<p>I’m in!</p>
<p>It’s between JHU and Vandy for me, really tough decision</p>
<p>Rejected with a 3.7 GPA, 34 ACT, 2230 SAT, and National Merit, and I wasn’t even applying for anything remotely bio-related. feelsbadman.jpg</p>
<p>D accepted! Very excited. Decision will be between Wash U and Johnny Hopkins :-)</p>
<p>i still haven’t received an email from JHU</p>
<p>PsychoDad10
Posting for my son</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I: did not submit
ACT 30
SAT II: did not submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): did not submit (he is in the full IB diploma program)
IB (place score in parenthesis): will take exams in May- estimated score around 40
Senior Year Course Load: IB Math SL, IB Bio HL, IB Psych HL, IB English SL, IB Music HL, TOK
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): State recognition in Latin Forum</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Biggest EC is his position as Young Adult Representative of Patient Advocacy Committe of the North American Thrombosis Forum (NATF), a national nonprofit organization; Latin Club (VP Academics), Central Florida Deep Venous Thrombosis/Pulmonary Embolism Support Group (Founder and President)
Job/Work Experience: Summer internship with NATF in Boston
Volunteer/Community service: over 500 hours
Summer Activities: Summer internship in Boston
Essays: Made some of his teachers cry- described how, despite his own medical problems, he has helped his autistic brother with his therapies and what impact autism has had
Teacher Recommendation: Excellent; his math teacher showed us the letter (although my son had waived his rights to see them) and wrote that he had never met any student with such passion in 25 years of teaching
Counselor Rec: Excellent (likely)- she has known my son for 10 years
Additional Rec: Letter of rec from a world-renowned Cardiologist at Harvard Medical School
Interview: N/A
Other
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private, IB Program (son is doing full IB diploma)
Ethnicity: Asian, Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $500000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): my son is only one of 4 seniors in the country with a rare medical condition (about 100 in the world). He has been so involved with patient care advocacy and is working with two hospital to educate physicians about the dangers of blood clots.
Reflection
Strengths: His “story”; IB diploma
Weaknesses: ACT score
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I realize that I am biased, but my son impresses nearly everyone with his poise and composure despite his health issues, which nearly killed him twice. He is able to portray how he has overcome adversity and how he will continue patient care advocacy in the future. I really believe that this was the distinguishing factor. His ACT score certainly did not seprate him from the crowd. His letter of rec from the Cardiologist at Harvard may have given him an edge, as it indicated how passionate my son has been for advocating for a cause.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to University of Michigan, WUSTL, Boston College, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Florida, Emory; wait listed UVA; rejected at Northwestern, Duke, Rice, Brown, Penn, Yale, and Harvard; waiting on Vanderbilt
General Comments: I’m happy to think that they probably overlooked the ACT and looked at the rest of his application as his strength.</p>
<p>D got accepted into JHU BME program, Duke BME and Harvard and wait listed at MIT. Since FAFSA EFC calculation is twice the amount we think we can/want to afford, I am not sure we want to pay that much out of our own pocket. Difficult discussion ahead.</p>
<p>I can’t believe I got rejected with 2130 SAT 790 math ii, 720 chem… MUN Leadership, Stanford Internship, Hospital and BME Internships. Great recommendations, 3.9 gpa. I can’t understand who else they would take</p>
<p>accepted! woot! this makes the rejection and waitlists of the past few days MUCH easier to swallow…now to wait for stanford -_-</p>
<p>Accepted! 
2160 SAT, 3.85 (UW) 4.3 (W) congrats to all else who got in!</p>
<p>Wait listed. Blerg. Oh well. And I was really considering Hopkins too! Fingers crossed for Georgetown, my only hope!</p>
<p>Accepted, but not into the BME program, does anyone know more about this?
some stats: SAT I: 2090 (CR: 700 M: 740 W: 650) UW GPA: 3.92 </p>
<p>Regardless, I’m ecstatic.</p>
<p>Accepted!
Alright, quick stats:</p>
<p>GPA: 3.675 / 5.983
Rank: 99th percentile
Class size: 684
SAT: CR - 710
M - 750
W - 660
Extras: Howard Hughes Med. Institute Scholar, two published papers, 2 years researching spinal cord injuries, EKG and CPR certified. </p>
<p>URM, First Gen, public school, income bracket approx. $75,000</p>
<p>Accepted to: U of Miami, U of Florida, Florida State, Case Western Reserve</p>
<p>Rejected: Duke, Yale, Harvard, Penn</p>
<p>Wait listed: Columbia & Brown</p>
<p>I’m pretty happy with Hopkins, although Columbia was my top choice. For now, enrollment at JHU. Let’s see if I’m one of few to get off the wait list…</p>
<p>Also, majoring in Biophysics, probably premed. I’m happy with grant amount too : )</p>
<p>Does anybody know the official acceptance rate for Johns Hopkins Class of 2017?</p>
<p>Ninety-five percent.</p>
<p>It is about 16.8%.</p>
<p>Has anyone heard about MERIT scholarships?</p>
<p>Rejected
Fell in love with JHU sophomore year in HS…it was the top school for my S…HUGE disappointment. Thought he was competitive, but kudos to those accepted, they deserved it!</p>
<p>SAT - 1520 SAT Subject Tests MATH II - 740, CHEM - 760
ACT - 33 (Math-36, English - 34. Took a hit on Science -?32 and reading - 29? - I’ll update when I ask him those scores, but the last two scores are close)
GPA - unweighted 4.0/4.68 weighted
PSEO - Ohio State Univ. 4.0 gpa - Hon.Bio, Neuroscience (Junior level class), Comparative Studies
Senior course load - 4 A.P. classes and PSEO - semester gpa - 4.6 (weighted)
A.P. - Latin (5), Chem. (5), Psychology (5), English (4), Physics (5)
Cross Country, Robotics - Lead programmer x2yrs, FIRST FRC World Competition x2yrs, Model UN, Engineering Team, Material Science Engineering - OSU Research x 2yrs, Internship - OSU Director of Neurology (studied Parkinson’s Disease) Latin and Chemistry Tutor, Hospital volunteer, Cardinals for Life, HOBY leadership school representative - Regional, HOBY World Leadership Symposium, Children’s Hospital Mechanism of Health and Human Disease, Latin scholar…
Rejections so far - Univ. of Chicago, MIT, Northwestern, Harvard
Waitlisted - Vanderbilt, Boston College
Still Waiting - Univ. of Rochester (FIRST Scholarship)
Accepted - Boston University, Rose-Hulman, Univ. of Pitt (full tuition), Saint Louis Univ. (1/2 tuiition - didn’t apply for awards), OSU (maximus award)</p>
<p>Bloomberg Scholar anyone? Can we discuss it?</p>
<p>My son is one!! Congrats if you are!!</p>