Chance Me For Johns Hopkins, NYU, WUSTL!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>These are some of my choices...please give me your opinions! I will be applying by the end of this month.</p>

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<li><p>GPA Unweighted: 3.88 Weighted: 5.96</p></li>
<li><p>Class Rank: 12/564</p></li>
<li><p>Standardized Test Scores: SAT I: 2040 Superscored: 2080</p></li>
<li><p>African American (URM)</p></li>
<li><p>10 AP Classes...3s, 4s, and 5s</p></li>
<li><p>Numerous Honors Classes</p></li>
<li><p>Activities: </p></li>
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<p>•Mu Alpha Theta Club (9th Grade)
•Health Occupations Students of America (10th Grade)
•Future Business Leaders of America (11th Grade)
•Key Club (11th Grade)
•Junior Class Council (11th Grade)
•Legacy Club (11th Grade)
•BETA Club (11th Grade)
•Scholarship Club (11th/12th Grade)
•NHS Club (11/12th Grade)
•Varsity Men’s Soccer (11th Grade)
•Guitar Ensemble (11th Grade)
•Museum of Science and Industry Volunteer (9th Grade)
•Turner Elementary School Summer Program Volunteer (10th Grade)</p>

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<li>Awards:</li>
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<p>•Algebra 2 Team 5th Place in Hillsborough County (9th Grade)
•NHS Club (12th Grade)- President
•Duke TIP Talent Recognition (2009)
•President’s Education Awards Recipient (2010)
•People to People Leadership Forum Delegate (2008)
•Who’s Who Among All-American Scholars (2009)
•United States Achievement Academy National Award Recipient (2009, 2010)
•Guitar Ensemble (11th Grade)-Lead Guitarist
•National Achievement Scholarship Semi-Finalist 2014
•National Academy of Future Physicians 2014
•AP Scholar with Honors</p>

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<li><p>Community Service: 100 Hours</p></li>
<li><p>Recommendations: 2 (Pending)</p></li>
<li><p>Major: Biomedical Sciences</p></li>
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<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I’m also an immigrant from Nigeria and will be the first in my family to attend college in the US… does that count as First Generation?</p>

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<p>^Anyone? Any feedback is greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>Your coursework and GPA seem very good and strong. What’s holding you back possibly are your extracurriculars and awards which seem a bit shallow and spread out. I hope you don’t plan to declare them all. Focus on the big ones that matter. The fact that you are an African American and first generation do help though. </p>

<p>One question, are you a US citizen or international? International students have a much more difficult time getting in to unversities and also recieve less financial aid.
JHU- reach
NYU- match
WUSTL- reach/ did you visit? I heard they’re partial to those who visit their campus.</p>

<p>Just make sure you write good essays and get good rec letters and you should have a decent shot!</p>

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<p>^Yeah on the common app it only let’s you choose like 10 awards/extracurriculars. I will only include the ones that matter. I live in the US so financial aid isn’t too much of a problem, I guess.</p>

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<p>JHU: low reach
NYU: match
WUSTL: low reach</p>

<p>You have surely achieved a lot. Your courseload is very rigorous, and you have nice ECs. Write brilliant essays, and I think you can aim even higher.(e.g.a low Ivy like Cornell, Brown,UPenn).</p>

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<p>Thanks! I’ll work on those essays!</p>