In need of Advice/Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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<p>I want to go into BME at JHU. Yes, my test scores are no where near what they need to be but I am working on them. I was wondering what my chances were and what I need to work on. Thanks in advance for your advice. I plan on applying ED for better chances with no financial aid.</p>

<p>Male(Caucasian)
Grade: 12 (2008-2009)
Location: SC (I figure this helps...lol)
Type of School: Charter School
Small school where you apply to get in. I am able to take college classes on a college campus with those students. I will have English 101 and 102 done so I will not need to take freshman year. We do not have AP but the college classes count and give more credit than AP. Some grads have gone to Duke, and MIT.</p>

<p>W GPA: 4.267
UW GPA: 4.063
Class Size: 90 (I was told that admissions will see the class size)
Class Rank: 15 (1-25 is like .5 GPA apart) </p>

<p>SAT I: CR: 540 M 590 W 550
SAT IIs: Not planning to take them as I need to concentrate on the ACT
ACT: 25
(Doesn't match any of my stats with how bad they are but I am working at it)</p>

<p>Middle School
English 1
Spanish 1
Algebra 1</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
English 2
Spanish 2
World Geography
PE
Physical Science
Algebra 2</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
English 3
Spanish 3
World History
Honors Geometry
Biology
Business Apps
Keyboarding</p>

<p>Junior Year:
College Sociology 101 B
College Psychology 201 B
College CPT 101
English 4
Chemistry
US History
Pre Calculus</p>

<p>Senior Year:
College English 101, 102
College Math 110, 111
College Government
College Biotechnology (This should look good, 3.0 Credit Hours in the field i am aping to.)
Economics
Physics</p>

<p>Senior Project (High School equiv of a College Thesis, I have to get a mentor, write papers, present in front of a group of people, 25% of year's grade)</p>

<p>ECs: Over all 250+ hrs
JV Golf
Youth in Government (3yrs) Leadership position final year
Tutoring (4 years)
Helped Local Middle School (Cleaned, helped, managed computer systems) 50+ hrs
Beta Club (3yrs)
NHS (Running for VP this year)
USY (4yrs)
Middle School Yearbook Mentor (2yrs)
Helped serve food to raise money and awareness for a cause
Experience in a college Level Lab (25hrs)</p>

<p>Awards:
Dean's List at the college I took classes at.</p>

<p>Work:
Freelance Graphic Design
Might have something else coming this summer</p>

<p>Essays: In the works.
Recs: Teachers, Counselors, etc.</p>

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<p>Do you have any AP's? Your EC's seem fine but your test scores really scare me. Work to get in/around the 700-range.</p>

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<p>The college classes are pretty much AP's. I talked to a counselor at GIT and they told me that if I was in a class with college students, taught by a college professor, then they would be accepted like AP's and be looked at with merit just the same. GIT isn't JHU but, I have heard this from other schools too.</p>

<p>No AP's are offered. There is no honors, adv, or reg classes. Everyone is mixed in the same class and they run at an accelerated rate. It seems to work, the grad rate at my school was 97%. I plan to talk about my school in my essay where applicable because I believe it is important. So while I don't have AP's it is different from a regular high school.</p>

<p>Yeah my scores scare me too. I feel better about taking the ACT so I have 2 more chances to get a better score. A 30 should be good. Between now and September I am going to do some tutoring and tons of practice tests. This is true for a lot of my friends too, they score low and it doesn't match GPA. I am gonna throw out some blame on the state but it is up to me to do well!</p>

<p>Thanks for a response.</p>