<p>I'm currently a freshmen whose major is math & econ. I need some advice on my chance to JHU...</p>
<p>Current University: Vanderbilt University
Current courses:Cal 3, intermediate microecon, Java, Composition
Current GPA: Now it is the middle of the fall semester and all my midterms ,quiz, homework go well(all higher than 95). Hopefully a 3.9-4.0.</p>
<p>High School:
GPA: 3.8
HS Rank: 15/570
SAT: 2230
SAT 2: Math level 2: 800, Chemistry: 780, Physics: 780
AP(all 5): US history, Micro, Macro, Cal BC, Chemistry.</p>
<p>EC's:
Research Assistant at Vanderbilt Medical Center(VMC)
Internship at Beijing Great Wall Securities
President & Co-founder of "Smile" Volunteer Society
Captain of secondary school debate team
Journalist at Beijing Middle School News Agency
Public Sector at Transmit Childhood, a Chinese NGO
Research Assistant at Vanderbilt Medical Center(VMC)
Vanderbilt Mobile Applications Team
Vanderbilt Math Club
Vanderbilt Student Volunteer for Science </p>
<p>Awards, Achievement, and Recognition:
Best representative in MUN
Best debater in regional contest
Vanderbilt Dean's list
Oracle certificated java programmer
AP scholar with distinction
High school model student</p>
<p>One thing that you might want to research is the fact that JHU has two math departments: (pure) math and applied math. Applied math has a finance concentration that you might be interested in. You might also want to know that while JHU does have finance recruiting, it is weaker than the school’s overall reputation would suggest. Perhaps the business school will change things in a few years.</p>
<p>Finance recruiting is getting much better from the people I’ve talked to, especially with the addition of the new financial econ major. Goldman Sachs is coming for an information session on Wednesday, and other major banks have come / are coming. Granted, it’s not at the level of other elite colleges quite yet, but it can get there.</p>
<p>I think you are well qualified and coming from another closely ranked university it should be easier. Your high school stats are similar to mine when I was admitted, and your lack of financial need will probably help for transfer admissions (I believe Hopkins is need-aware for transfers). Anyways, you are right on the money, but there aren’t any guarantees.</p>
<p>Edit- It is holistic, and you will have to provide a good reason for wanting to transfer, as you are already at a fantastic school. Good luck.</p>
<p>well, my major is math and I am very interested in applied math and statistics. But Vandy does not offer a statistics major and has only very general applied math classes. Moreover, for my secondary major Econ, Vandy does not have a good connection of these two majors. And since I want to start my own enterprise after graduation, Nashville cannot provide me with enough international environment and internship/job opportunities. Those are the reasons I think…</p>