Chance me JHU, BU, NYU, etc

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Feeling a little worried, especially about my GPA. I'm asian, from a top 10 in state public school, no idea what my income bracket I am, but it's >100,000. </p>

<p>Applying to:
Johns Hopkins (really want to apply ED, as it's my top choice. But there are other schools that I'd be very happy to go to, so I'm unsure if I should ED if there's little chance.
Boston University
NYU
BU
Northeastern
UMass Amherst
McGill
Carnegie Mellon
UT Austin
Rice</p>

<p>SAT: 2280 (One sitting)
SAT II: Math 780, Chem 760,
GPA: Our school doesn't do unweighted GPA, but my weighted is 3.85(pretty low, I know)
Rank: School doesn't rank
AP's: 5 in Chem, 4 in CompSci and 4 History</p>

<p>Senior year course load: AP Lit, AP Psych, AB Calc, AP Euro History, Honors Econ, Gym,
Recs: Waiving my right to see them. Hopefully their alright</p>

<p>ECs:
Speech and Debate: Captain 2 years, coached the team the team from near nothing to high finishes in states, qualified to states every year, nationals last year, tons of awards, probably too many to put. Created a debate teaching curriculum and implemented it in my school as well as introduced it to other schools in my county.
Model UN
DECA: Went to internationals two years in a row.
NHS
Winter Track: Varsity,
Spring Track. Varsity (Both track seasons qualified to states, no medals there though)
Programming Club
Web developer: Nothing much, a few odd jobs for friends of family, but I have my own website where I put debate instruction.
School newspaper
Managed a small store for about two years as a part time job
Volunteered at a local hospital > 200 hours</p>

<p>Any chance at JHU?</p>

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<p>GPA is low, as you’ve pointed out, but SAT and ECs are solid</p>

<p>BU, NEU, UMass- match-high match
McGill, UT Austin, Rice- high match
JHU, CMU (assuming Tepper or Engineering)- reach</p>

<p>Chance me? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1690007-claremont-mckenna-duke-bucknell-grinnell-uofr-chances.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1690007-claremont-mckenna-duke-bucknell-grinnell-uofr-chances.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>To put some perspective, my school’s Naviance has the average weighted GPA of UMass at 3.6 at the low end, and around 4.1 for CMU and JHU. Don’t know if that’s normal or if it makes any difference. Thanks for the chance! Do you think it’s worth applying ED to JHU given it’s a reach? </p>

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<p>@Asiankid1 Definitely apply ED, even if it’s a reach. Most competitive people apply ED to their dream schools, which are almost always reaches. The only problem with ED is if you’re financially wary and need to compare packages. If you’re fine with money to the school, and you love it, apply ED. </p>