<p>I'm an Asian living in a very small and rural town where we still have cows on the side of streets. Rarely does anyone from my high school attend somewhere prestigious; most just to go the state school. My family is by all means not rich and the being from a small town, my school doesn't offer much opportunities. With that said, I was wondering if I might be able to go to Johns Hopkins RD</p>
<p>SAT (old): 1390 (710M)(680V)
SAT (new): 2130 (690M)(740V)(700W)
(new): 2000</p>
<p>SAT II Bio E:720; Math Level II: 720; Bio M :690</p>
<p>Gpa: Approximately 92.3 =3.7</p>
<p>Class Rank: 17 out of 245, top 10%</p>
<p>School only offers Ap English in Junior year. </p>
<p>Ap English: 4</p>
<p>Senior year taking AP: English, Psychology, Calc, and Probability/Stats.</p>
<p>My EC's are all right. I do play Jv baseball and do have other leaderships. </p>
<p>You fit their profile, statistically speaking. Don't let anyone tell you that it's a particular "reach". Any top tier (top 15) school like Hopkins is a "reach" for everyone.</p>
<p>If you care to get in, do several things:</p>
<p>First off, interest. Contact the admissions officer in charge of your region, let them know your name, why you're interested, and be sure to ask a question or two so they have something to respond with. Send them an e-mail once every month, twice at most.</p>
<p>Second, make sure your essays have a holistic value. By this, I mean make sure that your application shows how you are broadly achieved, but also show how all of your achievements tie together into a singular focused goal (think high aspirations with this goal).</p>
<p>Aside from that, just be diligent and make sure your mid-year report is solid. Good luck.</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 650m 670v 640w
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math1-690 Math2-700 Bio-660 Amer. Hist-650
[<em>] GPA: 97w 93ish unwieghted
[</em>] Rank: 86/977 (top 10%)
[<em>] Other stats:Taking rigourus coursload
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Used common app so im submitting 3 in total
Personal essay: strong, makes me stand out
10$- train ticket to rhinebeck new york, to come back to Camp Rising sun, wrote about it, its a very selective, free, international leadership camp.
achademic essay- wrote about a class through which i did an award winning project.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: two strong letters about my charectar and achievements
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didnt read but probably very good as well
[li] Hook (if any): Im an Russian immigrant, raised by a jewish mother and muslim father (explained in personal essay)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Big, public
[<em>] Ethnicity:Caucasian
[</em>] Gender:Male
[li] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: weaknesses would be my grades, i could have studied harder :) and low SAT strengths would be my leadership+community service, essays</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Resume:</p>
<p>Leadership in: Community service group, all four years of high school
and in Robotics team, i helped found the team and i am a key member, i run the website</p>
<p>I play varsity tennis, I play in the symphony orchestra (viola), And i participate in my school's enviornmental club. I won an award for a big research paper also.</p>
<p>theres a thread with examples of 10$ essays that people wrote. Obviously you shouldnt use one of these since people have already used them. Basically be creative and tell as much as you can about yourself in one page. I suggest don't use anything ridiculously humanitarian like create world peace ect. (although i dont know how you would do that with 10 dollars). Be creative, tell about yourself, have fun with it. Thats all JHU wants from an essay.</p>
<p>i agree with what people are saying in that make your $10 essay personal. And don't try to describe a time consuming event in 500-700 words. a scene or two with lots of detail and personal quality is good essay in my opinion. show them who you are and how you perceive things.</p>