Chances for Biomed?

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Hi. What are my chances for the BME major?

Asian male
Out-of-state
GPA: 3.8UW, 4.3W
SAT scores: 2290 (first take; 780 math 750 reading 760 writing)
PSAT: 233 (National Merit)
SAT 2: 780 Biology M, 800 Math II, 780 US History

Schedule: 9th grade:
Geometry Honors
Biology Honors
AP US History
English 9 Honors
Spanish 2 Honors
PE

10th grade:
Precalculus Honors
Chemistry Honors
Spanish 3 Honors
AP Micro/Macro
English 10 Honors
Health

11th grade:
AP Calculus AB
AP Biology
AP English Language
AP Spanish
Calculus-Based Physics (Dual enrollment @ local university)
Elementary Linear Algebra (Dual enrollment)

12th grade:
AP Calculus BC
AP Chem
AP Computer Science
Organic Chemistry
Discrete Mathematics (Dual enrollment)
Multivariable Calculus (Dual enrollment)

AP Scores: US History (4), Bio (5), Macro (5), Micro (5), English Lang (5), Calc AB (5)

Extracurriculars:
Baseball (Varsity junior, senior year)
Track (Varsity sophomore, junior, senior year)
National Honors Society (4 years)
Biology Club (4 years)
Vice President of Asian American Student Club (1 year)
Symphony Orchestra (nationally ranked program at my school)
Science Olympiad (state semifinalists)
Engineering internship at local company
Two summers of embryology and genetics research at local university

Intended major: Biomedical Engineering with a minor (or double major?) in Computer Science

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Your stats are similar/slightly better than mine, and I got in this year. I applied ED though.

3

@debanik1997 Congrats, btw did you apply for BME?

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As a current BME I think you have a reasonably good chance. Hopkins, especially the BME department, seems to like students with meaningful high school research experience. Your GPA is a bit on the low end, but the fact that you took lots of DE and AP classes should make up for it.

If you do get in you should seriously consider that BME/CS double major. If you’re able to get credit for all of your AP and DE classes you’d be able to clear the first year of both majors which would make the double major very doable.