chance me

Colleges and Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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<p>Freshman year:
GPA: 3.6 (unweighted)
EC's: Joy club (community service)</p>

<p>Sophomore year: i moved to France and am attending an American School there
GPA: 3.6 (weighted). new school doesn't do unweighted.
EC's: Model United Nations (attended 1 conference in Italy), Green Team, Kenya Club</p>

<p>Junior year: first semester: (I'm doing the IB diploma)
GPA: 3.3 (unweighted), 3.7(weighted)
Second semester: 3.7 weighted.
Predicted IB score: around 35
EC's: Treasurer of HCMC Kids (a community service club), Founder of the Badminton Club, Green Team, Model united nations (attended a conference in December in Paris)</p>

<p>Senior year: well first quarter just ended, and if i keep up the grades i've achieved, it will be a 4.3-4.5 (weighted) gpa.. yea i know. huge increase.. i'm working my ass off.</p>

<p>EC's: I'm learning a Turkish instrument (baglama saz) for fun, MUN (going to PAMUN and THIMUN in the coming year), Green Team, Founder of Invisible Children</p>

<p>ACT's: 30 composite (36 on english section!), retaking in december</p>

<p>Work experience: for 2 summers, i worked in Syria for the American Embassy. (paid job)
Volunteering: Mother Teresa home in Syria for a summer.</p>

<p>I got letter of recs from work and the Mother Teresa home.</p>

<p>Please chance me?
For those of you who don't know what the IB diploma is, it's basically a rigorous program that is equivalent to.. a lot of AP's.</p>

<p>Rank: top 30% of my class</p>

<p>Awards: Leadership award from my summer job at the Embassy.</p>

<p>I travel a lot. I've lived in 3 different countries...</p>

<p>I know my grades are low. but will my EC's make up for it?</p>

<p>applying RD</p>

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<p>93 people viewed this thread… is nobody replying because theyre too nice to say that I have no chance?</p>

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<p>Poor kid…No replies! :slight_smile:
Not as many people reply to “chance” threads on the JHU page as they do at many other CC college pages. Dont let it get to you. Your background and experience seems interesting, and your IB diploma and the toughness of your HS cannot hurt. Your ACT score is interesting in that you did so much better in English than you did in the other topics. (you might want to look into, or be aware that this could indicate a learning disability: A big gap between your ability to grasp language over math would be considered as a bona-fide learning disability, even if you are above average in both…something to look back on in your grades and think about or discuss with your councellor).</p>

<p>So you have a decent shot, your life and EC’s are certainly interesting and assuming you have great letters of rec, you have a shot. I think!</p>

<p>(Keep in mind, Chance threads are pretty meaningless! Only the admissions staff will know for sure, and they wont know until a few weeks before you do)</p>

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<p>Chances don’t seem great. Your ACT and GPA are both below average. Nonetheless your work experience seems interesting so maybe you have a shot. It’s really hard to say.</p>