<p>-Unweighted GPA of 3.99
-Currently UC GPA of 4.3 (end of senior year 4.5)
-Taken AP Biology, AP Physics, and AP US History.
-Next year will take AP Calc, AP Chem, AP Envir Science, Ap Stats, AP Comp, And AP Pshyc.
-My UC rank is 5/615 and my non-UC rank is 10/615.
-SAT2s Bio-M 670 (retaking June) Math 2c 740
-New SAT 2070 750m, 620cr, 700w</p>
<p>Attended Center for Advance Research and Technology (CART) Charter school part time where I am in the Bio-Medicine Lab. Chosen as Microsoft as 1 of 8 school of excellence in the Nation.</p>
<p>EC's.
-Been in CSF since 9th grade(President)
- In Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) since 10th grade (President).
Placed 7th in section, and competed in state.
- Math team (11th)
-Member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)
-Part of my school's AAA(Tutoring club). Through this I have 50hrs and planning on getting more senior year.
-Part of local church group. (9th-11th)
-Work part time at a local restaurant where I work 20hrs a week.
-Varsity tennis since 11th grade.
-Played 18 & Under AA hockey my 9th and 10th grade year</p>
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<li>Accepted into the UCSF Biomedical Research Internship (all free) for the summer of my junior year. Through this I will receive 180-240hrs of hospital volunteer service.
-200hrs of volunteer service in the ER at our local Childrens Hospital.
-Over summer doing research at UCSF on the elbow through Orthopedics Surgery (Don't know the name of topic yet). My name will be on the research when It gets published... if that counts for anything.</li>
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<p>--Major-- Neuroscience or Biology</p>
<p>Side note- My younger brother was diagnosed with epilepsy, and thats what fueled my passion for neuroscience/medical field.</p>
<p>none of you guy/gals know?</p>
<p>Like to see the CR of your sat around 700, just to balance it out a little. Either that or your math a little higher, but I'm sure that won't make/break it. I would say you should have a lot of APs, but I only ever had 1 ap class (senior year), and only took 3 ap tests total and got in.. so eh</p>
<p>the thing about Chances posts is that they can be very inaccurate at times. If you have the drive to go to JHU ie: keep articulating your interests, visit the campus, talk to your regional rep...then you can get in. </p>
<p>Note that a lot of people with upper-echelon everythings don't always get in as well. But si se puede! Your test scores look fine (it doesn't take 1500s, or 1400s to get in). It's how proactiv you are on keeping contact with the school. </p>
<p>I'm on a sedative right now so this doesn't really make sense. In anycase, good luck to you!</p>
<p>Thanks guys. Yes I know chance threads arent real accurate but I am mainly interested in peoples opinions and sugggestions. </p>
<p>Well I live in California, so its not like i can really drive to JHU. How would you suggest I get in contacts with them??</p>
<p>Ooh. Email Amy Brokl. She's the rep for our area and is EXTREMELY affable. You'll love her. Infact, if there are any college fairs nearby where JHU will be at as well, you may run into her. Surprisingly, a lot of the admissions reps go to those fairs. So get to know them there...if the table isn't busy that is. It'll help bunches.
Where in Cal do you live? There's this college fair in Moraga (St. Mary's College or something like that) and that's where I first found out about JHU.
Good luck!</p>
<p>Does that really matter? I wasn't in contact AT ALL with JHU, not even an interview. Might be overrated at a university, although I'm sure it helps some at smaller colleges.</p>
<p>well. how useful it is...im not sure. but it sure as hell is better than having no contact at all.</p>
<p>Well, like I said I think it helps more at liberal arts colleges. I interviewed with the dean of admissions at one school, which was amazing and I'm sure that helped completely. Then again, going to school events, visting campus, etc. is probably not quite as important... like I said, I didn't visit JHU or anything. I would focus more on interesting essays, that's one thing in your control that can make a huge difference.</p>
<p>Conchis, what were your stats?</p>
<p>Only took the SAT twice because I'm lazy, but I got 1440 so didn't want to spend time doing classes, etc. like all of my friends just to try and break 1500. SAT IIs were 690, 690, 800 (only took three, once each -- again, lazy), only took three AP tests (one class) all through HS but so far all 5s, plus many honors classes, etc. ECs were many summer programs (such as Brown, UCLA), which shows dedication to learning where you don't get "credit" for learning. I think colleges love seeing people do it just for the "love of learning." Grades--never straight As until first semester of Senior year (shows improvement, although better to show that improvement starting a little earlier, perhaps junior year). Your GPA is much better than mine (except for senior year), but my school is pretty tough, and I had a pretty big course load all years (7+ classes at all times), so that might have compensated at least a little, and I'm sure the improvement slant made a huge difference.</p>
<p>I'm sure spikedsoymilk is right, you should try to make contact if you can, I'm sure it helped me at some of my other colleges. But I don't think it's the biggest thing. I truly believe that essays are key, and if you are in the "range" of being accepted, an amazing essay WILL push you over the edge... so try to put some thought into them.</p>
<p>Any other questions, let me know I'll be glad to help :) (oh, and don't listen to your college counselor <em>too</em> much).</p>
<p>ooh.
to add to Conchis's suggestion on focusing on Essays, that one Princeton Review book...err..."Essays That Worked" (or something like that) might be pretty helpful. Deans of Admissions from various colleges made comments on what they like to see in the essays (it includes a statement from John Latting from JHU as well). Not worth buying, but definately worth taking a look at. You should be able to check it out at a library. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks guys for all the help, if you have anymore suggestion i have a open ear.</p>