I’m glad your smarts helped you get into college, cause your personality certainly didn’t. I hope you enjoy your next four years at JHU. But more than that, I hope you grow into a more empathetic person. Your disregard for admissions rules is definitely problematic, but at the end of the day youre the one with a great opportunity and future. I just hope you don’t squander it
Good luck with your risk-taking. I was assuming your scholarship was a merit scholarship (which is earned, and is not “taking the place of someone else” any more than, say, an athletic scholarship does). If it is need-based, I hope you researched what it takes to be considered “independent” for JHU’s purposes. You certainly do not meet it by UC’s very stringent standards. If the scholarship is merit-based, once again Congratulations!!!
I know at one time you were hoping for admission to an Ivy League school (as per the thread title). If that is still your goal, I hope that works out for you (and if it does, that you can wriggle out of the JHU commitment).
You are really playing beyond the fringe. Sometimes when you play with fire, you do get burned. You have a great path ahead of you if you accept the cards you have been dealt. I hope you don’t blow it.
Best of luck to you in your adventures!!
Life is unfair? Homie, part of the reason why it’s so unfair is because people like you use “life isn’t fair” as cheap justification for their horrible actions. Your lack of empathy for others (haven’t learned anything from all those hours of community service you extolled, eh?) is truly shameful. Regardless of whether or not you end up accepted at an Ivy and try to get out of the ED agreement (something you can only do if you are financially incapable of paying tuition and can prove it with necessary documentation…going to be hard for someone whose parents make 800k+. Maybe daddy can pull some strings?), I feel comfortable saying that I’d rather be going to community college than be plagued with your terrible attitude. I’m sure your parents are very proud of the slimy, lying kid they’ve raised.
Congrats on your “accomplishments”!
Being arrogant and condescendant at age 50 when you have a whole carreer behind you can be justified. But having this attitude at your age while mommy and daddy are taking care of you is absolutely ridiculous. Btw i’m not an asian kid and i don’t feel i have a lack of achievement, but thanks for your concern. And if you fail to see most of these “congrats” as being pure irony i’m sorry for you.
Best of luck, you’re gonna need it.
It’s interesting, viewing the results of this thread.
One thing to mention is that there will always be someone who is better than you. That one person who seemingly has more, a better job, better credentials, a better internship, or even attended a better college. Life is about the ride, not about the destination. Rethink they way you view things. Humility is rare.
We’re nothing but a blink of time on a Pale Blue Dot, and ten years from now, you’ll be reminiscing about your time in high school. I hope you can stomach the decisions you have made, because you’re the only one who has to live with them.
A truly sincere Good Luck @blueberaptor
Well said @jtmarshall400 , well said.
Who the hell complains about life when their parents make 840k/year? I couldn’t even go to UCLA if I got accepted without asking my grandparents to pay $250k. (my parents don’t make 840k, my life’s ruined lmao). Your parents make enough to pay for 3 students to go ~ 5 years at UCLA ($56k OOS) and you’re complaining? My goal is to never have an attitude like yours… I only read the first 3 pages…
Harvard - Reach
Yale - Reach
Princeton - Reach
Stanford - Reach
CalTech - Reach
Berkeley - Match
Vandy - High Match
UCLA - Match
UCI - Safety
UCSD- Match/Safety
Brown - Mid Reach
Cornell - Low Reach
Amherst - Mid Reach
USC - Match 
Please chance me back! http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1738791-chance-me-for-chemical-engineering-will-chance-you-back.html#latest
@Anish14 I’m not complaining. I have a very easy path to life. Read more into it before making such dispositions.
@JANSAT ok, bud.
@jtmarshall400 I actually wrote my essay about existentialism, so your point strikes close to home with me. I am also aware of the journey more than the destination. My two ultimate goals in life are to be as happy as I can as I have only one life as well as to leave the world a better place than when I had entered.
@meriks Did you just go from 70% H2O to 70% NaCl?
@Qwerty568 Wait how am I a slimy, lying kid? Bud, I’ve put in several hours of work into bettering my community, self, and surroundings. I constantly look for ways to improve things. I live by a life goal to literally leave the world a better place than when I entered. If I have to sacrifice the happiness of a few for the greater good of the people, then I’d be immoral not to.
@ItsJustSchool It was merit based, yes. I don’t really care about an ivy-league education. At this point, I just want to learn enough in biophysics to make my entrepreneurial venture as well as get in touch with a few researchers at Stanford who are attempting breakthroughs in the same field.
@TheAtlantic You don’t even know me LOL. I’m not as insufferable as I come off. I live life like a normal teenager occasionally. I go to parties, smoke w33d, and chill with friends. I may disregard admission rules, but I adhere to the morality of empathy. I am vegetarian for a reason. I volunteer for a reason. I work hard for a reason.
Also, I have a lunch with the Google CEO after the MD and M expo I’m attending in 2 weeks. While you guys QQ over this thread, remember that it’s sometimes better to realize that in order to “win” at life, one must break several rules.
SAT I (breakdown): 2330 First attempt (790M, 790W, 750CR) 2350 Second (800M, 800W, 750CR) DAMN YOU CR
ACT: 33 -> This went to 34.
SAT II: 710 Chemistry, 730 Biology, 790 Math 2, 720 Math 1 (Took at 13 not gonna send in) -> Updated Scores: 790 Bio E, 800 Math 2, 800 USH, 710 Spanish, 800 Physics, 800 Literature, 660 World History (Didn’t send in, literally YOLOed the test)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83 D: -> 3.79. I got a 3.6 UW first semester senior year because, honestly, who tries senior year?
Weighted GPA 9-12 (Out of 5.0 weights only AP’s with A’s as 5 points): 4.28 -> 4.6 I did well junior year.
Weighted GPA 10-12: 4.58 -> I don’t even know. Probably 4.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/815 -> 10/815. I was rank 1 for the first semester of senior year, but my class is pretty competitive, and this coupled with my lackadaisical effort brought me down.
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), Statistics (5), European History (4), Calculus AB (5), AP Comp Sci (4)-> AP Calculus BC (5). AP Physics B (4), AP Spanish (3), AP English Comp. (5), APUSH (5), APES (5)
Freshman Courseload: English Honors, Spanish 2, PE, World Geography/Health, Trig/PreCalc Honors, Chemistry Honors
Sophomore Courseload: AP European History, AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB, AP Biology, English Honors, Spanish 3 Honors
Junior Courseload: AP Calculus BC, AP Environmental Science, AP US History, AP Physics B, AP Spanish, AP English Composition
->Senior Courseload: Economics Honors, AP Chemistry, AP Literature, AP Psychology, Choir.
EC’s/Hooks: Worked with Neil Tyson for 2 weeks for a physics internship (Biggest hook). JV Swim 2 Years, JV Tennis Junior Year. A couple of clubs, nothing too big.
I DID A LOT MORE EC’s LOL:
- Activity type
Community Service (Volunteer)
ICU/NICU Secretary at Kaiser Permanente Ontario
Did Secretarial Duties (Typing, Answering Calls, Filing) at NICU/ICU and filled at other departments if needed. - Shadowing of Various Doctors
Shadowed Neurosurgeon, Cardiology, and Radiologist at St. Mark’s Hospital in Utah. - Secular Student Alliance Vice-President
A place for philosophical/social/religious discourse, without fear of social reprimanding, for both the secular and non-secular student body. - MD and M West Beckmann and Coulter Intern
Observed upcoming plastic medical part technologies while assisting the representative from Beckmann and Coulter while they cataloged products. - Environmental Engineer for Solar Boat Club
We participate in the 7-month long Solar Race. I manage the mechanical physics while being cognizant of environmental limits and concerns.
Taking Multivariable Calculus and Differential Equations Honors at UC Irvine as a senior -> I completed MVC and DiffEqs with an A and A-, respectively. I’m taking linear algebra and real analysis now.
=))
Lmao.
I’m so confused by this thread… everyone is hating and now he’s updating his stats as if people should rechance him even though he has results in his hands? Cool that you used the opportunities available to you to further yourself but you obviously have been told that you’re going to be compared to your opportunities. Someone with $14000 of income isn’t going to be expected to be doing lots of that stuff.
In fact, how do you even go about shadowing cardiologists or interning at hospitals? Those sound like they would be really fun.
What all schools do you have results from?
Wow OP. You sound really conceited and not at all like HYPSM material based on character and attitude (“because, honestly, who tries senior year?”). I know so many people of your same intelligence level (based on test scores) who sound a lot more diligent and deserving than you.
I hope, for the sake of your college acceptance chances, that you did not portray the same kind of personality in your essays that you have on this thread.
This discussion has gone on long enough. As nothing further of a productive nature can be added, I am closing.