their limits, such as a 36 out of 45 limit.</p>
<p>Well, IB is still trying to gain recognition in the U.S. so a lot of universities aren't basing their decisions on IB scores, etc. We don't have the same type of system you do (maybe because we use the American system) though it seems to be really awesome. So far though I've done pretty well on my Internal Assessments so I guess I'd have pretty high marks? However, my teachers tend not to give too high of projected scores officially to send in (only about half of the students get the actual IB diploma that are in the program and expectations for students aren't too high...) so I'm not too sure that I'd want their scores to be sent. I'm hoping based on the practice tests I've taken though that my marks'll be around my estimation. Do you happen to know how the scale works for the final IB score in each class?</p>
<p>Does anyone have suggestions of maybe some less competitive schools I should be considering?</p>
<p>thanks for chancing me! Here's my predictions for you:</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins: match
UCLA: low match
UCSD: low, low match; I can't say Safety for sure
Brown: high match
Rice: match
Franklin W. Olin: high match
Princeton: low reach, considering your high SAT scores and URM status</p>
<p>good job! looks like you'll have really good chances at all those institutions.</p>
<p>The chances people are giving you are screwy...</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins: reach [major]
UCLA: slight reach [OOS]
UCSD: slight reach [OOS]
Brown: reach
Rice: match
Princeton: reach</p>
<p>No displayed focus/passion, though strong in SAT and GPA.</p>