do you think i could get into the engineering program at jhu?

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<p>I'm currently a junior looking into JHU and I was wondering what some of you guys thought about my resume...</p>

<p>General Background: New Jersey, Male, Indian. School is beginning to suck but it still retains a good reputation among colleges. (We always get a good number of students into Ivy League schools)</p>

<p>Academics: (My School Uses) Weighted GPA- 3.9/4.0 Unweighted is probably a 3.4
Rank - unsure, at least top 25%
I take the hardest classes my school has to offer including
-5 years of sciences (1 of honors chem, bio and earth science, and 2 of physics AP),
-5 years of math (Algebra II, Geometry, Pre Calc Honors, AB Calc, and AP Stat) And I have taken a precalc summer course
- 2 Years of technology courses including Transportation Technology, Tech and Design, and Robotics
-and also 4 years of history and English both AP. (the only thing I don't take honors/AP of is Spanish)</p>

<p>SAT Scores- 700 math, 670 in Reading and 680 in Writing
I haven't taken my Sat II's or AP tests yet but they will include:
Math II Sat, History Sat, English literacy SAT
AP tests will be: AP English, AP US History, AP Calc, AP Stat, AP Econ Macro/Micro, AP Physics,</p>

<p>Extra Curricular:
1. Track (Sprint Varsity) - 8 years (through high school) with numerous awards. Summer of 9th Grade I qualified for Nationals (AAU) after passing the county, state, and regional level. Time commitment- Every day (including weekends not sunday) during the spring time.
2. 5 years of band playing percussion
3. Part of the Debate team (Forensics) for 4 years (Varsity). Awards won in local and national level tournaments. Currently Treasurer of the Team as well as Novice Trainer. Time commitment- 3 days a week all year not including tournaments on the weekends and during breaks. Approximately 30 tournaments attended including First Place in the National Debate Forum.
4. Model United Nations- once a week, (not very big for me)
5. Interact (community service) Approximately 100 hours + doing various community service activities
6. Summer Job at my father's hydraulic business (doing paperwork)
7. Co-founder of a magazine in school based on international events taking place (editor and writer).
8. Fed Challenge (Economic "Game")
9. Nominated from my School to attend Governor's School of International Studies</p>

<p>I should be able to get some recommendations from excellent physics/math teachers and I also have alumni (sister, although i don't know how much it will help)</p>

<p>So tell me what you think</p>

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<p>haha, you seem like everyone else who’s applying to jhu, scores won’t get you in. In fact, its the last thing they look at. Once you get to the top 20 schools, its a crapshoot. Good luck.</p>

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<p>To be honest, your SAT and GPA seem a bit low. If you’re going for BME, I would suggest a different major.</p>

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<p>definitely not bme but maybe electrical or mechanical engineering</p>

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<p>agree that gpa and scores area bit low (for jhu standrads but are stil impressive relative to average scores) you have a good variety of ec’s but none have anything to do w/ math/sci/engineering maybe do an internship this summer for an engineer or something like that (do it in a time frame that makes it possible to be mentioned on app otherwise its more or less useless in terms of you getting accepted)</p>