Chance? BME and regular

Colleges and Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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<p>I'd really like to do BME at Hopkins. Would anyone mind chancing me? </p>

<p>GPA (unweighted): 97 out of 100
GPA (weighted): 104 out of 100
Class rank: top 1%
ACT: 35
SAT II: World History- 800. Chemistry- 780. Math 2- 740 (retaking in October)
AP Scores: World History (5), Chemistry (5), US History (5), Microeconomics (4)
Current APs: Biology, Physics C, English Lit, Calc BC
ECs:
Varisty tennis (10,11,12)
Varsity indoor and outdoor track (9,10,11)
Science Olympiad: numerous medals at the State competition
National Honor Society: president
Physics club: co-founder and executive council
Girl Scouts
Ski Club: vice-president
Math League
Other: 550+ hours on cancer research at a local lab</p>

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<p>You are a really strong candidate, BME and other science majors are a crapshoot for admissions to Hopkins, but your scores, ECs, grades, and unique sporty activities make you come off as a really strong applicant. Good luck!!</p>

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<p>Despite a very competitive applicant pool at JH BME, I think you have a very strong shot of acceptance. With your stats, I would be slightly surprised if you didn’t get in.</p>

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<p>I don’t generally reply to chances threads but just wanted to make a quick comment. If you’ve spent “550+ hours” in a lab, hopefully you’ve gotten some decent results from your work. Granted, you’re not expected to have published anything as a HS student or even to have contributed to a published paper, but if you’ve put together a paper about your research (for school, class, your mentor, whatever) or done a poster presentation, I would recommend 1) submitting that to competitions like Siemens and Intel and 2) including a copy of the paper/poster with your application.</p>

<p>Hope that helps!
-tanman (BME alum '09)</p>

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<p>i think most engineering students would want to show the Physics SAT II, especially for BioMed engineering.</p>

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<p>^what if you haven’t taken physics yet?</p>

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<p>I think it’s safe to assume that most top Engineering schools (Hopkins, MIT, etc) want Physics C, Calc BC and SAT II Physics.</p>

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<p>Honestly, I doubt if not taking SAT Physics, but getting 750+ on Bio or Chem (or both) is going to hurt you when applying to an engineering school, regardless of your major. It is much more important that they see Physics C. Personally, my physics class (I am taking C this year), did not prepare me at all for the SAT II exam. It is somewhere between regular and AP difficulty/content (about Physics B, I’d say). I wouldn’t worry about it (and I am also applying to Hopkins BME/MIT without a Physics score).</p>

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<p>Not having taken the SAT II Physics is not going to get you rejected (especially if you’re taking Physics C at the moment), but AdmissionsDaniel has recommended that engineering, and specifically BME, applicants take the Math 2C, Physics and another science SAT II. ([source](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/4619927-post2.html]source[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/4619927-post2.html)</a>)</p>

<p>Also, frankly, anyone who hasn’t taken physics before is going to have a very hard time taking the calculus-based physics class required for first year engineers. Many BME students came in having taken two years of high school physics (intro + AP B or C). Some students do come in with only one year of high school physics and they generally do fine, but if coming in with no physics background will be very very tough.</p>