Chances at Johns Hopkins?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everyone, I am going to be a junior next year in high school and I was wondering whether or not I'd have a chance at JHU. Yes, I know it's kinda early to get deeply into the college search, but I'd still like to know what you guys think.</p>

<p>THANKS!</p>

<p>Most current [SOPHOMORE] stats:</p>

<p>Attend public school in southern/central PA; rarely sends any students to top schools
Multicultural American citizen [Vietnamese/Chinese] and I speak Chinese, parents have no college ed. mom-high school, dad-no high school
-Take most rigorous curriculum at school
-Unweighted GPA: 4.0
-Weighted GPA: 4.37
-Rank: 2/306. would be 1st in class w/o a special exceptions made for 1st student. rank will hopefully rise at end of jr. yr.</p>

<p>PSAT scores taken during beginning of sophomore yr.
64 CR. 63 MATH. 61 WR. total 1880. want to get over 2000. ***feasible?
AP courses not permitted until jr. yr.
[11th grade AP's]: Lit., US Hist., Stat.
[12th grade AP's]: Comp., Euro Hist., Calc., Econ.</p>

<p>-take independent science research course conducting advanced, college level science projects
-awards received at county science fair [competition before Internationals]
-3rd place auxiliary award from Medical Assn. of my county for project on cancer [9th grade]
-2nd place award in category [Microbio] for proj. on bioactive compound production. [10th]
-Highest 'Superior' Award at H.S. level of science competition. [9th & 10th]</p>

<p>EC's:
-LEO Club [Volunteering club at school 9th & 10th]
-Elected LEO Club Brd. of Directors for upcomping 11th grade yr.
-Section editor of yearbook [11th-?]
-Section editor of newspaper [11th-?]
-Jr. Class Vice President, heading committees, fundraisers, prom, school functions, etc.
-Science Fair [9th &10th]
-Varsity Swimming [9th]
-Spanish NHS [10th, 11th, 12th] **got in early in 10th instead of 11th b/c I independently studied Spanish 2 over summer.
-NHS next yr
-attended summer nanotechnology seminar at college over summer</p>

<p>PLANS
-signing up to volunteer at hospital this summer
-plan to apply to gov. school of health care
-plan to secure a job</p>

<p>MAJOR: biology [w/ intention of going on to med school]</p>

<p>i know some of this is fluff stuff, but im putting it there for its 2 cents worth</p>

<p>chances please for Johns Hopkins? oh yes, i know UPenn is a reach w/ the scores and ecs i have now, but is there even a slight chance w/ an awesome essay?</p>

<p>Thanks again for your time! =]</p>

<p>em.</p>

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<p>your PSATs make both Hopkins and Penn a reach. Your in range for Hopkins ED w/ >2000 SATs and in range for both Hopkins and Penn with >2100 SATs. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>oh, i forgot to mention that the AP courses listed are all that are offered at my school excluding music theory. no science APs.</p>

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<p>Your GPA seems pretty good; anything above a 3.85 UW should be sufficient for both JHU and UPenn. However, your PSAT score seems to be low for these places. The PSAT doesn't matter too much for admissions, though, so if you can boost your SAT score into the 2100+ range, you should be good to go.</p>

<p>Btw, since you are still a sophmore, you have plenty of time to prepare for the SATs. My advice to you (this worked for me) is to get the blue Collegeboard prep book (most other books have some errors here and there) and do 1 section a day for about a month or 2 prior to the actual test. That way, you can get plenty of practice in and your chances of making "stupid mistakes" will be greatly lowered. It might sound time-consuming, but practice is really the single BEST way to boost your score. </p>

<p>Chance me back?
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=372096%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=372096&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>If you can keep the 4.0, you need about a 2050 for Hopkins. The advice given on here is good. Keep in mind that Biology is probably the most competitive major at Hopkins, though, along with Chemistry. Everybody goes there with the idea of going to medical school someday.</p>

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<p>Hey guys im really confused becuase i want to go to JHU, but what is the different between JHU and JHU ED and where is the medical school, like if i want to go to med school, which one do i got to becuase i heard that JHU doesnt have a med school. PLEASE HELP</p>

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<p>ED is Early Decision, meaning you submit your application early if you think JHU is your 100% first choice. It you get in you HAVE to go there. You can only apply to one school ED. It is a "binding" acceptance. EA (early action) offered at some schools allows you to apply early, but its not binding and you can apply to multiple schools EA. RD is regular desicion, which is pretty self-explanatory.
O and JHU has a graduate medical school. You will apply to the undergraduate school. DOn't worry about med school just yet.
Good Luck!</p>

<p>Maybe I'll see you at Hopkins in two years (im applying this year)</p>

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<p>It is definitely feasible to raise your PSAT score by a large amount. . .as a sophomore I got a 186, and as a junior I got a 221. It probably had to do with the fact that I'd already taken the SATs once by then. . .my final SAT score wasn't that much higher, though.</p>

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<p>Dont be worried by your PSAT... i got a point or two higher than you on the PSAT and above a 2000 on the SAT... in my opinion, the PSAT means very little besides National Merit... if you study, I think that you could definitely get a 2000+ SAT score...</p>