I am currently a sophomore at a top ranked public high school. My dream has been to attend Johns Hopkins University. Last year, I finished with 4 A’s A’s and 3 B’s. This year, I currently have 2’s and 5 B’s (However, I am hoping to get these to A’s during finals week. If everything goes as planned I will have 4 A’s and 3 B’s). I have taken all available Honors and AP courses and my electives have been mainly in the medical area. My weighted GPA is around 3.7 or 3.8.
I haven’t taken a real ACT or SAT yet but I did get a 29 (no preparation) on a practice ACT
I am in several clubs and I have many leadership roles. I am a student researcher at UCONN Health Center and a volunteer at Yale New Haven Hospital. I have lots of community service and a few awards. I am a referee, camp counselor, student council officer, as well as other things. I also play soccer and rugby. I am not too worried about my EC’s.
Next year I am taking 3 AP’s and 4 Honors courses. If I work my a** off Junior and Senior year and get straigh A’s, will I have a chance at Johns Hopkins? I know its a top tier school, but I REALLY want to go there.
I’m open to any advice as I’m eager to improve myself.
No one can give you a definite answer. I will tell you that I am going to Hopkins next year and I had straight As through all four years of high school with one B, and one of my friends was wait listed with straight As all four years of HS. Your weighted GPA doesn’t matter. Colleges don’t look at it because the way schools weight GPA varies drastically between schools. They’ll look at your grades and the classes you took. Also, so far you have a downward trend in your GPA. That’s not good. If you haven’t made straights As so far, I don’t know how you think you can pull that off junior year. Classes get significantly harder next year. That being said, I don’t know your situation for the past two years. Even if you don’t make straight As, strive for that upward trend because that is important.
A weighted GPA under a 4.0 is probably what will get you rejected. Plus your ACT isn’t great but not that bad. Maybe if you apply early you’re looking at a 20-25% chance. Good luck