I know my score is pretty low for their range, but I have such a passion for Johns Hopkins. Also, I’m going to do an interview.
Location: New Jersey; very large public school (served all students from Passaic County)
Race: African American
Grade: Senior
SAT: 600 M 600 RW (Can’t take it again due to the college deadlines and my parents)
Class Rank: 15%
Unweighted GPA: 3.67 (3.7) Weighted GPA: 3.85 (3.9)
Only 5 AP classes in the school, but couldn’t do any of them due to the shop (career area) that I was in
Shop: Medical Arts- Intro to Medical Arts, Dental Assisting, Certified Nursing Assistant, Medical Assisting (college/career level classes) Chance to get certified as a CNA
8 Honor classes
Awards:
Graduated from Area 4 NJROTC Leadership Academy (very selective, 144/80000 in Area 4) Learned STEM, sailing, leadership traits, orienteering, etc.
7th in Medical Math (regionally)
9th in Nursing Assisting (regionally)
8th in Nutrition (regionally)
Promoted to O-3 in NJROTC (Lieutenant)
Activities:
NJROTC: 4 years: Community Service Head-12th, Assistant PT Commander-11th, Company Commander-11th, Platoon Commander-10th
HOSA: 4 years: Medical Math Leader-9th, Nursing Assistant-11th, Medical Assistant
Liturgy Committee: (6 years: Leading Altar Server (9th-12th))
Soccer (2 years: Freshman Team Captain (9th))
Your scores are definitely low for Hopkins. Your hooks and relatively unique ECs may help you overcome the hump but Hopkins is definitely a reach for you.
You have OK ECs but your lack of state level or national level awards keeps you from standing out.Your numbers honestly kill your chances. 1200 SAT? Are you serious? Your 3.7 GPA is OK for the school but you also haven’t even taken any rigorous classes(AP classes) and from what I remember, shop classes are generally pretty easy to get an A.
I’d say your chances are pretty “meh” but since you’re an URM you might have a chance
@vrhou98 It’s not that I didn’t choose to take AP classes, it’s just your shop is limited to AP classes. My school doesn’t even have AP Biology or AP Chemistry. The few that people in my shop take is AP Spanish (you need 4 years in Spanish or be native to Spanish), AP Lit (English is my weakest subject, but I’m taking honors English), AP Calc AB (I was on track to take this class when I was in 8th grade, but I didn’t pass the placement test, but I’m in Pre Calc honors. My school does offer SUPA Biology, but that doesn’t compare to AP Biology and the class is $600, so I didn’t take it.
You have a chance because of your hooks and although your GPA is low for the school, your rank if fine. They would prefer top 10, but as I said, maybe because of your hooks they’ll overlook it. However, I wouldn’t say chances are very strong. You have to realize there are much stronger applicants that also have your hooks.