<p>Asian Male from Rochester, New York
GPA = 96.7%
Class Rank=Somewhere in the top 10 of 300+. I don't know what number specifically
Major = Planatary Science or Biology</p>
<p>Current Year = Junior</p>
<p>Let's start off with the advanced classes classes:</p>
<p>Sophomore Year
-AP Language and Composition - 3 (horrible, I know)
-AP Bio - 5
-Chemistry
-Spanish 3
-Orchestra
-Algebra II/Trig</p>
<p>Junior Year (Current)
-AP Chem (predicted 4 or 5)
-AP US History (probably 4)
-IB English
-IB Spanish 4
-Precalc
-Computer Programming with C++
-Independent Study with Microbiology</p>
<p>Senior Year
-AP Government and Economics (4s most likely)
-AP Calc (4 or 5)
-AP Environmental self-study (4 or 5)
-AP Physics (4 or 5)
-AP Literature (3 probably)
-IB English
-IB Spanish 5
-Anatomy</p>
<p>SAT I's 1300 (700 Math, 600 Verbal)
SAT II's M Biology 700</p>
<p>During the summer I'm taking an SAT class and plan on constantly reading to take the new one. I'm also taking Math, Chemistry, US History SAT's in June. Predicted grades for all are low 700s. </p>
<p>EC's
4 years Varsity Ice Hockey
1 Year JV Soccer
3 Years Outdoor Track
NHS
Spanish Honor Society
Spanish Club
3 Years Math Team
Biology Club (Treasurer)
Key Club
1 Year Class Officer
People to People trip
8 Years Violin
1 Year Tutoring</p>
<p>Hooks
-Letter of Recommendation saying that I've been one of his best students in his 30+ year career. The teacher is fairly well-known on the Cornell campus and I believe he used to teach there
-Legacy</p>
<p>I'm heavily looking into Johns Hopkins. Any other college suggestions would be appreciated.</p>
<p>I would say that you have a 90% chance. First of all you're a legacy so thats the equivalent of adding roughly 200 to your SAT score. Second of all, in your activities you show heavy commitment, which is excellent, and it shows colleges that you pursue your childhood passions. Lastly, you have an excellent letter of reccomendation. Therefore I would put Johns Hopkins as a definite match.</p>
<p>You have a great chance at JHU. I would say it all rests on how good your essays take shape, since they are an integral part of admissions there.</p>
<p>rexrun: NYU more selective than JHU? Far from it. Besides the OP shouln't apply to colleges based on selectivity. It's 100000x better to apply to colleges that fit your desired collegiate experience.</p>
<p>Ah.. Well, mdkeung, for Biology you can't go wrong with JHU but I would consider University of Michigan, Cornell, Washington University in St. Louis, Amherst/Swarthmore, Penn, and maybe U of Rochester as a safety. If I were you, I would try to up those SAT's for some of those schools, even though SAT's matter little to Hopkins.</p>
<p>I wouldn't be as confident as others make it out. I mean, you're in a lot of clubs, but they seem, at my school at least, like "fluff" clubs. Where you have to do zero work except for signing up and paying the dues. So unless you're heavily involved in all those clubs and honor societies it doesn't look like your ecs are that amazing, a lot of people have dedicated a lot of time to an instrument so that's not that amazing either. The sports are good. But there's no volunteering mentioned and it doesn't look like you're necessarily doing all of these things because you're interested in them. Somet hings seem like they're just done so that they'll look good for college. And your SATs are a little low for Hopkins, I don't think a legacy will add 200 points. But I have to say that your courses are extremely competitive and you're grades and class rank are very competitive as well. That will definitely be a big plus for you because it shows that your a hard worker. So I'd say if you can bring up the SATs almost 100 points and show that your clubs aren't taken just to look good for college, then you've got a good shot. otherwise you've got a shot, but I don't think it's as great.</p>
<p>JHU has a great program in Earth & Planetary Sciences, and because it's not a "pre-med" science department, your chances of getting in will increase slightly. Being a legacy should help you too. What did your parent study at Hopkins?</p>