<p>OK so... since I was rejected from Hopkins.... i'll put this thread up- because i no longer have a life. lol. i guess publishing two research papers - doing research since I was 15- at UC freaking LA, hundreds of hours of community service, dancer-ness (in everything from ballet to hip-hop), 13 APs, siemens westinghouse- and more -wasn't good enough. LOL!!!!! I hope the dumb rich kids hey accepted with negative IQs ruin their school!!!!
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<p>POST THE FOLLOWING FOR THE GREATER GOOD!</p>
<p>GPA: UW (W)
SAT: Math, Critical whatever its called, Writing</p>
<p>Sex:
Ethnicity:
socioeconomic status/ is your daddy Zeus or something?:
requested fin aid?: yes/ no
legacy: </p>
<p>WOOT! ok- so for the record...for all of you lucky !&!@^!&#^ who got in, i wish you luck. admissionsdaniel, however, should be sued for fraud- ( because I say so, not because he actually did anything. lol). CONGRATS/ Condolences!</p>
<p>i got into hopkins: caucasian male
2190 SAT and 4.75 W GPA, 3.95 UW GPA
tons of extracurriculars: 4 officer positions of campus clubs, team leader at local land conservancy, AYSO soccer coach 4 seasons, varsity soccer, club soccer…
the list goes on. sorry but im not gonna write the rest of my resume so good luck to anyone who is still waiting</p>
<p>Awards/ Honors/ Competitions: Natl Merit Finalist, Pres. Scholar Candidate[status unknown]
Clubs/ Positions: NHS, Key Club, DECA, Student Council, Yearbook; positions in all
Instruments: None
Sports: None
Arts: Freelance Graphic Design and Drawing; just hobbies
Community service: don’t wanna list it all</p>
<p>Major: Bio
programs/scholarships: none</p>
<p>Sex: F
Ethnicity: Asian
socioeconomic status/ is your daddy Zeus or something?: Low
requested fin aid?: Yes
legacy: No</p>
<p>Waitlisted. Crossing my fingers. Hoping for a miracle I guess. One I’m probably not going to get after going through four years of IB classes and spending countless hours with clubs.</p>
<p>obnoxious1- Siemens Westinghouse and UCLA? I’m impressed.</p>
<p>GPA: 93 average. My school does not weight.
SAT: Math 640, Critical Reading: 660, Writing: 630
(Total: 1300/1930)</p>
<p>Awards/ Honors/ Competitions: I don’t want to give specific titles since you could easily find my identity but one was a nationally recognized writing competition. Also placed at the state level for sports a couple of times.
Clubs/ Positions: NHS, Tri-M, Literary Magazine, and a zillion others. I held a couple of jobs too
Arts/Instruments: Piano, Saxophone
Sports: track, xc, crew
Community service: Started w/ the Boys and Girls Club this winter. I am not sure if I even told JHU about this or not. It was just for my own experience really.</p>
<p>Major: Writing Seminars
programs/scholarships: I got really nice financial aid. My family makes 100K+</p>
<p>Sex: Female
Ethnicity: Hispanic
socioeconomic status/ is your daddy Zeus or something?: This category should really be titled “Who is your daddy and what does he do?” (…anyone?)
requested fin aid?: yes
legacy: not at all
Extra comments: I am shocked I got in, but I worked really hard on my essays and I think my awards helped me to stand out. My SAT scores were clearly the weakest part of my application.</p>
<p>Well, I only told her to pick WashU because I thought that would have been a better option for her considering all the information she presented.
I truly love JHU and I have been wanting to go there for the past 4 years and what I tell others shouldn’t exhibit my personal preferences because myself and the one to whom I responded most likely have different goals and different outlooks on life. :)</p>
<p>Awards/ Honors/ Competitions: National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Honors, National Qualifier in Policy Debate
Clubs/ Positions: NHS (VP), Leo Club, Student Council (Senior Rep)
Instruments: lead guitar in a local rock band
Sports: cross country, wrestling, track until a knee surgery; now i’m a policy debater
Arts: guitar
Community service: a decent amount, work as a manager at baskin robbins here in bozeman montana</p>
<p>Major: econ
programs/scholarships: </p>
<p>Sex: male
Ethnicity: white
socioeconomic status/ is your daddy Zeus or something?: 39k gross income for 2008, so no
requested fin aid?: yes, 44k need based received
legacy: no</p>
<p>accepted RD</p>
<p>but i was also rejected form stanford and dartmouth, so it just comes and goes i guess. i’m from bozeman, montana so i guess i had geographic diversity going for me</p>
<p>GPA: My school does not calculate a GPA
SAT: 700 W 660 M 670 R (2030 total)</p>
<p>Awards/ Honors/ Competitions: National Achievement Scholar (for PSAT)
Clubs/ Positions: Senior Head of Gardening Club
Instruments: Cello and piano
Sports: 4 years of Varsity Lacrosse, 3 years of Varsity Field Hockey, 1 year of JV Basketball
Arts: Ceramics and String Orchestra
Community service: Too much to name</p>
<p>Major: Art History with Entrepreneurship and Management minor
programs/scholarships: none</p>
<p>Sex: Female
Ethnicity: African American
socioeconomic status/ is your daddy Zeus or something?: Upper middle class
requested fin aid?: Yes
legacy: No</p>
<p>JOHNS HOPKINS/MIT
Hi. I am an Asian studying in a private international school in the United Arab Emirates. As an INTERNATIONAL student, I am not fully aware of my chances for JOHNS HOPKINS & MIT. Here are my records, can you please advise me on my chances! Thank you in advance!!!</p>
<ul>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>School: Well ranked private school</li>
<li>Cumulative GPA: 4.0 (weighted)</li>
<li>Class rank: top 5% EASILY</li>
</ul>
<p>Testing:
SAT I: 2020
SAT II: Maths Level II, Physics, Biology
AP: Biology - 5, English - 3(Will it hurt me?)</p>
<p>Grades:
Always took the most challenging courses and scored in the top 10 and more often than not in the top 5 in a grade of 200 students.
Gr.10: - accelerated O-Level Biology SELF-STUDY, got an A*
accelerated Computer Science O-Level, A*
accelerated English O-Level, A*</p>
<p>Gr.11: ACCELERATED SELF-STUDY AP BIOLOGY: 5
english 3
In addition, I took all the other subjects: Maths, Physics, Chemistry, French, English, Economics and got A* in O-levels this year in all subjects.(O-levels can be considered like SATs, but somewhat easier)</p>
<p>Senior Schedule: Calculus AB, Physics C(both parts), Chemistry(assured 5 in these three subjects), French</p>
<p>Extracurriculars, etc.:
Youth Government (Head of Government)
Chosen for summer-camp in Egypt (for students with best academic AND extracurr. activites) fully paid by the school.
Volunteer (250 hrs) in a hospital
Teaching assistant at school
Research project on Material Testing at an university/factory in India</p>
<p>Majors:
-Biomedical Engg in JOHN HOPKINS
Mechanical Engg IN MIT OR STANFORD</p>
<p>NOT APPLYING FOR A SCHOLARSHIP OR ANY SORT OF AID!!!</p>
<p>I am not sure where I stand. Don’t know what to expect.</p>
<p>Is there anything else I should do? Any suggestions are welcome.
Thank you soooooooo much for your time.</p>
<p>lol obnoxious i think ur …lying? haha no offense. but hopkins value research like no other. so having siemanns westinghouse(assuming you made at least regional finalist) intel(assuming again having advanced to a pretty legit position) and all that internship should of guaranteed you in. UNLESS …you have no other exc’s, no officer positions, lowass GPA(not top 10%), and your essays sucked(i.e writing a topic like “my trip to france”), SAT low(below 2100), or you had conduct issues(suspended or disciplined in school). If your merely average in all of those, and had all those legit research you claimed, you definitely should of gottn in.</p>
<p>Or maybe he didn’t get in because the bad attitude so obvious in his posts. Maybe he was a boring applicant with 100 others just like him. Maybe it’s all a government conspiracy and AdmissionsDaniel is actually the third alien reincarnation of Elvis. </p>
<p>In any event, it doesn’t really help you (the OP) or anyone else to sit and ruminate on all the reasons you didn’t get in. The best thing to do is give yourself a day or two for your pity party, then focus on the awesome schools who DO want you. If you were rejected, it’s likely that you wouldn’t have been very happy at Hopkins anyway. The Admissions office is trying to build a community. If they didn’t think you would fit in with the community they’re creating, why would you want to be a part of it? Complaining on an internet message board in an attempt to “warn the others!” is not going to get the admissions committee to change their mind, or help you to move on. </p>
<p>The same goes for applicants trying to analyze why so-and-so didn’t get in, and subsequently freaking out about their own chances. There are a million possible reasons why “obnoxious” was rejected, and no one can can you exactly why - especially given the fact that we know next to nothing about him. Relax. Step away from the computer.</p>
<p>After checking the OP’s chance threads, I can see that he has no other EC’s than his research and he has a 3.3 unweighted GPA with 13 AP classes. </p>
<p>Another thing I noticed was that he mentioned that he wrote his essay on his parents’ refugee status instead of writing about himself.</p>
<p>Just some things to take into consideration.</p>
<p>obnoxious -
there is no magic formula to getting into hopkins. sure there are things like gpa and research and junk but ultimately when they have to sift through thousands upon thousands of applications, some people who deserve to be here might get omitted and vice versa.</p>
<p>they also look at other things that may not be comparable on your resume. sure many kids have 4.0’s and 2400s or whatever but in the end, what sets them apart from the rest?</p>
<p>wherever you go, i hope you enjoy it and do well in. i didnt get into my school of choice but hopkins is working out for me and i hope the same thing happens to you.</p>
<p>GPA: B average. Our school didn’t weight grades because its extremely hard and exclusive to get into.
SAT: 2060.</p>
<p>Awards/ Honors/ Competitions: Academic All-American
Clubs/ Positions: Student Government for 2 years, Head of Gardening Club
Instruments: Cello
Sports: Played on Varsity teams all four years
Arts: String Orchestra
Community service: Too busy :(</p>
<p>Major: History of Art
programs/scholarships: Yes</p>
<p>Sex: F
Ethnicity: Black
socioeconomic status/ is your daddy Zeus or something?: Middle class
requested fin aid?: Y
legacy: No</p>