<p>So far, John Hopkins is my 1st choice university...but I don't know if I'm really qualified. I'm no extraordinary student or anything, but I really would like to get in, so I'm thinking of applying early, where the acceptance rate is 60% (compared to its regular 28%). Do I have a chance with these stats? (im a junior by the way):</p>
<p>-GPA: 3.7
-4 AP courses completed by end of my junior year--Biology (4 on the AP test); Calculus AB, Language and Composition, US History
-SAT: 2130 first time, plan on taking it again in October</p>
<p>ECs
-Premed club (9th and 10th grade)
-Academy of Science and Medicine (10th)
-160 hours of volunteer at a hospital
-will be doing 100 hours of internship at a hospital this summer
-going to a leadership camp this summer </p>
<p>I'll be taking my SATIIs in June...yeah my stats and ecs fall a bit short don't they? I moved to CO during the end of my soph year which is sorta why my ecs seem interrupted...but that 60% does sound promising</p>
<p>O yeah, I also played tennis at my school this year, and have been playing since around 7th grade</p>
<p>nope, you wont get into Johns Hopkins because you can't spell the name of the school right. ;-) just messin with ya</p>
<p>I'm no expert, but from what I've gathered from these boards is that college admissions are about knowing what to expect and doing whatever you can to meet those expectations. I'm pretty sure John Hopkins looks a lot at GPA and coursework, and your GPA is pretty good and 4 APs is pretty good too (I'm assuming you'll take more your senior yr)</p>
<p>I'd say you should build up your ECs- you could try starting a club at your school with something you're interested in; maybe get a few friends to help you out to start with. </p>
<p>With a 60% ED rate, your APs and GPA, and maybe a few more ECs, I think you should definitely apply. Whats the worst that could happen?</p>
<p>Oh gah...it's Johns Hopkins, not John Hopkins. I read somewhere that lots of people miss spell that on their apps and that's an automatic reject. Haha, I pretty much just saved all of your chances. Well, so did drumndukie.</p>
<p>It's Johns?!? How could I have overlooked that s everytime I looked at it...strange.</p>
<p>Thanks for clearing that up...good god. Thats horrible...mispelling the university I wanna get into o_O;</p>
<p>You stand a good shot, I'd say try to do something over summer that's internship or research or leadership related. Your resume looks awfully similar to mine, I must say, I didn't apply there though, sorry. Also, with JHU, it depends on the major u r applying to some r harder than others.</p>
<p>Yeah I'm going to do 100 hours of interning...and a leardership camp thingy over the summer =P</p>
<p>my major is premed. i think</p>
<p>It's a slight reach, but you still stand a good chance...especially if you apply ED.</p>
<p>premed is not a major. biomedical engineering is.. and its the only capped major at hopkins (you have to apply to the major specifically in your application)</p>
<p>But Premedicine is listed as a major on collegeboard...under the health profession category</p>
<p>You don't know how to spell Johns Hopkins. You don't know that premed is not a major at JHU(premed at most schools simply means taking the required sequence classes). I want to help you, but you have to listen up rather than than contesting my information.</p>
<p>Here are the majors are JHU: <a href="http://apply.jhu.edu/academics/majors.html%5B/url%5D">http://apply.jhu.edu/academics/majors.html</a>.
Anyone can complete the premed sequence and apply to med school at any university. For example, at JHU, two econ majors completed the pred med school and successfully applied to med school. Some majors pre-med students wish to pursue are: Biomedical Engineering, Biology, Bioethics, Neuroscience, etc. BME at JHU is considered the top BME program in the nation and successfully places its students into the top med schools. As I said before, students have to apply to this major during admissions and it is almost impossible to transfer into BME. More information here: <a href="http://www.bme.jhu.edu/academics/undergrad.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.bme.jhu.edu/academics/undergrad.htm</a></p>
<p>Also, the ED rate for this year was not 60%(It was 47 - 48%). <a href="http://hopkins.typepad.com/hopkins_insider/2005/12/decision_day_an.html%5B/url%5D">http://hopkins.typepad.com/hopkins_insider/2005/12/decision_day_an.html</a></p>
<p>so according to what socplayer said, it would be harder to get accepted into JHU if i major in biomedical engineering?</p>
<p>Yes, it is one of the harder majors from what I've heard. I wouldn't let you deter you from applying under it though, my friend got in for one, and I don't think his resume was "extracurricularly" as impressive as yours, although he may have had a better SAT and such, I'm not sure. For some reason, I do recall them having something of a pre-med major although it isn't listed there. If you do some more research I think you'll find it, because I know I've heard of it before, although I'm not exactly sure what it is, most likely a pretty general science education that eventually narrows down so you actually focus on one area. Aside from that though, the fact is that Med Schools accept students from literally every major as long as you complete the required pre-med courses. Something like 8 semester credit hours in chem, physics, bio, 6 in english. Something along those lines, I'm not sure the exact stats b/c i'm a high school senior myself right now. What I was getting at though, is a "pre-med" major is probably just a science major, and you'd be just as well off majoring in bio med eng or whatever and then applying to med school. In terms of applying to med school, your major doesnt matter in your app, however it can turn out to be advantageous to be a science major because you're likely to do better on the MCAT's. However, based on their application alone i don't believe that a spanish major who has all the requirements with the same MCAT score will have any advantage over a chem eng major with same MCAT and GPA and everything.</p>
<p>are you sure jhu is your top choice? have you visited the campus or talked to current students, becuase it definately was not what i expected
and socplayer, almost all of the top schools do not offer "premed" as a major</p>
<p>My friend's brother goes there and he loves it. I've never personally been there....I don't really travel much. But a medical career is where I'm headed, and JHU is known for medicine</p>
<p>So what exactly were you expecting and how were you disappointed?</p>
<p>well the campus isn't as nice as others, and idk, just didn't get that "feel" that i did at other schools, but it could be different for you, so you should visit before you apply</p>
<p>Is it like UC Davis where theres practically no way to have a good social life in the surrounding community?? Its not in the middle of nowhere is it? </p>
<p>I guess I'll try to visit this summer if possible</p>