Hopkins ED

<p>Hey guys im posting my stats for EARLY DECISION, and im really nervous.</p>

<p>Hopkins is my number one school iv known I wanted to go there since the end of my freshman year, please tell me my chances everyone but also specifically anyone who is a student there already</p>

<p>General information:</p>

<p>Indian male </p>

<p>18 years old</p>

<p>Pros. Major: philosophy; neuroscience </p>

<p>Will need some aid; total parental income less than $73,000</p>

<p>Parents are married but father lives 300 miles away due to job; comes home on weekends</p>

<p>-Visited Hopkins total of 5 times during high school </p>

<p>-had an outstanding interview with senior student (lasted 45 min) quote “ he saw the same motivation an enthusiasm in me as he did in himself years ago” </p>

<p>-have been email contact with admission officer for my state for past 1.5 years (consistently emailing each month); </p>

<p>Academic</p>

<ul>
<li>most demanding course load out of senior class; 16 honors total</li>
</ul>

<p>AP's: calculus ab, calculus bc, biology 1, biology 2, physics b, microeconomics, chemistry, literature.</p>

<p>GPA 3.93 weighted class rank 18 % out of ~800 highly competitive public</p>

<p>(I encountered some personal tragedies during junior year, which killed me in my AP physics class, and subsequently in my rank. I tore my ACL and had to have surgery, also my mom lost her job, which forced me to work part time during school. I wrote a short note along with app explaining though, my interviewer was pretty understanding when I told him this)</p>

<p>SAT- M 710 V 740 composite 1450</p>

<p>ACT- E 31 M 33 R 33 S 31 composite 32</p>

<p>SAT 2- writing/ bio / math 1c this Saturday expecting over 740 on all</p>

<p>Physics 690</p>

<p>Ap score physics – 4</p>

<p>ECs</p>

<p>Varsity letterman basketball</p>

<p>Varsity letterman volleyball</p>

<p>500 hours comm. Service (volunteer library, hospital, rescue squad, temple)</p>

<p>ER volunteer, volunteer EMT</p>

<p>Reading Olympics (equivalent of high school quiz bowl but only for books)</p>

<p>Honor roll </p>

<p>National honor society </p>

<p>French national honor society</p>

<p>Drexel college of medicine- part time class</p>

<p>Essays nicely written</p>

<p>Recs OUTSTANDING teacher/counselor lots of excellent an top few in career , also supplemental rec from doctor/nurse who I have worked with for 3 years</p>

<p>Jobs ( part time) </p>

<p>Cafeteria worker- during school year</p>

<p>Book shelver -summer</p>

<p>ER technician- summer an school year (stopped for now)</p>

<p>I think that's it for the most part, please be honest guys, this is my dream school and I know iv made my point to them y I want to go there and wat I can offer. thanks</p>

<p>Someone tell me...</p>

<p>bump........anybody on a scale from 1 to 10 10 being the highest</p>

<p>7....8............</p>

<p>you're in, esp. since it's ED</p>

<p>thanks to everyone who posted</p>

<p>anyone else have any opinions, i would really appreciate it</p>

<p>thanks</p>

<p>ur probably in but i dont see anything great about ur interview i had mines as well and it lasted over 2 hours...but ur in</p>

<p>you had an interview for 2 hours?!</p>

<p>Two more days, I'm crapping my pants three times a day.</p>

<p>Anyone else to alleviate my frequent excretions?</p>