Chance me please?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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<p>I am going to be a Junior in a Maryland Catholic College Prepatory School. My current GPA is a 4.0 unweighted and a 4.4 weighted. My school does not offer AP Classes until sophmore year, and only a history AP is available to be taken. I took AP Government this past year. I have taken around 4 Honors Courses as well, the max I could have taken was 6 these past two years. However, there were scheduling conflicts and that is why I am not in the other 2 Honors courses. I think colleges end up seeing that. I have over 300 Service Hours that include me volunteering at the hospital every week, playing piano for elderly people in nursing homes, and helping autistic children at one of the local special education programs. I am involved in many clubs including The Latin Honor Society, Ski Club, A Club that Raises money for kids with Childhood Cancer, Student Ambassadors (40 students are selected each year to serve as a "leader" to new students for the year), Students Against Destructive Descisions, and A Club that involves debating on recent Political News. I am still preparing for the SAT. I play piano, golf, and ski (as said before) we are planning on starting a golf program next year that I will participate in. I am also pursuing an internship with either the hospital I volunteer with, which I will most likely get, or with NIH, which is up in the air because I am not yet at the applying stage for it. </p>

<p>My Classes are:</p>

<p>Freshman-
English 09 Honors (A+)
Honors Beg. Physics (A+)
World History (A+) highest grade in the class for one semester
Geometry <a href="A">sophmore course</a>
Theology I (A+) Highest Grade in the class for one semester
Latin 1 (A+) highest grade in the class for both semesters</p>

<p>Highest GPA in Freshman Class (a tie)</p>

<p>Sophmore:
AP Gov (A+)
English 10 Honors (A+)
Bio Honors (A+)
Algebra II (A+)
Theology II (A+)
Latin II (A+) </p>

<p>Have a good shot at Highest GPA in Sophmore Class</p>

<p>My school gives out highest GPA's and Highest Grades in classes, but they do not disclose class rank overall. I am either number 1 or number 2 out of a class of 70 kids. </p>

<p>My Junior Course Load:
AP Language
AP Art History
Chem Honors
AP US History
PreCalc Honors
Latin 3</p>

<p>I left out my electives from my classes because they are not very notable, but I had no choice in taking them the past two years because I needed to take a theology course, health course, and music/art course the first two years, as a requirement. They were all A+'s if you're interested. </p>

<p>I feel like my weak point is obvious in extra curriculars because I do not have a sport on my resume, but I am hoping by the time I apply my community service and clubs will make up for it.</p>

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<p>people wont really be able to give you much judgment on this until you have taken SAT, or ACT, and SAT subject tests…but if you do very well on those standardized tests then you stand a decent shot.</p>

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<p>Thanks nova. I am taking it in september, but, because of te new rules I’m am simply taking it to see how I do And am not putting down colleges to send it out to… However I am looking at a 2200 after taking the PSAT sophomore year (180) and taking sat prep since last year with practice tests.</p>

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<p>get a 2200+ and you should have nothing to worry about in terms of getting into JHU</p>

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<p>Thanks, osprey. I also received a 5 on my AP Government Exam, if that has any importance in my application</p>

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<p>AP scores are not really weighed in into admissions. Your AP scores matter after you get into the college because you can use them to skip intro classes and possibly graduate early.</p>

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<p>I also am wondering if there might be any glaring weaknesses in my application, as of now.</p>

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<p>Bumpp…</p>

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<p>the only weakness I could see in your app so far is the strenuousness of the classes that you are taking. They are not the most challenging but thats alright if you continue your perfect GPA. Also - i wouldn’t just aim for a 2200. Johns Hopkins is an extremely competitive school so I would actually am for 2300+ to p ut yourself in the top</p>

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<p>Thanks for your suggestion. My schedule is as tough as it could be though because of scheduling conflicts AP’s are only available in sophomore year and only one is allowed. Will jhu see that?</p>

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<p>You really have nothing to worry about. You’re pretty much guaranteed in if you score a 2150+ on the SATs.</p>

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<p>Also I am a semifinalist in a poem contest. The poem has been published in a book set to come out in September.</p>

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<p>^great job! that will look good, just reiterating what everyone else said. If you get a 2250 or above you are in.</p>