<p>Do you think anyone has gotten into Johns Hopkins with D's on their transcript? If so what do you think they had else going on?</p>
<p>they likely played lacrosse unfortunately.</p>
<p>I got in with a 3.55 UW. But I was legacy and had pull from the Wrestling coach, and beast SAT scores and amazing ECs.</p>
<p>Yup, its a huge uphill battle with a low GPA.</p>
<p>So what about a normal person who doesn’t play spots or is a legacy, do they have any chance? Like my GPA is going to be low and I have a couple of D’s…</p>
<p>When did the D grades happen? If they’re your freshman year, it might be good because you can show an upward trend. Otherwise I imagine you’d want to explain why you got the D’s in the additional info.</p>
<p>I got in with 4 C’s and a 3.33 GPA. No hook. The reason, however, was that I was very ill one semester in high school, where I got all the bad grades. Outside of that semester, I had awesome grades. I had my guidance counselor write a note in my applications. I’m glad JHU understood that extenuating circumstances exist!</p>
<p>It really depends on circumstances. If there were actually tough circumstances that made it impossible to do well, maybe a shot. Or if there is a clear upward trend, then it might be fine. Otherwise, no chance.</p>
<p>If it was freshman year, it will not hurt as bad as freshman grades are not counted into the calculated GPA (but they are looked at)… however a D still looks pretty darn bad (and it will hurt quite a bit)…</p>
<p>I do have a story why I have low grades, but I don’t know if it is believable or if it is a good enough excuse. As for my transcript I will PM it to you guys.</p>
<p>Bleedblue can you show some evidence that Hopkins doesn’t calculate using freshman grades?</p>
<p>Sent from my X10a using CC App</p>
<p>I had an overall UW gpa of about 3.5-3.6 and I was accepted to the class of 2015. I had a 3.1 freshmen year, including 2 C’s. However, I explained my bad grades through my essays (family issues), and had a pretty strong application otherwise. So yeah, it can be done, but it’ll be difficult.</p>
<p>If you don’t mind me asking what were your family issues?</p>
<p>^^ I PM’ed you.</p>
<p>Thank you! 
Anyone else have any thoughts?</p>
<p>My freshman grades were awful, and my math grade for the whole year was C…my GPA at the end was 3.5. No hooks, no legacy, no sports. I had incredible ECs, SATs, recs, and essays.</p>
<p>Can you give specific stats? here or possible PM?</p>
<p>the statistics are not in your favor. I know this year the average admit had a median GPA of a 3.85. From last year’s enrolled students, with a pool less competitive than this year’s, the enrolled (admitted is a bit higher) average GPA was a 3.72 with 87% of the freshman ranked in the top 10% of their class. 54% had a GPA of 3.75 or higher. Less than 20% of the class had a GPA less than 3.5.</p>
<p>Source: [Registrar’s</a> Office | Reports & Data](<a href=“Registrar - Homewood Schools (KSAS & WSE) | Office of the Registrar | Johns Hopkins University”>http://www.jhu.edu/registrar/reportslist.htm#fall1011)</p>
<p>However, if you do have a low GPA, make sure you get an interview to allow yourself to stand out more than your numbers. And state the valid reasoning behind your slip in grades through your counselor or through a supplement. JHU doesn’t take into account grades in your freshman year. So if you got D’s then, you are in luck. If not, then do all of the above.</p>