<p>Hi guys!
Wanted all your guys' opinions on if i would make it to JHU and possibly scholarship opportunities?
My intended major: Medical (Do i have to specify a specific field?)</p>
<p>Stats
UW GPA 3.8
W GPA 4.5
Rank: ~30/700</p>
<p>SAT 1 Scores - 710 Writing, 680 Reading, 760 Math (total 2150)
ACT Scores - 33
SAT 2 Scores - Thinking +700 in Chem and Math 2
PSAT - 217 (National Merit Finalist, Ohio)</p>
<p>Extra curriculars:</p>
<p>Symphony Orchestra 9th - 12th grade (highest level in school)
Elected Board of Officers
OMEA State Contest Rating 1 9th - 12th grade
Qualified in Southwest Regional Orchestra
Honors Orchestra District 13 Principal Viola
Blue Ash Youth Symphony Orchestra
OMEA Solo and Ensemble Contest Rating 1 9th - 12th grade</p>
<p>All Academic Swimming
4 Year Varsity Letter in Swimming
Qualified for District, Regionals, and State swim meets
Sectional Qualifier in USA Swimming</p>
<p>Volunteering
200+ hours in University of Cincinnati Center of Imaging and Research Center
300+ hours in the Cincinanti Children's Hospital Research Lab
100+ hours in Church leadership roles
Shadowed a Pharmacist in the Cincinnat Children's Hospital</p>
<p>What are you planning on majoring in? One of the important things for JH admissions is that your extracurriculars are related to what you want to do in college. </p>
<p>Your volunteer work at hospitals is good I guess but you need to start doing some actual research and enter some science fairs. Cleaning up test tubes and doing menial labor at a hospital is only going to get you so far. </p>
<p>Nice work with the music awards. Have you considered the dual major between the music conservatory and Homewood? Either way, definitely play that up in your application.</p>
<p>Your application is pretty standard for Johns Hopkins. I don’t think you’ll be getting any merit scholarships. Usually, the kids that get those are extremely sought after. They’ve won major competitions or did something extraordinary.</p>
<p>If you sell yourself well, you have a good chance at admission.</p>
<p>I think the criteria for a transfer student may be different but I don’t know. </p>
<p>Among my friends, I noticed that the kids who were more well rounded didnt get into JH but were admitted to other comparable schools like Northwestern.</p>
<p>I think my main point was to give yourself a theme in your application. The problem that a lot of well-qualified students have with college applications is that their application isn’t personal. The best college applications aren’t necessarily those with the most impressive accomplishments but rather those that make it easy for the admissions to imagine said student on campus. If you list a random assortment of awards and activities, it’ll be difficult for admissions to see you as a living and breathing person. My suggestion to you would be to really strive to succeed in something specific. Whether that is music, medicine or something else doesn’t matter. </p>
<p>I’m not an admissions counselor or anything so I can’t know for sure, but I strongly believe that the kids who have the best chance at admission into Hopkins and other elite colleges are those that pursue what they love relentlessly.</p>