<p>I want to go to law school after undergraduate school, and I'm trying to put myself in the best position to do that. I think going to Johns Hopkins on a scholarship would be a good start (money is a bit of an issue for me). Here are my stats:</p>
<p>SAT:
2300 (CR: 780, M: 750, W: 770)
1530/1600</p>
<p>Subject tests:
Math II: 750
World History: 760
US History: 790
Chemistry: 800</p>
<p>GPA:
4.0 UW</p>
<p>AP Classes:
Four so far: World History, US History, English Language, Chemistry (all 5's on the exams)
Taking 6 AP's senior year</p>
<p>Mediocre extracurricular activities....some pretty neat research internships for the past 2 summers, coaching soccer for the past 4 summers, varsity soccer for 4 years in high school, and volunteering at hospital for the past two summers</p>
<p>I plan on majoring in economics, if that information helps.</p>
<p>Thanks, and any additional info helps a lot!</p>
<p>You look good statistically, but you say your ECs are mediocre. Nobody should expect an acceptance, let alone a scholarship from these schools (especially since likely 20% of the student body has your stats or better). As a Hodson scholarship recipient back in the day, I had similar stats with some national engineering and math competition awards (AIME finalist, Intel semi). I don’t know if it’s gotten more competitive to get a Hodson since 9 years ago, but it’s likely.</p>
<p>Almost all financial aid at Hopkins is based upon need. Your SAT is irrelevant for need based aid. There are a few merit scholarships (the Hodson and, if you are in engineering, the Westgate) but they are extremely competitive. The odds of getting one are better than the odds of winning the lottery, but still pretty long.</p>
<p>The Hodson is extremely competitive, but obviously it is worth it to apply. There is also a Bloomberg scholarship; I’m not sure how much of the award is based on need, but you should look up more information on that. </p>
<p>If money is an issue for you, I would suggest two things: WORKING (duh), and applying for other scholarships. I’m personally shocked by the number of people I knew at Hopkins who didn’t work during their tenure there. My then-boyfriend (now husband) was on a work-study program to offset his tuition payments, and I worked both on and off campus all four years to help pay for tuition, books, etc. With an econ major you could certainly have enough time to do that (I was Public Health/Psych/Spanish and worked 20 hours a week).
Oh, also, about your ECs being “mediocre” – I had ONE EC going into Hopkins. Seriously. You don’t need to be running the world in your HS to get into Hopkins. There are other things that make you a compelling candidate – good grades, test scores, essays, etc. There is the option of doing an interview, as far as I am aware (I did, and I think it helped a lot), in which you have a better opportunity to present yourself as a Real Person rather than just stats on paper.
Good luck!</p>
<p>^You don’t apply for the Hodson. All admittees are considered for it. It’s just that very few are awarded. It seems to be offered to those students that the Admissions Office really wants to come, but that they are afraid for some reason that they are likely to go elsewhere without the Hodson.</p>
<p>Zorrita, it sounds like it’s been a while since you’ve gone to Hopkins. It’s gotten substantially more competitive since you’ve attended. Getting in with one EC appears to be the exception rather than the rule. I can’t tell you how many kids with near perfect scores that I’ve interviewed and advocated strongly for who ended up getting rejected. My sister also unfortunately didn’t get in despite legacy status and top grades/scores and what I thought were decent activities.</p>
<p>Dude I graduated in 2011. And then again in 2012 (MHS). Has it gotten THAT much more competitive that quickly?! </p>
<p>Maybe I am just the exception? I can explain further about my EC. I rode and showed horses competitively from the age of 5 through high school (and still, although Hopkins no longer cares haha!). I was at the barn nearly every day in high school, riding two - five horses a day and working off my board for my own horse. I showed from Vermont to Florida nearly every weekend. I didn’t have TIME for anything else. So it wasn’t like I did Spanish Club and then just bummed around. I was extremely invested in the one EC I did do, very successful at it, and also worked PT during the school year and FT during the summer to support this EC and have spending money. So I think Hopkins overlooked the fact that I didn’t have like 127 other ECs 
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<p>What I was trying to say is that Hopkins does not only let in people with 2400 SATs, 4.0 GPAs, and all the science awards ever! So individuals with less than this should not despair entirely of their chances. </p>
<p>Also, please to note the section where I wrote about working while in college and applying for other scholarships. The Bloomberg scholarship, state scholarships, and Pell grants are also available. [JHU</a> Student Financial Services | Prospective Students | Freshman & Transfers | Scholarships](<a href=“Student Financial Support | Johns Hopkins University”>Student Financial Support | Johns Hopkins University)</p>
<p>My dd got accepted at Hopkins with lower SAT’s but we think she got in because of a few things: her gpa, and her ec’s. </p>
<p>In high school, she took a biotechnology class that required at internship. She actively sought a research volunteer position at UCSD’s School of Medicine. She ended up monitoring live subjects for a diabetic study. </p>
<p>She also has/had exceptional skills in foreign languages and she could interpret/translate for a number of visiting professors who all gave her phenomenal LOR.</p>
<p>But she didn’t get a penny off of the $56K tuition at Hopkins, so “no” to Hopkins.</p>