Chance me for Johns Hopkins + Rice University

<p>Hello everyone. If you can chance me for either Johns Hopkins or Rice, that would be very helpful. I will also chance you guys back! I am a very good student in school, am very involved in my school and my community, have much leadership roles with different clubs and organizations. However, my ACT/SAT scores aren't that great for the top schools.</p>

<p>Here's the rundown: </p>

<p>Interest: Pre-medicine track (Unsure of which specific major)
4.533 GPA (2nd-ranked in class of 350) (Senior)
Race: Indian (Asian) - Male
Already have taken 6 AP Classes, and am taking 6 more senior year.
AP U.S. History - 5
AP Calculus AB - 5
AP Statistics - 5
AP Government - 5
AP Spanish 4
AP Biology - 3
(AP Scholar with Distinction)</p>

<p>SAT:
Superscore: 2040
Math- 710
Writing- 720 (Essay: 11)
Reading: 610
Best single-test: 2000
(Will take once more)</p>

<p>ACT: 30
English- 35
Math- 29
Reading- 29
Science- 26
Essay: 10
(Will take once more)</p>

<p>SAT Subject Tests:
U.S. History 740
Spanish 670
Math I 730</p>

<p>Extra-cirrculars:
-Founded and am president of Graphic Design Club at school
-Treasurer of Foreign Language Club
-Treasurer of Environmental Club
-National Honors Society
-National Foreign Language Honors Society
-Student government (student council helper)
-6th Grade Camp Counselor
-Academic Challenge</p>

<p>-Varsity Tennis
-JV Soccer</p>

<p>Volunteering:
-Over 100 hours at hospital
-Over 24 hours of shadowing surgeries
-Volunteered at nursing home
-Helped volunteer at: Rec Center, Soccer Tournaments, Library, sporting events, and Cancer awareness events</p>

<p>-Paid 9-week summer (40-hour weeks) research internship (research pending publication)
(Got more than 40 hours of clinical experience)</p>

<p>Please tell me what you think! Thanks :)</p>

<p>Thanks for chancing mine! I would say you’ll get in! Your stats are really impressive and they’d be crazy not to accept you. Keep doing what you’re doing and you have a really good chance!</p>

<p>While JHU and Rice are both reaches, they are reachable.</p>

<p>What are your matches/safeties? Get at least one of each if you haven’t already…</p>

<p>You have a good shot</p>

<p>I have Case, Ohio State University, and University as Pittsburgh as my safeties. I also am interested in Northeastern, Boston University, and Rochester!</p>

<p>Hey! Volunteering work sounds good. The ‘number’ of hours aren’t the key determinant, though an otherwise informative indicator. Try to bring out your learnings, feelings, thoughts about all that work, through essays/short questions. After all, it’s about “having one thing to say”, rather than “having to say something”.
So you may be tired of hearing this, but colleges take you for the whole you, that can’t be defined just in numbers and stats.
In terms of tangibles, you seem to be doing fine - good # of AP classes, etc.</p>

<p>On a new note, awesome, where did you do your research from? How did the idea come to you? :D</p>

<p>Thank you! That’s very helpful! And I did my research at a very prestigious hospital. And the idea came to me due to some advertising done from my school on it, so I decided to apply, and was very happy I got in! If you want some more specifics, message me! :)</p>

<p>Hopkins: High Reach.
Rice: Low Reach / Reach.</p>

<p>By you shadowing surgeries, I expect you will declare pre-medical. A 26 science score is not far above the 24 national average. If you do not bring that up to at least 30+ you can expect an immediate decline from Hopkins. If you can’t bring it up to a 30+, then I don’t believe you would be able to handle the work and getting in would only stress you out to the max.</p>

<p>Best of luck on your ACT retake man.</p>

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