Help!! Chances for Johns Hopkins?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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<p>Rising senior, Asian (Indian) from a very, VERY diverse public high school in NY</p>

<p>SAT: 800 M, 800 W, 740 CR (2340 Comp.)
ACT: English 35, Math 35, Reading 34, Science 36, Combined English/Writing 35, Essay 12, COMPOSITE 35
SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 US History, 780 Chemistry, 780 Biology E, 770 World History
APs:
10th grade: Biology 5, World History 5, Environmental Science (Self-study) 5
11th grade: Chemistry 5, US History 5, Statistics 5, English Language 5, Psychology (Self-study) 5, Human Geography (Self-study) 5
12th grade schedule: Macroeconomics (Self-study), Microeconomics, Physics B, US Government (Self-study), Calculus BC, Spanish Language, English Literature
GPA: UW: 4.0
Rank: 1/~350 (this will not change)</p>

<p>Awards:
2-time regional Science Olympiad medalist
2-time district-wide Writer of the Year
National AP Scholar
National Merit finalist (most likely)
~15 or so school-wide achievement awards in different subjects, generally insignificant
Air Force Award
RPI Math and Science Medal</p>

<p>ECs w/ leadership positions, if any:
Mock Trial (secretary)
Science Olympiad
Science Research (very involved, exclusive class)
Model UN
Foreign Language/Science/English/Social Studied Honor Societies
Mu Alpha Theta + Math League (president)
Asian Club (former treasurer, secretary)
National Honor Society (secretary)
Also, I co-wrote the AP Environmental Science syllabus for the class which will be introduced this fall, with the AP Biology teacher.
Volunteered 50+ Hours at local hospital (patient care/front desk)</p>

<p>Summer Activities:
2008: AP Summer Academy at school (6 week intensive program preparing students for AP classes)
2009: Mathematical Modeling Program at Mercy College
2010: Did research at a NJ hospital (in the cardiac lab assisting with clinical trials, also get to see open-heart surgeries!)</p>

<p>Work:
Worked at local Kumon Center since September 2008, about 8 hours a week
Private SAT Tutor</p>

<p>Essay: should be good, I'm still working on making it stand out</p>

<p>Recs: AMAZING. I know my guidance counselor very well. One of my teacher recs will be from my AP Bio teacher/Science Research mentor/APES syllabus co-author/NHS advisor/Science Honor Society advisor (basically everything short of a principal) who I have grown a close personal connection to. The other will probably be from my English teacher who I had in 10th grade and will have again for AP Lit in 12th grade.</p>

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<p>you sir, are a monster. perfect/near perfect in everything. you shouldn’t be worried…at all.</p>

<p>If i were to say something negative, and even this is a stretch, it is that you look one-sided. like a math/science workaholic without much in the way of arts, sports, volunteering, etc. At my school 50 hours of community service is the minimum for graduation.</p>

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<p>Writer of the year two times, though. There’s the art side. Very impressive.</p>

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<p>I’d say in ED you’re in, but in RD you are coming from the most over-represented demographic (Asian, science, NY) which means you better have something else SERIOUSLY going for you in your essays. If not, I don’t think you should be surprised to get waitlisted or rejected because you’ll be one of thousands applying. The tricky thing with Hopkins is that the class is very small, about 1,250 (which is 1/2 of Penn, 1/3 of Cornell) so there are fewer spots to offer at Hopkins than at either of the other two. </p>

<p>Congrats on your achievements independent of whether you get into Hopkins or not.</p>

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<p>Thanks to all 3 of you.</p>

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<p>You’re absolutely right about this. I’m not involved in arts and sports (not artistically or athletically inclined in any way) and my volunteering is very minimal, but I do feel that I seem like a math/science “workaholic” because I have a passion for it, and I have devoted a lot of my time to focusing on going extremely far in one area rather than having standard ECs in every area. My grades in humanities courses are fantastic as well, so I won’t come across as some sort of savant. =P</p>

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<p>Yeah, I totally agree with that. The smaller, more intimate class size is actually something that leads me more towards JHU than the Ivies. Too bad that works against me, though.</p>

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<p>^ Same exact thing for me, the class size seems perfect :)</p>