Chances for Johns Hopkins University

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I already applied ED, but I am extremely nervous. I feel like I might have really messed up. I think I'm in love with the school, and I really want to be accepted! I really want to be part of the BME program.. BLARG! Anyway:</p>

<p>SAT I: 730M 720V 650W
(Death to writing...I got an 80 on PSAT writing..and then it went down to this! Arg, I say..)
SATIIs: 750BioE 730MathIIC</p>

<p>Biology AP: 5
Statistics AP: 4
US History AP: 3</p>

<p>Cumulative GPA: 98.115 (out of 100, weighted)
Rank: 12/397</p>

<p>Schedule for year 9 and approximate grades:
Foundation Art (95-98)
World History A (97-100)
Anthropology/Sociology (half-year courses) (100)
Biology I A (94-98)
Literature A (90-94)
Geometry A (95-98)
Spanish II (95-100)</p>

<p>Schedule for year 10 and approximate grades:
US History I A (90-95)
Chemistry I A (92-97)
American Literature A (90-97)
Algebra II A (94-98)
Spanish III (90-94)
Computer Programming I A (90-99)
Word Processing/Business (required for graduation) (100)</p>

<p>Schedule for year 11 and approximate grades:
US History II AP (85-97)
Biology II AP (92-96)
Physics I A (90-97)
Precalculus A (95-99)
Statistics AP (92-96)
British Literature A (90-94)
Spanish IV A (90-94)</p>

<p>Schedule for year 12 and first marking period grades:
European History AP (93)
Computer Programming II AP (skipped a year, big mistake) (89)
Chemistry II AP (91)
World Literature A (91)
Calculus AP BC (99)
Science Inquiry/Tech (a sort of engineering course) (97)
Psychology AP taken Pass/Fail because of my own stupidity (wish I could take back that decision) (I am passing, though, haha :P)</p>

<p>EC activities/Awards:
Ecology Club (we are getting our school to recycle, gasp!), 10-12
Hospital Volunteering, 11
Participation in Stevens Institute of Technology ECOES program '05
Participation in various engineering competitions w/ Sci. Inq. class, 12
Multicultural Club (VP), 10-12
Math Honor Society (VP), 11-12
Math Club (VP), 11-12
Math Tutoring, w/ Math Club and on my own time for other teachers
Gay-Straight Alliance (I designed our school's "Safe-Space" sign, hahaha), 11-12
Went to a Buddhist weekend camp with a friend's family over the past summer (Dharma Drum Mountain) and plan on attending future gatherings of that nature :)
Spanish Honor Society, 10-12
National Merit Scholarship Commendation, 11
Summa Awards (High Honors award at my school), 9-11
AP Scholar</p>

<p>I believe that is all... I don't know why I'm doing this. I think I just really can't think about anything else right now.</p>

<p>Thankee.</p>

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<p>Bumpage...</p>

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<p>you have a really good chance</p>

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<p>JHU has a relatively high acceptance rate, about 20-30 percentish.</p>

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<p>I actually applied Early Decision, so I think the acceptance rate is higher.. But still, nearly everyone who applies to JHU is amazing. Even if there is a 50% acceptance rate for ED at JHU, they have to choose pretty much only from the best of the best.. The only people who really apply there are top of their class..this is what scares me.. I feel like compared to other applicants, I may not seem as qualified. >.<</p>

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<p>Okay, I feel like a loser doing this but...bump.</p>

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<p>you have a good chance at jhu ed.</p>

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<p>::bounces:: ....bump.. Anyone care to give their opinion on what part of my application is the weakest..? What might keep me from being accepted?</p>

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<p>The fact that you want to do BME</p>

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<p>La la la la la la la bump. :)</p>

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<p>nnilsen-- u got just as much a shot as the rest of us jhu ed's applicants. best of luck to u!!
and also, their ed acc rate is like 55% or something, which is great for us :)</p>

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<p>ho hum, bump</p>

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<p>Not anymore.... with over 1000 ED apps this year.... we are likely to see the acceptance rate go down to 35-45%</p>

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<p>yep... or even lower, which will be really sad for me</p>

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<p>How'd you hear about that? If it's true, that's scary. Anyway..anyone else, chances?</p>

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<p>U averaged a 98 percent in all ur classes? Even a professor retaking some math tests would have brain farts that would not give him a 98 on the course. Ur school must have wild inflation.</p>

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<p>goBears, the GPA is weighted</p>

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<p>"Okay, I feel like a loser doing this but...bump." times infinity lol! ive never seen so many bumps in one place before. no offense or anything, its just kinda funny.</p>

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<p>Ya, that's the weighted GPA. We get +5 for advanced (honors) classes and +10 for AP classes, which is major inflation but still less than what I've seen for some other schools (but probably because my school does not go on a 4.0 scale..).. I don't know. Anyway..ya.. when GPA is calculated it's weighted, class grades are not.. And cumulative GPAs make me angry...I had a lot of stuff going on and almost crumbled at one point last year and it really made my GPA go down.. but somehow my class rank got better...which I find funny.. :P</p>

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<p>your SAT1's could be a slight disadvantage, but i don't think JHU's is that much of a number-based school</p>