<p>I go to a school with around 210 students..very competitive.
I would say as of now (going into my junior year), I am probably ranked around 23-25 ish with a 97 GPA, so top 15%. I think that translates to a 3.9.</p>
<p>Will my class rank extremely hurt my chances of getting into JHU?</p>
<p>bump bump bump</p>
<p>In all honestly Hopkins is almost in the top 10 selectivity. Id say its just below HYPSM, but on par with Duke, G-Town, Berkeley, Upenn, Dartmouth, Brown..... </p>
<p>Getting a 3.9 is really not that uncommon even if its at a competitive school. </p>
<p>See in these kinda of schools a 3.75-4.0 is all pretty much the same. What really counts is that rank. And yours is killing you. No matter how hard a school you should at least be in the top 10 if not top 5 %. </p>
<p>My recommendations, Get those SATs in the 1450-1500 or 2120-2260 range and work on those Extracurriculars.</p>
<p>Another thing is that since your from Texas you got to really push it, first your state has a lot of students so its not characterisitic of a southwest regional hook thing. And because your not from Maryland you really have to be on par or better than Hopkins average</p>
<p>Some schools particularly in Montgomery County, MD are virtual feeder schools to Hopkins. Schools like W. Churchill, W. Whitman, Wotten, and W. Johnson send on average 10-15 kids each every year to hopkins. They make up The Big W schools and along with Richard Montgomery they really have Hopkins under control.</p>
<p>So work on SAT, EC, and write a good essay and you have a shot. </p>
<p>BUT HOPKINS BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING IS SOMETHING ELSE. Admission to JHU BME is on par with Harvard, you really got to be something else. You'll need internships in science, great scores on SAT2, SAT, especially math scores, even some good AP's. You need a thourough science background too even be considered.</p>
<p>Thanks for your in depth advice!!</p>
<p>Didn't know that about my MoCo (as my PG County friends call it).</p>