Chances at JHU and other selective schools with neuroscience for undergradutes

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Stats:</p>

<p>Race/Gender: White Male
Class Year: 2009
GPA: ~3.5 Weighted
Rigor: My course load has always consisted of mainly AP/honors classes.
SAT I: 610 M, 710 CR, 620 W
SAT II: 700 Physics, 710 M</p>

<p>Notes: I'm fairly confident that my math and writing scores will be at least 30-70 points higher after I take the SAT's again this October. Also, should I take another SAT II? I'm thinking I should take the biology test.</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>One year of JV track.
One year of JV crew.
One year each of JV and varsity volleyball.
One year of reality check club.
I've raised about $1000 for breast cancer research through paddling for a cure over the past two years.
About eight years total of guitar and piano.
Over the summer I began the process of starting a kayaking club at my school.</p>

<p>Neither my stats nor my EC's are great but I hope to study neuroscience at a good school. I've heard good things about JHU's undergraduate neuroscience program and I'm wondering what my chances there might be. Also, given my stats and EC's, what other schools would fit me?</p>

<p>Thanks for reading and please comment, I love to hear the opinions of anonymous strangers on the internet.</p>

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<p>And since I can't edit: I'm from upstate New York and go to a competitive high school.</p>

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<p>I forgot: I, along with a seven other teammates from my video class, won a regional competition sponsored by Time Warner called "How Cool is Your School?". We had to make a video that showed how "cool" our school was. About 30 or so other schools entered. The prizes included $1000 for the school and a trip to NYC to tour the CNN studios there.</p>

<p>Dunno how good of an EC that is, but at least it's something.</p>

<p>Another edit: I just realized what a "weighted" GPA actually is. I always thought it was where emphasis is placed on classes based on how much of a credit they garner. So, I guess it's good news that the GPA I have posted is really unweighted.</p>