<p>Sadly, I still haven't recieved any info from 3 colleges...I'm waiting for my decisions. Do I have a chance of getting into JHU if I didn't write any of the "optional" essays?</p>
<p>bumpppppppp....</p>
<p>everyone always has a chance Whats your stats?</p>
<p>i didnt do the optional essay and got in...click my past posts for my stats</p>
<p>if you do that, youll see that i was well below average w/o any hooks, so i think that if your common app essay was great that its pointless to do the JHU one unless you can write a better one... its by no means a disqualification not to do it</p>
<p>In a nutshell...
28 ACT
3.98 UW/4.2 W (honors= 4.25, AP=4.5)
6 AP's (3 senior year, 3 junior year)
Competitive High School
Top 3%
South Asian
From AZ
AP Test- Calc 5, Span 4, USH 4.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
NHS (executive officer)
Science Olympiad (co-captain)
Marching/Concert Band (section leader)
Community Service Club (VP)
SNHS (honor member)
Lacrosse (co-captain)</p>
<p>Awards:
Presidential Award for Academic Excellence (3 years in a row)
One of the Top 10 students in my class
National Merit Semifinalist
AP Scholar</p>
<p>Summer Activities:
NSLC-Medicine
Retirement home volunteer
Hospital volunteer/internship
Research in a university lab (molecular bio)</p>
<p>I can't really think of anything else....I have more things on my app but this is all I can think of from the top of my head...I wrote my short essay for the common app on the role of music in my life and the longer one about the conflict between my identity as a South Asian and an American.</p>
<p>nesa1188,
You have a chance of getting into Johns Hopkins but it is by no means certain.
Good Luck!</p>