I am a junior looking at colleges for next year… please chance
Race: Indian
School: Suburban NJ 4000+
GPA: 3.68/ 4.18 Weighted
SAT:2280 (Math: 790, Critical Reading: 780, Writing: 710)
APs:
World History - 5
Chemistry- 5
Bio-5
Physics 1- 5
SAT 2’s
Physics 750
Bio 790
Chem (pending)
Math (pending)
Next year APs:
Micro/macro Econ
Physics C- Mechanics
Calc BC
Lit
AP Environmental Science
ECs:
Varsity Swimming 10th, 11th, 12th grade
300 hours of commiunity service in hospitals ect.
80+ Hour internship with a doctor in India.
Started a debate team at Highschool which now competes well at a national level. (President of the Debate Team)
3 year LD Varsity Debater: Placed at several tournaments such as the Upenn Liberty Bell Classic and Princeton Classic.
Helped start a Hindi teaching school in my town ( has 300 students )
I now teach there for 2-3 hours a week.
Professional level violinist
Principal at state orchestra.
Summer/Research:
4 week research at JHU Labs with a Ph.D there studying dark-field microscopy imaging.
I also have 3-4 published articles as well.
I was very sick my sophomore year of High school so I didnt really do so hot. Im hoping that my EC’s make up for my grades. I was wondering if you guys could chance me for JHU (ED), UVA, Upenn, Georgetown, Carnegie Mellon, Washington University at St. Louis, and Cornell. Thank you so much!
Decent chances at JHU. Not sure how much your GPA will hinder, but your extracurriculars perhaps make up for it, they are excellent. You have a decent chance if you write stellar essays.
FYI, some people may consider bumping – especially six times in 40 minutes AND particularly when the first three bumps were simultaneous with the original post – to be excessive, even discourteous. This may be THE most important thing in the entire world to you, but that doesn’t mean the remainder of us should feel quite the same way.
Lol, I can tell you’re a nervous junior. IDK how much ECs can make up for a poor GPA, but if anyone’s can it would be yours. Just speaking for JHU, I think you have a good shot. What would really help you out is if you got your high school guidance counselor to write you a letter of recommendation explaining the circumstances you’ve been through and how you’ve worked hard despite that. Especially if they have your transcript and see that your sophomore year grades look very different from the rest of your high school career.
I would be shocked if you did not get into UVA and Hopkins with your SATs and ECs. Georgetown too, because they do not consider the writing portion of the SAT. Cornell, like all Ivies, is very tough to chance, but you do seem qualified, and they too consider only the Math + CR. Carnegie Mellon and Wash. U are probably about 50-50, which is outstanding considering how hard they are to get into for the average applicant. I would not be surprised if you got into all of these schools with your qualifications.
JHU (ED) high match
UVA match
UPenn reach
Georgetown low reach
Carnegie Mellon- low reach SCS- reach
Washington University at St. Louis- low reach
Cornell- reach
Why do you keep bumping this topic? Not to be harsh but how many chances do you need in order to see the same predictions? You’re qualified to be a competitive applicant at all of the schools you have listed. ED will improve your chances at jhu but it’s still just as hard to get into.
