I want to get the "hook"...

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>OKay guys, Im another Indian american who wants to go to Johns Hopkins...and everytime I post chance me thread, I always get the question: do you have any hooks? I just dont know how to get one. Well i have a hookup..my cousin is a teacher at JHU for plastic surgery..but i dont think that is what u guys mean. </p>

<p>So please tell me what I can do in my junior year to get the hooks. I have no awards at all. </p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.94 (uw) 5.0 (w)
Class rank: 3/238</p>

<p>Activities: </p>

<p>Varsity Badminton
Varsity Tennis
Future Educator's Club
Vice President Envirothon
Vice President Green Club
President Speech and Debate club
Attended a Pre-College Program at Brown University.
Around 400 hours of volunteer service working at 2 hospitals.
Volunteer work at the American Red Cross
National Honor Society</p>

<p>Other:</p>

<p>Attend Western School of Technology--a public magnet school with a tough selection process [My magnet is Health Science Technology].</p>

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<p>Do something amazing. Cure cancer. Solve world hunger/poverty. Make the new facebook.</p>

<p>And this should be in college admissions, not what are my chances.</p>

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<p>Uh…Start playing football 24/7, work out every day, shoot 'roids…maybe you’ll get to a recruitable level? :D</p>

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<p>“Indian american”</p>

<p>What is that… American Indian/Native American or like, Indian from India?</p>

<p>Because if you’re Native American, that’s a good enough hook.</p>

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<p>He says that “he’s another indian american applying to JHU” so I assumed Indian from India.</p>

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<p>Quick question…how can you have a perfect weighted GPA if you don’t have a perfect unweighted GPA?</p>

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<p>Maybe his school weights AP’s as 5.5 or 6?</p>

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<p>thanks for all the comments guys. I am indian american, as in from INDIA.</p>

<p>and as far as my GPA is concerned, i just calculated it myself. My school doesnt tell me.</p>

<p>but for my junior year, it was like 5.9 or something, because i took 6 AP’s and 1 hon class…so if u avg that out…u get like 4.9 something. So i rounded it to 5.</p>

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<p>also this is how it works:
AP’s = 6 with an A
Hon = 5 with an A
Std = 4 with an A</p>

<p>so basically my junior year GPA was (with 6 AP’s, 1 hon and 1 standard, straight A’s):</p>

<p>6(6)+5+4 = 45 / 8 = 5.625 (w)</p>

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<p>and PBush, I am actually doing cancer research at a local hospital.LOL.</p>

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<p>Hook? You don’t need a hook, just a solid, well-rounded application. Keep the EC’s going, and try and get some awards. Academic competitions, essay contests.</p>

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<p>I think you’d be fine without a hook if your well rounded.</p>

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<p>depends on your definition of hook. Things that help strongly: usa<em>o, intel semis, etc. Things that pretty much will get you in unless you really screw something else up: intel finals, i</em>o gold medal, recruited athlete,</p>

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<p>If you continue without a hook, JHU is a Reach to High Reach.
Do you know how many people are “doing” research nowadays?
TONS. I personally know dozens of people, with many of them winning top awards in national competitions.</p>

<p>Put your research towards a competition like ISEF/Siemens/Intel.</p>

<p>Get published in Nature/Science.</p>

<p>That’s about all the plausible major hooks that might apply to you.</p>