<p>Stats:
GPA: 3.6 UW, 4.4 W
ACT: 32
SAT Subject: 750 (Math II), 710 (Bio E) (should I send these? lol)
Class Rank: 86/708
AP Scores: (10 APs total) AP Calc AB (5), Bio (4), Psych (4), World History (4), US Hist (4), English Lang (3), taking 4 currently
EC:
Boys State
National Merit Commended
Varsity Tennis (4 years)
Orchestra (4 years)
HOSA State Finalist
NHS (3 years)
We The People Comp
About 300 hours community service
Photography (had photos featured on national competitions)
AP Scholar w Distinction
Academic Athlete</p>
<p>Thanks guys, i appreciate it!</p>
<p>Worth a shot, but honestly not good chances. Extremely poor gpa (relative to the freshman class average of 3.88: <a href=“http://hub.jhu.edu/2014/08/21/class-of-2018-facts”>Arts+Culture | Hub), low rank, and average test scores. Might want to work that photography passion into your essay somehow.</p>
<p>@blah2009 I thought the average GPA was a 3.74</p>
<p>GPA’s slightly on the low side.
ACT’s not too bad but could be better.
SAT Subject tests are also not too but could be way better. I say send them.
Your ECs are decent.
You’d need a really good essay and recommendations to have a good chance.
Good Luck!</p>
<p>Vegas living, see my link for the most recent freshman class. Not sure what the confusion is. Anyway you dice it, your gpa is low. Definitely dont plan on getting in and make sure to apply to several other schools.</p>
<p>@blah2009 maybe you should give yourself a good look first</p>
<p>^if you can’t handle that, you’re in for a rude awakening. Life is full of rejections. Always to be pleasantly surprised than painfully dissapointed.</p>
<p>Blah definitely didn’t say it in the kindest way, but he’s not wrong. Many kids on CC aim too high without a backup plan, assuming they’ll get into a school like Johns Hopkins just because it’s good but not an Ivy. The original poster’s stats are low for Johns Hopkins. Does that mean he won’t get in? No. But it does mean he should have a backup. Good luck, VegasLiving.</p>
<p>^Agreed. These days, the ivy label doesn’t mean anything in the higher paying fields (especially in the reputationally based work force such as management consulting where I work (McKinsey) where employers are knowledgeable about the schools). Schools such as Washu, Chicago, Duke, Northwestern, Hopkins (Omitting Stanford or MIT which are arguably more prestigious than the ivies save for 1 or 2) are as hard or potentially harder to get in with equivalent or better job prospects relative to some of the ivies.</p>
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