@Blossom112 My efc was 0, (income around 15K). I’d would think you would still have gotten more than 7k from JHU. it’s weird because Vanderbilt only gave me 8k, and I’m just sitting here thinking there is no way in hell I can pay that…
Yea I really want to go to hopkins so it’s like 
I even did their little net price calculator and that said $25 so I’m like…where did 52 come from?
OH MY GOD, ACCEPTED!! And with $67,275 of aid! This is literally a DREAM COME TRUE!
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@uclabound1 wut
Decision: Rejected
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2150 M 750 CR 630 W 770 ( I can’t critically read…)
ACT: 33 (36 M, 31 W, 28 CR, 32 S, 8 Essay)
SAT II: 750 Math Level 2, 570 Lit, 650 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9
UC GPA: 4.07
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 4%
ELC: I don’t know what this is
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB(4); Chem(3); Chinese(5); Lit(2); Psych(3); US History(3); World History(4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t have IB
Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Gov, AP Physicsi, AP Lang, Advanced Orchestra, AP Calc BC
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Presidential Volunteer Award, Hugh O Brian 2013 Seminar Ambassador
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Piano
Varsity tennis (Singles/doubles; co-captain)
District symphonic orchestra (Concertmistress)
District summer musical pit orchestra
American Red Cross Club (Co-president)
Project Outreach (Co-founder/Co-president)
Hospital volunteer
Animal rescue foster parent
Job/Work Experience: Privately tutored individuals in my community for math and piano
Volunteer/Community service: ~1,100 hours
Personal Statement: The idea sounded better in my head haha but I wrote about biking
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major : Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): So-Cal REPRESENT
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <20k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First-generation college student
Accepted into: Amherst, UCLA, Northwestern, Vassar, UCSD, Hollins, UCI, UCR, Simmons,
Waitlisted at: Wellesley, Oberlin, Scripps
Rejected from: Williams, JHU
Waiting for: Tufts
Reflection
Strengths: NOTHING HAHA
Weaknesses: THIS WAS LITERALLY THE WORST APPLICATION I TURNED IN OH MY GOODNESS WHY DID I WASTE MY TIME HAHAHAHA… I’m glad I got rejected 
because I really don’t deserve a spot in their Class of 2019! Congratulations to everyone who was accepted and especially to those who made JHU their dream school!!!
Hi everyone,
I feel so old being on this page, lol, even though I’m probs only 1-2 years older than many of you. I just wanted to welcome all the future baby Blue Jays, and congratulate all of those who got accepted, even if you don’t end up here. <:-P
And for everyone who got waitlisted or rejected, it stings, I know. Virtual hugs for all of you >:D<. I’m sure you’ve gotten a thorough self-esteem boost from other posters on here. But I just wanted to add my 2 cents, because Hopkins was not only not my first choice; it was my last choice. Actually, it was virtually a non-choice, because I got rejected from all the Ivies, and my parents weren’t going to pay for my matches/safeties because they weren’t prestigious enough. I never in my life thought I’d end up here, but I actually really love it.
And since being here, I’ve found that college doesn’t mean as much or do as much as you think it does. Not even your dream school was going to shield you from stress, boring classes, making mistakes, feeling inadequate, and days that are just as mundane as they were in high school. Moreover, your dream school wasn’t going to bring you happiness, success, or purpose. That’s all you.
And because no pep talk is complete without a cheesy and contrived analogy: College is just like a blank piece of paper and a few crayons. Maybe Hopkins had red, and you really wanted red, because you had your heart set on drawing, IDK, a fire truck or something (bear with me here). And now you’re stuck with orange, green, and brown. But you guys are smart, passionate, and hard-working people, especially to be applying to schools of this caliber. You’re the people who are going to take whatever was given to you, and mix colors, tear up the paper, construct 3D sculptures, and make something really beautiful. Maybe even more beautiful than the fire truck you were originally thinking of (as awesome as fire trucks are).
So get hype for Ivy Day if you’re still waiting on schools, enjoy the rest of your senior year, and keep being awesome! :-bd
S got accepted.
@Tdub365 Hi! I know how it feels. I was waitlisted from NU, but then got into other great schools. Read my thread on Northwestern “waitlisted from northwestern, what does this mean for other top-tier schools”. It is pretty good I think (has like 3.3k views lol)
@eth0up @Pentakis @LesPronoms @CalMom2015
Hey guys. I got into BME as well, with a Bloomberg scholarship. But I did not get 61000 in aid?? I only got 6000 or so per semester. Why is that?
Any of you out there get the Woodrow Wilson Research Fellowship?
the correlation between admissions at different schools is a complete haphazard guess by many posters on here.
too many variables at place here. Getting into one school does not always constitute getting into other schools of similar or lower selectivity.
Schools simply look for different things. College admissions offices have done studies or asked consulting firms to do analysis on which applicants are most likely to enroll - it’s a complex model and not just based on applicant accomplishments.
As some insight, location plays a larger role than some may think here - even for elite privates.
@VandyAlum93. No mention in my letter. How about you?
Rejected. But on the positive side, I just paid my tuition deposit at Wake Forest University.
Admitted, with 32k a year. Honored.
@cttwenty15, Yes, my daughter received the Wilson and the Bloomberg. We are still a bit in shock. There was information about it when we clicked “View My Letters” on the decision page.
@lb43823 I actually did not get into BME, if you see a later post of mine you would see that I corrected myself (the rejection letter for the program was so congratulatory I thought I actually made it in). Most of my my financial aid came from the scholarship (I actually think it’s a combination of grants and the scholarship itself, because I don’t think the scholarship is worth that much). So, I think the scholarship award itself may correlate with how much need you show.
EDIT: Okay I found the summary from my admissions page:
“The Bloomberg Scholarship is a highly competitive need-based aid award. Over four years, recipients of Bloomberg Scholarships receive $19,000 in grant funds to replace the standard loan expectation included in typical financial aid packages.”
You may want to call them and ask why you got so little.
Can everyone who got reject accepted or waitlisted post their stats if they haven’t already?
Wow, honestly I am still in shock that I got accepted. To everyone that got rejected: I’ve had a slew of rejections and up until 3 pm today I thought that I had only applied to schools out of my league. I was convinced that I was getting rejected to JHU. UCLA, UCB, Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Stanford, and USC all rejected me and I got wait listed at Tulane and UNC-Chapel Hill. Who knows what admission counselors are looking for? And don’t do what I did and take it super personally. I’m sure you’re all great and will go on to do wonderful things