<p>i know you are sick of these threads but i have no clue if i have a chance at RD or not. helpful comments will be greatly appreciated :-)</p>
<p>interest: pre-med/biochemistry</p>
<p>School: public school (i think it's pretty average- there is a wide spectrum of students)
GPA (UW): 4.0</p>
<p>SAT : 760 M/ 650 V/ 650 W (retaking on Oct 14)
ACT: 35
SAT 2: 800 MathII/ 800 Chem/ 750 BioE/ 740 Physics</p>
<p>AP: Bio 5 / Chem 5 / Gov 5 / Calc BC 5 / Psychology 4 / Physics 4</p>
<p>Senior year: AP stat, AP econ, AP English, Spanish, Orchestra, 2 university classes (Human anatomy, Introduction to brain and behavior)</p>
<p>Honors:
All-State Orchestra (3, possibly 4 years)
AIME Qualifier
State Math Competition Qualifier
National merit (?) (psat: 219)</p>
<p>EC and others (the year numbers are not including including next year. also, i moved after my freshmen year so some of the EC are 2-year rather than 3):
- Cross Country (3 years)
- Violin/Orchestra (3 years, possibly sending in a tape?)
- Volunteer at community library (3 years)
- Volunteer at hospital (2 summers)
- Tutoring (1 year)
- 1440 Interact (a community service club) (2 years)
- math club (3 years)
- Hostess at a restaurant (started a couple months ago)
- Summer internship at a chemical engineering lab (1 summer)</p>
<p>i think that is pretty much it... again, helpful comments will be very very appreciated!</p>
<p>Grades and Test scores wise, you are in decent standing for ED. HOWEVER, you have a long list of ECs. This is what colleges tend to shy away from. They want to see a student with a passion, or at least leadership in what they do. I don't see any indication here that you are a leader in anything. Honestly, the violin orchestra bit is very common, and unless we're talking international touring/award recognition, there is little to distinguish aside from another activity. If you really want JHU, go for it, you seem like a reasonably fairing applicant. But don't be surprised if you don't get in. I've seen more qualified applicants get rejected.</p>
<p>your resume so far seems really strong. however ill have to slightly agree with halopeno... i dont know exactly what you do in all of your EC's but as long as you have something you really are passionate about you wont have to worry. you just want to be different than the next several thousand kids. no pressure.</p>
<p>I scored a 217 on the PSAT last October, and I am definitely going to be considered "Commended," if not "Semi-Finalist." Can someone please tell me if "Commended" also makes a huge difference from "non-Commended" (neither commended nor semi-finalist)? And if so, how much of a difference? Thanks.</p>