Chances ED @ Vandy and JHU?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everyone! I would really appreciate some honest feedback on my stats and what you think my chances are of getting in at these two schools Early Decision, which is where I plan to apply. (Vanderbilt EDI and John Hopkins EDII if Vandy doesn't come through) Thanks so much!!</p>

<p>Location: Smryna, TN
Race: White
Sex: Female
Class:Rising Senior
Class Rank: 5/375
GPA: 3.976 unweighted/ 4.5 W
First Generation
Widowed single parent family
Younger siblings
Classes:</p>

<p>Freshman: Span I - A
Physical Science - A
World History H - A 1st sem, but when I moved B (by 1 pt!) 2nd semester
Eng I - A
Alg I H - A
Wellness - A</p>

<p>Sophmore: Span II H - A
Engl II - A
Biology - A
Driver's Ed - A
Nutrition and Food - A
Alg II H - A
Prin of Business - A</p>

<p>Junior: Chem I H+ - A
Geometry H - A
Eng III - A
Virtual Enterprise - A
Drama I - A
US History - A</p>

<p>Senior - Physics AP
Chem II AP
Prec Calc H
Eng III H
Goverment/Anatomy
Drama II</p>

<p>(I will do everything in my power to make all A's Sr. yr. -- if I do, I will be Salutatorian)
(Also note: Junior yr lowest grade is 97 [only made that low once].. not sure if that counts for something)
This gives me a total of 10 Honors or above honors courses.
Will have a total of 5 sciences and 4 maths by end of next yr.
Varsity Swimming three yrs... a school record was won.
Job over summer and Sr yr
TN Governor's School 2006
TN Volunteer Girls State Delegate (won and elected a Senator's position [only 20 awarded out of 500+ girls])
Clubs by end of next yr will include: Mu Alpha Theta, National Honors Society, Student Council, Historical Society, Thesbian, Spanish, Science, Interact, Beta, Beta Epsilon
ACT score: First time = 27, Second time = 27 too! Everything went up several points but science, which for some reason plumated. Hopefully a 30 in Oct. I'mma get a ACT tutor and study like no other.</p>

<p>Volunteer at a Nursing Home, but not the typical 100+ hours yet... I'm working on it. So little time anymore.</p>

<p>I'm good at essays, so counting on essay to be good.
Student of Month twice, Soph & Junior academic award, etc.
Major: I want to go pre-med, w/ a major of Chemistry and a minor in Psychology.</p>

<p>Any perspective would be greatly appreciated.</p>

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<p>I forgot to add that this summer at Gov. School I completed two college level courses. History of Tennessee (HIST 2030) and Historical Geology (GEOL 1050) and recieved an A in both.</p>

<p>In addition, I got the lead role in a theatre preformance in Drama, and am hoping to be equally as lucky in the upcoming Musical this year.</p>

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<p>Bump......</p>

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<p>need SAT scores</p>

<p>also sense grade inflation because you have high grades but low standardized test score (ACT)</p>

<p>Also only 2 APs? tsk tsk...</p>

<p>Don't think you have a chance ED</p>

<p>What happened to the other parent?</p>

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<p>No grae inflation. I did take 4 practice tests and made a 30 on three and a 29 on one... I just keep getting nervous, however, on the June test I was at Gov. School and had a midterm the next day, so I only got 4 hrs of sleep.</p>

<p>There are only 5 AP's offered at my school, and two of them I couldn't take b/c of scheduling problems, and the other was AP Eng and we just lost our Eng teacher to cancer and no one knows who the teacher is going to be... a little to risky for me with already Physics AP and Chem AP, which are both really hard because we offer so few.</p>

<p>And my dad died when I was five. Mom never re-married etc. and has been sick with what he died of since then.</p>

<p>I will be taking SAT this year. Thanks for the reply</p>

<p>Anyone else have anything to add?</p>

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<p>what has your mom been sick with?</p>

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<p>JohnSSSSSSSSSS Hopkins. And I don't think they have EDII.</p>

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<p>It's a form of staph -- a bacterial infection that goes to either your spine or brain and slowly developes and kills you. However, most of the infection was removed in earlier surgeries etc.</p>

<p>Scorp,
Hmm -- I will admit that was sort of an assumption on my part. I will call the admissions people.</p>

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<p>You're in without a question at Vanderbilt. JHU chances are also high but make sure you do good on the SAT! 2100+ and they'll be begging for you. Seriously, I don't know why everyone is so harsh on this board...</p>

<p>I'm sorry about your mom and dad btw, great job getting through it and doing all this. congrats!</p>

<p>PS. get a leadership position at one of your clubs! and get rid of about two or three of the ones you're not really that into.</p>

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<p>Thanks, that's really encouraging. I appreciate it. I will take the SAT and hopefully I'll manage a 2100+ That would be ideal. And I will try my hardest for leadership of some kind! & will drop a couple of clubs. Thanks again!</p>

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<p>no problem! glad to help. ive seen people get into vandy with much lower stats than you and being from texas also helps. </p>

<p>jhu also doesnt get a lot of high high top ranked people because a lot of people use it as a "safety" when applying to ivies (it shouldn't, its an amazing school) so being 5th and going for ED is defenitly feasable for you.</p>

<p>good luck and keep being a trooper</p>