<p>Hello,
I'll be applying early decision to Johns Hopkins this fall. It's truly my dream school!!
I want to double major in International Relations and East Asian Studies.</p>
<p>School: I go to a very competitive magnet school in Texas. It is ranked 54th in the Nation by newsweek.
GPA: 4.0 (weighted. My school doesn't do unweighted, but i'd say I have about a 93 or 94 average.)
SAT: 2110 Combined, 770 Crt Rd, 680 Writing, 660 Math (I am definitely going to raise them all to above 700!!)
ACT: 30 combined, 34 english, 26 mathematics, 28 reading, 33 science. (I wasn't really happy with this score. I had never seen the act before when i took it so i did poorly. I don't think I'll be sending it in...But I'm not sure. Should I?)
Class Rank: 54/220
APs: Junior Year: English (Scored a 4), Japanese (Scored a 5). Senior Year: English, Government, Economics, Statistics, European History, and dual credit Advanced Biotechnology.
Also taking Japanese 5 and Chinese next year.
ECs, awards, ect: Won full merit based scholarship for study abroad in Japan with YFU, and chosen to be an alumni assistant later at their orientation (very competitive). Newspaper Section Editor, multiple awards for that. Radio show host, engineer, producer, reporter, and music coordinator. Japan Bowl (like quiz bowl for Japanese) Captain and president. Japan America Society Membership Committee Chair. Leader of English classes for exchange students. Model United Nations. Youth and Government. National Honors Society. Craft club president. Loads of other stuff that I can't remember right now, I have sooo many ecs...</p>
<p>People with 4.3-4.5 gpas from my school got rejected from Hopkins last year, so that is making me really nervous. Also, as you can tell by my scores, I'm much stronger in liberal arts stuff than I am in math. But I am applying ED, and their ED acceptance rate is over 50%, so that should help me, and i hear it's easier to get in if you're applying to something in the humanities or liberal arts...But what do you think my chances are??</p>
<p>I think your biggest problem is probably your SAT and class rank. I definitely wouldn’t send the ACTs b/c your 2110 on the SAT is stronger than the 30 on your ACT (when you use conversion chart). Also, you could consider taking two or three subject tests.</p>
<p>They’re subpar? Because when I look on college board, they match up.
As for my course load, I’m taking lots of APs this year…I didn’t take many last year, but I go to a magnet school. Every class I’ve ever taken has been magnet.
What would i need to score on the SAT to improve my chances?</p>
<p>I asked because those SAT scores from College Board generally include those of URM applicants, which are typically lower. You also want your scores near or over 75th percentile mark. For example, your Math and Writing scores barely pass 25th percentile.</p>
<p>Frankly, even if you had stellar SAT scores, your UW GPA, course rigor, and class rank would more than off set the advantage, putting you at a significant disadvantage during the admissions process.</p>
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higher the better</p>
<p>Anything is possible, however. I also suggest you apply ED to Johns Hopkins to maximize your chance of admission. Good luck.</p>
<p>Nobody on this site can tell you that you’re going to be rejected or accepted, because they don’t know. All they have available to them are objective data points that are just a part of the overall admissions process. It sounds like you really love JHU since you’re applying ED, so really make it show in your application! Best of luck!</p>
However, some of the well informed, experienced members can assess one’s chance somewhat accurately, using applicant’s academic records. After all, what’s the purpose of What Are My Chances forum if no one can tell you whether you have a good chance or not? </p>
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Some of the factors such as academic records are considered more important than others. In the OP’s case, her objective records, namely UW GPA, course load, and rank, suggest she is at a disadvantage.</p>
<p>Hopkins looks like low reach, but ED should give you a slight boost in chances. From my school far less qualified kids (and far more qualified kids) have accepted (and rejected), but my school is very good. Though I still think the numbers are a little screwy on my Naviance graph, because I know some of those kids applied to pre med, which is ultra competitive</p>
<p>Yeah, that’s why I’m so unsure, because the one person who go in from my school last year had much lower GPAs than other people who applied, and I think that the others maybe were rejected because they were applying to biomedical engineering and stuff.
My school is also really good, I think newsweek ranks it 54 in the nation (if that means anything), so it’s a lot harder to make good grades. And class rank has really screwed some good students over at my school, so they’re trying to get rid of it, but I don’t think it will be gone before I apply…</p>
<p>Honestly, I strongly recommend you NOT to apply ED to Hopkins.</p>
<p>First admit rate to ED got lower: 42% this year
Second, ED pool for unhooked applicants are probably stronger than the regular decision in terms of numbers, ecs, etc.
Third, ED admit rates tend to be higher because they include hooked applicants (legacy, atheletes, etc).</p>
<p>Lastly, even if you do apply ED, esp ur rank is outside of top 10%, ur chances of getting in is pretty low anyways (over 80% of matriculants were ranked within top 10%). </p>
<p>You should use your fall semester to bring up ur grade and raise ur sat scores so that adcoms can consider your improved academic performance during the regular decision process. But you won’t have that chance if you just decide to apply ED.</p>