Chance for Hopkins/Northwestern/UCLA/BC/Boston U/Uof Chicago

<p>Hello all...I visited Hopkins and fell in love with it...I plan to apply ED to Hopkins! I am obsessed with it!!</p>

<p>-School: Public School--Illinois suburb
-First generation student
-Heart condition--granted a wish from the Make-A-Wish foundation</p>

<p>REACH/MATCH/DREAM?
JOHNS HOPKINS (ED--acceptance rate goes up to 50%)
NORTHWESTERN
BOSTON COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
UCLA</p>

<p>SAFTIES
PENN STATE
UnivofIllinoisChicago
BOSTON UNIVERSITY</p>

<p>ACT: 27 (I was sick...and i hate the act now)
SAT: taking in november--won't be on jhu app
Class Rank: 124/502 (25%)
WGPA: 4.875/5.0
UGPA: 4.525/5.0
AP SCORES: LIT--4</p>

<p>Freshmen Yr.
French II-B/B
Global Issues-A/B
English I-A/A
Algebra I-A/A
Biology-B/A
other electives--all As</p>

<p>Soph Yr.
French III-B/B
English II-A/A
2D/3D Art-A/A
Honors Geometry-B/B
Chemistry-B/A</p>

<p>Junior Yr.
French IV Honors-A/B
US History Honors-B/B
Photo I/II-A/A
AP English Lang-B/B
Journ/Creative Writing Honors-A/A
Algebra II Honors-B/B
Physics Honors-B/B</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
AP Macroeconomics
AP Biology
AP Psych
AP English Lit
AP French Lang
Honors Govt
Honors Pre-Calc</p>

<p>XRTAS
-Newspaper Editor (9-12)--ALOT OF HOURS! TOTALLY EXTRACURRICULAR--Not a class during school. We have production week when we are at school until 9 pm!
-French Club Member (10-12)
-French NHS President (11-12)
-NHS (12)
-NArtHS (11-12)
-MHS (11-12)
-School Play Publicity Prodcution Member (10)</p>

<p>VOLUNTEER
-Messenger at Hospital (11-12)--every other saturday...two hour shift
-Dog Walker/Cat Socializer (8,11-12)--once a week--two hour shift
-Food Bank Volunteer (10, 11-12)--once every other week--three hour shift</p>

<p>ACHIEVEMENTS
-MHS enrollment award
-Upstate 8 Honorable Mention (Photography)
-Certificate of Participation at UIC Medical School's Mini-Medical School for a Day Biomedical Research Day--Got accepted out of all Chicagoland high school applicants...400 accepted. <em>Really sparked my interest in the medical field.</em></p>

<p>CAREER PATH
-Cardiothoracic Surgeon--same field as my heart condition...I want to pay if forward...in a way. I want to get involved in the same field that saved my life.</p>

<p>ESSAYS
-I've got alot of interesting topics with Make-A-Wish and my heart condition and different events...plus I used to want to be a journalist and have taken many writing classes. I am a skilled writer so these won't be a problem.</p>

<p>RECS
-My AP French Teacher-she went to Paris and London with me on a class trip. She knows ALOT about me.
-My AP Lang. Teacher-had him for two yrs. He went to Northwestern U. He is the best writer I know and we are great friends.
-I got my US History teacher--HIS REC IS AMAZING! he is very intelligent and really saw something in me. </p>

<p>I really want to know if I can get into here. I am applying ED here at Hopkins. What are my chances? I know I am applying for sure. I'm hoping my weaker parts like my act and rank will be overshadowed by my writing and personality that will shine through my writing. Thanks so much...and for you fellow college bounders--Good Luck!</p>

<p>It actually is only 45% ED :stuck_out_tongue:
But, that is because the most qualified applicants apply ED. A 27 on the ACT is way out of range for them. I’d say it will be a big reach, but hopefully the other parts of your application overshadow it.
UCLA is a reach OOS, and I would say Northwestern and U Chicago are also reaches.
If you can improve your scores, your chances at all schools go up.</p>

<p>Good luck</p>

<p>JHU is hard to get in. please don’t just look at the ED % , It’s a very STRONG pool. almost every applicant is qualified.</p>