<p>Sat: 2150
CR: 650
Math:730
Writing: 770</p>
<p>Leadership:
National honors society secretary
Chief editor of newspaper</p>
<p>Other activities:
Spanish honors society
Community service tutor
Mathematics league
Gold key admissions club</p>
<p>Internship with Mindup program</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins and Boston College are my two reach schools. I am hoping to major in business (or economics and math at JHU). I realize that my CR score is lower, but reading is not my strong subject. Could anyone help me with my chances for admission? Is my CR too low?</p>
<p>APs: I also have taken AP statistics and scored a 5 and plan on taking 3 more AP courses this year.
GPA: 4.1
Class rank: Top 20 of my class</p>
<p>i don’t your SAT is too low. . . a 2150 is definitely still competitive. maybe you can focus on critical reading and take the the october SAT? if you can get your composite and/or superscore above 2200, you’ll have a very good shot. Good luck!</p>
<p>Your SAT is above the average for Hopkins (2080), so I think you are just fine.</p>
<p>A 2080 seems a little low to me for Hopkins but not a bad score.</p>
<p>My gut feeling, unfortunately, is no for Johns Hopkins. I say this because my son was waitlisted with better stats (but less in the way of ECs).</p>
<p>I say you have a better chance for BC.</p>
<p>However, my advice would be to apply to some less “sexier” schools, such as Michigan and Washington University in St Louis. I think the chances of admission are a bit better at midwestern schools.</p>
<p>Schools still care more about math and verbal for the most part (Hopkins looks at all three equally I believe, so this probably matters more for BC). Hopkins admits this past cycle averaged a 1480 (math + verbal) and about a 2200 overall. Enrolled students averaged 2100+. So OP definitely has room to improve. Nonetheless, an extra 60 points will not likely make the difference between an admit or reject.</p>
<p>Also disagree with some of the posters on here. even with a 2200+ SAT (again, the average for admits) score, you probably will not get in (given that the acceptance rate is trending towards 15% and even lower for RD. Lots of applicants in the pool have high scores.) My sister (with legacy) was Valedictorian with a 2230 last year and was rejected from JHU but got into some other similar privates. It’s kind of random at this point - no one has a great shot unless they have won some type of a prestigious national competition like IMO or Intel/Siemens.</p>
<p>@Floridadad, you say your son had better stats but less in the way of ECs. Aren’t ECs a huge portion of the app? And having average ECs could be a big killer? I am saying this because maybe the rejection was not due to the objective stats but maybe the quality of ECs.</p>
<p>Try to get a 700+ on CR. </p>
<p>Other than that, as long as you have a 3.8+ / top 10% then you have a shot. A lot of getting into schools comes down to your essays / extracurriculars and what they say about you. Try to really just do your best in making your voice heard in your essays and any other part of the application. Your extracurriculars seem pretty standard, so try your best to really use your essay to say what makes you, well, you. </p>
<p>Also, majoring in business at BC and econ + math at JHU are two very different things. They both can get you to the same spot, but do know that an econ + math major at JHU is much more geared towards academics than business at BC would be. Look into the financial economics minor if you want to do finance at JHU (although I don’t really have much knowledge about the finance stuff, I’m more focused on the academic side).</p>
<p>Feel free to message me if you have any questions about econ at JHU or the school in general. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for your advice and input! It’s a great help</p>