The last thread seemed to be a bit of everything this, is solely for results
Accepted, Rejected, or Deferred:
Intended Major/School:
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
General Comments:
Rejected
Intended Major either International Politics or medicine
ACT (breakdown): 31 (36 R, 31 E, 31 S, 26 M)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (student government), (drama club, lead role)
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant): but also France
General Comments: applied also to McGill and Duke, both harder to get in (tougher requirements), this kind of is making me feel like I won’t be going to college this year
Accepted
Intended Major/School: Environmental Engineering
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 33
SAT II: N/A
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/500
AP (place score in parenthesis): 10? (2 5s, 2 3s, rest 4s)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N?A
Senior Year Course Load: Maximum rigor
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Harvard Book, National AP Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4-H, Coding Club, STEM Club, Visual Arts
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring and Education Management
Volunteer/Community service: 4-H
Summer Activities: N/A
Essays: Good and honest
Teacher Recommendation: both 9/10
Counselor Rec: 8/10
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): FL
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Unranked Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 60k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I am just a normal dude
Reflection:
Strengths: Honesty, creativity in essays
Weaknesses: GPA and Test Scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I honestly do not know. I was so shocked to get in.
General Comments: Hello Baltimore 
Decision: Accepted
Inteded Major: Medicine/Science/Humanities
SAT I (breakdown): 1490 (760M; 730R)
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 620 MII (oops) 730 USH
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.41 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/330
AP (place score in parenthesis): USH 5 Physics1 3
IB (place score in parenthesis): None offered
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP Bio, AP Chem, English H, Band H, Italian 4H, Spanish 5H (not many ap offered)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): uh idk
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Best Buddies (established chapter/president), WL Club, Special Olympics, Indoor/Outdoor Track (state and nationals qualifier), Student Council (treasurer),
Job/Work Experience: lifeguard at Y and camp and beach
Volunteer/Community service: Organized and ran a service project in the DR to provide vision screening and correction to a community. Supported by Coburn Technologies, Alcon, and found 2 optometrists and 2 opticions to volunteer for the week
Summer Activities: lifeguad and job shadow with orthopedic surgeon affiliated with Brown’s med school
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
- UChicago Q (the one about parts and the whole): 9/10 talked about history and fake history…related it to 1984 and fake news and stuff
- Why Chicago? 7/10 Talked about programs and how id benefit and specified for what i wanna do. not great
- Others: Just listed things and explained briefly why i love them.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 10/10 Trig/PreCalc teacher…she loved me and she was also stuco advisor
Teacher Rec #2: Idk didn’t read
Counselor Rec: Prob pretty good but didn’t read
Additional Rec: 100000/10 my VP that im really close with…prob the reason I got in.
Interview:
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Prob chem
State (if domestic applicant): RI
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public (~350/class)
Ethnicity: White latino…family went from spain to cuba to here. I was born here.
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 150-200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Strengths: EC and grades
Weaknesses: SATII
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/waitlisted? God’s grace
General Comments:
Other schools you applied to and their decisions: UChicago-Accepted; Northeastern-Accepted Honors; URochester-Accepted…Deferred Yale EA waiting for Harvard, Brown, UPenn and Yale still.
Decision: Accepted
Intended Major/School: Biomedical Engineering
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): (NEW) 1520 (790 M, 730 R) / (OLD) 2220 (780 M, 670 CR, 770 W)
ACT (breakdown): 35 composite
SAT II: 790 Math 2; 750 Chem (690 on 1st try)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/~580
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics C: Mechanics, 4; APUSH, 5; Seminar, 5; Calc BC, 5 (AB subscore, 5); Lang, 5; Spanish Lit, 4; Art History, 5; Chem, 4; Spanish Lang, 5; Stat, 5; World History, 4; Bio, 4; Human Geo, 4
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: I went off
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, National Hispanic Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mu Alpha Theta, Young Democrats, NHS, Quiz Bowl
Job/Work Experience: Math Instructor for K-12
Volunteer/Community service: Spanish bulletin translator at church (that’s it really)
Summer Activities: Community college engineering thing and intern at math instruction place (same where I got the job)
Essays: Common App 9/10, worked pretty hard on it, was about failure on engineering project, decent reflection but not perfect; Supplemental 7/10, kinda generic but had good enough examples, I guess
Teacher Recommendation: English teacher, probably 9-10/10, really liked me as student, also in charge of Young Dems so that helped too; Math teacher, probably 7-8/10, really liked me too but had many recs and probably didn’t have much time to devote to mine, also sponsor for Mu Alpha Theta so that helped
Counselor Rec: Probably 8-9/10 (all have been “probably” because I never read them), thinks highly of me and does know me fairly well and she didn’t have a crazy amount to write
Additional Rec: Boss at work, probably 8-9/10, interned for about 150+ hours free of pay over the summer from open to close every day (only like 5 hour shifts but still lol) and she liked me
Interview: Never requested/had one
Other: N/A
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Biomedical Engineering
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~75K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, National Merit Finalist (maybe?)
Reflection: Praise to the most high.
Strengths: Course load, scores (kinda), URM,
Weaknesses: Extracurriculars and summer activities
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I’ve said enough lol
General Comments: Got into Northwestern and Georgia Tech, rejected from MIT (salty at first but you know, student athletes…)
[asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted [/color][/size]
Intended Major/School: Whiting School of Engineering
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1410 (740 Math, 670 Reading/Writing, 7-6-7 Essay)
ACT (breakdown): 29 not submitted
SAT II: 670 Math 2(lol), 550 Physics…wasn’t feeling too well that day
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 unweighted, 4.15 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17/630
AP (place score in parenthesis): 2 APUSH, 2 AP Physics 1, 4 AP Calculus AB, 5 AP Spanish Language
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Calculus II and Multivariable Calculus, AP Stats, AP English Lit, AP Macro Econ, AP U.S. Government,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Sunday League Soccer, Mexican League Baseball
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours at my local City Engineering Department
Summer Activities: travel, precalculus, sports
Essays: Personal Essay 10/10 Best essay I have ever written
Johns Hopkins 9/10 Really good essay
Teacher Recommendation: AP Calc teacher didn’t read, was one of her best students
Counselor Rec: 10/10 really close to her likes me
Additional Rec: AP Macro, had him for 3 years
Interview: N/A
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): Arizona
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Electrical Engineering
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: >50,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First gen, migrant
Reflection: Looking at other people’s stats and EC’s I was really worried that I had not done too much. I am really grateful to be accepted to this great university
Strengths: Volunteer service, it showed I did what I really enjoyed
Weaknesses: test scores, not too many leadership roles
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My story, being a migrant and struggling to adapt to a new country was really difficult for me, I think that my personal essay showed all my struggles and explained my story.
General Comments: Even if you lack EC’s and have low test scores, these are not what all admissions officers are looking for. Good Luck to everyone!
Kenyan
SAT 1300
Rejection
Accepted, Rejected, or Deferred: Accepted (Rejected BME)
Intended Major/School: Biology Major
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 35 (34 E, 35 M, 35 R, 34 S, 34 W)
SAT II: Math Level 2: 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98.02 (We have a decimal gpa reporting system)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), World History (4), Physics 1 (4), Calc BC (4), Calc AB Subscore (5), English Language & Composition (4), Environmental Science (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Physics C, AP Spanish Lang, AP English Lit, AP Stat, Dual Enrollment in Anatomy and Physiology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): US Presidential Scholar Nominee, RPI Medalist for Science and Math, Several FBLA Regional Awards, One statewide FBLA award, One FBLA National Selection, Local District Competition Awards for FIRST Robotics, Commended NMSQT Scholar, AP Scholar w/ Distinction
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (Vice President), HOSA (Founder/President), Science Research Club, NHS (Peer Mentor), Robotics (Secretary, Programming Mentor)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Youth Council 350+ Hours (Vice President, Previously Committee Head), NHS 50+ Hours, Junior Achievement 50+ Hours
Summer Activities: Summer Before Senior Year: Bioinformatics Internship w/ NIH-NCBI Publication, Cancer Institute leadership program, FBLA NLC, Doctor Shadowing Summer Before Junior Year: JHU CTY Course, Cancer Institute Mini program, Summers Before Sophomore Year: CTY Courses
Essays: Common App spoke about my personal struggle and realization so it was really genuine, however wasnt the best i could do (8/10)
Supplemental Essay: Quite cliched, but communicated what I would do at JHU effectively, (6-7/10)
Teacher Recommendation:
AP Physics Teacher - Considered me one of top students so probably 8.5/10
AP English Teacher - Did not talk to him as much but he knew i was a very driven student (6-7/10)
Counselor Rec: She loves me and knows my entire life story so I would have to give an 8/10
Additional Rec: Doctor I shadowed - Just a validation of my doctor shadowing done (6-7/10)
Interview: Went pretty well. It was funny because I dressed up a little too much while my interviewer came in a track suit straight. She did the BME program back in the early 2000s and so we talked a lot about specifically how I see myself at the BME program and JHU in general with my unique perspective on molecular biology as a Crohn’s patient.
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant): USA
Intended major(s): Biology
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: M
Income Bracket: ~200,000k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None that I know of, but being an Inflammatory Disease patient might have been one
Reflection: Overall, I just communicated who I genuinely was throughout my application. I would have possibly done a BME specific experience as I only had experience in the programming and bioinformatics aspects to convey why I would be a fit in that program.
Strengths: Test Scores, GPA, Reason for Pursuing Biology and Pre-Med
Weaknesses: No BME related experiences, No SAT II Science Scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I was accepted to JHU for the Biology Major because I conveyed that through my experiences as a volunteer/researcher as well as a patient with a chronic illness in the healthcare realm, I will try to become a difference-maker for those suffering with Crohn’s and other inflammatory diseases. I was definitely rejected from BME for my weaknesses as stated above.
General Comments: I am really happy that I got into one of my top 5 choices. My main recommendation with applying to colleges and even JHU is to work the hardest and best you could REALISTICALLY do and then convey that same magnitude of your hard work in your essays.
Accepted (Shocked)
Intended Major/School: Biology at Krieger Arts & Science
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1450 (new) - 730 Math & 720 English
ACT (breakdown): 33 Composition - 33 English, 30 Math, 33 Reading, 34 Science, & 10 Writing
SAT II: Didn’t send because they were bad
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Weighted GPA (out of 4.5): ~4.7
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/500 - I f*ed up my freshmen year
AP (place score in parenthesis): APES (3), Bio (4), USGov (4), Psych (5), Seminar (5), Calc BC (5 with AB subscore 4), APUSH (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
I also took a couple DE classes with my local community college.
Senior Year Course Load:
AP Physics 1 - Taking Physics C exam hopefully
AP Literature
AP Statistics
AP Human Geography
AP Research
AP Computer Science Principles
Economics & Finance
Guidance Office’s Student Aid
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
AP Scholar with Distinction
ALA VA Girls State
Ponos Award for Excellent Work Ethics
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Debate Team - 4 years (President for 2 years)
Pianist at Anderson’s Studio - 4 years (Quartet Leader)
American Red Cross Campus Club at MHS 1 year (President & Founder)
AP Psychology Club - 2 year (Board Member)
Econoponax - 2 year (Security)
French Club - 2 year (Vice President).
Job/Work Experience: Hostess - 3 years
Volunteer/Community service: CGS Events, SPCA Volunteer, & Rappahannock Regional Library Volunteer
Summer Activities: Community Services and Summer homework? I’m too poor to afford camps.
Essays:
Personal Statement: 8/10 - I cried writing my essay. It was about challenging cultural beliefs and the rejection of my father. Talked about my immigrant, single-mother family home and the degrading beliefs of women in my family’s culture and even in the American culture. Lots of feminist statements. My friends either hate it (it’s too pitiful) or loved it (empowerment, boldening).
Supplement: 3/10 - Really cliche. Wrote about my dreams of becoming a cardiothoracic surgeon, undergrad research, why volunteering is necessary, and why people shouldn’t look at money when deciding to go into the medical field to save lives.
Teacher Recommendation: I didn’t read them but here’s the relationship of my teachers
English: (3 years) She loves me for being a feminist. Before she wrote my recs, I also told her about the family issue that I wrote my personal statement on. When she read my essay, she basically was tearing up. Hard on me for having an “accent” so I stay after a lot to study with her. She tells me that my best characteristic is determinism and how determine I can become when I want something.
Math: (4 years) In addition to the rec request, I wrote about why he was my favorite teacher and how he inspires me to do more than what’s given. I referenced how he indirectly helped me during the peaks of depression and how he encourages everyone in the class to be engaged in things people don’t really consider interesting.
Counselor Rec: Whoops, I didn’t ask her. I’m not sure if she wrote me one, but if she did, I do a bunch of stuff for the counselor’s office.
Additional Rec: N/A.
Interview: N/A
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Biology
School Type: Arts & Science
Ethnicity: Did not specify, but I’m Asian.
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Low (~20K)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation Student?
Reflection:
Strengths: I poured my soul into that personal statement. I have a lot of volunteering opportunities and I did found the American Red Cross Campus Club at my school. I was really honest with the supplement essay because I didn’t really have time to think about what others want, so I did what I do best and talked about spiritual growth and nonmaterialistic goals since I grew up as the poor kid.
Weaknesses: Literally wrote the supplement in five minutes before the deadline. I also messed up badly my freshmen year of high school. Probably could have gotten a better SAT score. Probably should not have procrastinated.
Why you think you were accepted: I honestly don’t know, still in shock.
General Comments: I originally did not apply to JHU because I didn’t have the money. God bless College Board for giving me the extra fee waivers.
Accepted
Intended Major/School: Biophysics
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1540 (780 M, 760 ERW)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 750 Math II, 740 Physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 20% of class
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Chemistry (4) AP US History (4) AP Physics 1 (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C, AP English, AP Spanish V, AP Comp Sci principles, History elective
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Regeneron STS Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Research, Spanish Honor Society (co-leader), Book Club (leader), World Cultures Club, Astronomy club (leader)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Lots of volunteering with Spanish Honor Society
Summer Activities: Research at local college
Essays: Common App 8/10, talked about how I am in the lab and my goofy personality, Supplemental Essay 9/10, talked about my interests in both bioinformatics research and history and how I would build upon those at JHU. Used lots of details in terms of what labs I wanted to intern in, courses I wanted to take, etc.
Teacher Recommendation: Spanish teacher and Pre Calc teacher. Obviously they were good or I wouldn’t have gotten in lol
Counselor Rec: We have a close relationship, she’s helped me out a ton with college stuff and even wrote my rec for Regeneron STS
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: didn’t have one.
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): WI
Country (if international applicant): USA
Intended major(s): Biophysics
School Type: Small private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~200,000k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): semifinalist in Regeneron STS I guess?
Reflection: I was completely myself in this application and didn’t try to be someone I wasn’t—and, it worked. I poured myself into research and didn’t do a ton of clubs or have prestigious leadership positions. I also highly suggest reading Frank Bruni’s “Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be.” I’ve spent a lot of time on this site, and while it has helped me immensely, I can’t help but feel gross being on here at times, 'cause y’all can be really over the top. The school you go to will not determine your future; you’re the one who does that. The most important thing you can do during high school is to try figuring out who you want to be and what your passions are. Don’t try being someone else. Try not to get too caught up in this college admissions mania; just spend a hell of a lot of time on something you love, and you’ll be fine.
Strengths: Got semifinalist in a national science competition.
Weaknesses: I just wrote out my whole application, you be the judge
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I honestly don’t know. It all depends on what kind of class the admissions committee was looking for.
General Comments: got waitlisted at MIT. don’t have any other results yet.
Accepted
Intended Major/School: Regular college man idk
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): 35C
SAT II: 770 Lit, 760 Math II, 710 Spanish
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.75 lol but a strong upwards curve junior/senior year (we’re on trimesters)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): probably top 10-15%, tough school
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Mucho honors courses, Calc B/C, Comparative Government–the most rigorous schedule available
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (Club President) of MUN, won a dozen-plus individual awards at HMUN, NAIMUN, SMUNC, etc. and other conferences abroad. In-school writing tutor, (Captain) of varsity lacrosse–not getting recruited though haha–joined sophomore year. Founder and President of Asian-American Student Union, also did all manner of funky diversity things around the school. Eagle Scout, had all kinds of leadership things within the Boy Scouts through my seven years. Theater, a handful of starring roles and some tech on the side.
Job/Work Experience: Intern at National Japanese-American Historical Society sophomore year, Congressional Intern in D.C. for a SoCal Republican junior year.
Volunteer/Community service: Eagle Scout, so all that community service and such. No specific number, but boy, it’s been a while.
Summer Activities: Internships, MUN, internships, MUN, internships, MUN
Essays:
Common App essay was a 9/10, I wrote about reconciling my love for being in the Boy Scouts with having gay family members. Hopkins supplement was…solid? I don’t know. I thought it was pretty good, but then I read the “essays that worked” tab on the website and died
Teacher Recommendation: First one was from MUN advisor/teacher, probably a 8/10. Second one was from Calculus teacher, which is especially funny because I got a B in her class–but I guess I had grit or something.
Counselor Rec: Probably pretty good? I actually don’t know. I feel like it was good. It definitely wasn’t BAD.
Additional Rec: Scoutmaster–so leadership, character, whatever
Interview: Did it on-campus with a student, they were cool, and we hit it off. Solid.
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Political Science
School Type: Hippie/slightly-rigorous private Bay Area
Ethnicity: Asian/White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Enough to not apply for financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection: EXTREMELY blessed and thankful to be in this position. There is nothing not to like about JHU, and I think the odds I end up going are very likely. I’m also a little weirded out that my GPA wasn’t a dealbreaker, but I won’t complain.
Strengths: ACT, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: My mother says I’m special.
Other schools you applied to and their decisions:
Accepted: UCLA, UCSD, UCI, BU-Questrom
Still waiting on HPY, Dartmouth, Penn, Georgetown SFS, Duke, NYU BPE, USC, Tufts, Cal, Emory, GW, and UVA. Got rejected from Penn-Huntsman and deferred from the College of Arts and Sciences, but I’m not going to lie–I really, really, am thrilled to get into JHU.
A lot of people stress over the process and read this website and it’s just not healthy. Other people say stuff like, “you’ll find the school for you, it’ll all work out”, and I don’t think they’re wrong–I just think they’re obnoxious. You’ll either have a relatively pain-free process and get into a school you really like, or you won’t. But if your list includes schools you DON’T like, you’ll end up disappointed. GW, for example, is a school I really, really, like. If every other school rejected me, and I ended up at GW, I would be thrilled. People who end up disappointed didn’t pick their list right. You’ll get into schools you shouldn’t have gotten into based on your stats (like hopkins lol) and you’ll get rejected from schools you should have gotten into. It’s all about your mindset.
Accepted
Intended Major/School: Applied Mathematics and Statistics/Engineering
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2360 Superscore (Old SAT)
ACT (breakdown):NA
SAT II: Math II 800, Chemistry 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
AP (place score in parenthesis):
-AP World History (5) AP Lang(5) APUSH(4) AP Chemistry(5) AP Calculus(5) AP Physics C Mechanics (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Computer Science, AP Physics 2, AP Macro&Microeconomics, Honors Advanced Calculus, Government, Spanish
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, AIME Qualifier, A few minor math competition awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis and Swim. Science Competition Club (VP), Math competition club, Honors Society, Piano
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Peer tutoring, Honors Society
Summer Activities: N/A
Essays: Pretty good. I had a lot of drafts and edited it many times before submitting it.
Teacher Recommendation: AP Calc and AP Chemistry teachers. Pretty good I think
Counselor Rec: 6/10
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: Did not have one
Other:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): US
Intended major(s): Applied Math
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): women in engineering maybe?
Reflection:
Strengths: GPA, Test Scores, Essays
Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
General Comments:
For the sake of future applicants, here is my info:
Accepted, Rejected, or Deferred: Rejected
Intended Major/School: Neurology first choice
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1480 (750 EBRW / 730 M)
ACT (breakdown): NA
SAT II: NA
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): weighted is 4.12
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): high school doesn’t rank, but either 1/47 or 2/47
AP (place score in parenthesis): high school doesn’t provide AP courses
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: The usual courseload (I’ve always taken the most advanced classes my high school offers)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Awarded best non-profit organization (SEPWB - Sport Education and Peace Without Borders)
MVP at 3 professional soccer tournaments / showcases
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Initiated Math Club (president)
Initiated English Club (president)
Founder of nonprofit organization - SEPWB
Peres Center for Peace (sport leader)
Inter-ethnic peace meetings
Jerusalem Foundation Charity / Community Service
JEST (Jerusalem Entrepreneurs Society and Technology)
Science research project (lead a group of students)
Professional soccer player (captain)
National Academy soccer player
MUN
Job/Work Experience:
Hotel - receptionist
Volunteer/Community service: ^^ see above
Summer Activities: ^^ above
Essays: 9/10 common app - felt it was REALLY good and reflected how my unique circumstances shaped my life.
9/10 why JHU - Felt it was really genuine while at the same time something admissions want to see; I just feel I didn’t get into specific details (courses, professors, etc.) as much as I could have.
Teacher Recommendation:
10/10 math (and peace) teacher; knows me well and thinks I am one of the best students to come along throughout his career.
Other one was English teacher; she most likely wrote an amazing rec - she always said I was the hardest working student she has taught.
Counselor Rec: 9/10 or 10/10 ; got my superintendent to write it for me; don’t know what was said though.
Additional Rec: NA
Interview: NA
Other:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Israel (have American citizenship from birth)
Intended major(s): Neurology
School Type: Private high school
Ethnicity: white
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: idk
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection:
Strengths: EC’s and my circumstances
Weaknesses: Could have made a few essay tweaks
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Not really sure
General Comments:
I really don’t get why I was rejected; everything was better than good, but for some reason, I was outright rejected. If anyone could help tell me what a possible reason could be, please do. I figured there must have been a turn off somewhere in my app, but I just don’t know where. Please help if you can 
good luck to everyone else!
Accepted, Rejected, or Deferred: Accepted!
Intended Major/School: Biomedical Engineering
Objective:
New SAT I: Overall: 1590, Math: 800, Reading/writing: 790
ACT (breakdown): Overall: 35
SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math II (780), Bio E (800)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0/4.0 (weighted GPA 4.82, currently at the top of my class)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no ranking but like I said, in the running for valedictorian/salutatorian
AP (place score in parentheses): AP European History (5), AP Bio (4), AP CompSci (5), AP Stats (5), AP Chem (5), APUSH (5), AP French (5), AP Psychology (5), AP English Lang (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Economics, Math 254/255 (community college course), Evolutionary/Organismic Biology (local college course), AP Physics C, AP Art History, AP English Literature
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 2016 Regional Level 7 Acrobatic Gymnastics Champion, placed 4th at the 2016 National Acrobatic Championships, etc. National Merit Semifinalist, National AP Scholar, 3rd place in the 10th Annual High School Honors Statistics Contest, Girl Scout Silver Award
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Acrobatic gymnastics (competitive level 9 gymnast), research intern at UC San Diego (cowrote a paper), Girl Scout Ambassador, Varsity Dive (grades 10 & 12), UCSD Biology Mentor Assistance program (grade 11), Amnesty International Club, CSF, piano, saxophone, and guitar.
Volunteer/Community Service: Volunteer year-round at Flip Force San Diego as a gymnastics/trampoline&tumbling coach, CSF community service hours
Summer Activities: After 10th grade, interned at Flip Force San Diego as a camp counselor teaching parkour, gymnastics, and cirque. After 11th, interned at UCSD in a biology lab.
Teacher Recommendations:
1st: 10/10 my art history teacher, I am extremely close with her and set the curve every time in her class, also had her last year for psychology so I am confident she wrote me a good one
2nd: 8/10 my college math professor, she loves me but I don’t think she wrote anything that’s groundbreaking
Counselor Rec: 9/10 in his words, my letter is “bomb”
Other Rec; my boss at the lab at UCSD wrote me a letter of rec, I think that’ll give me a boost
Essays: I wrote my common app on gymnastics and how it drew me to biology and how it shaped my work ethic and I like it a lot. My supplement for Harvard is very true-to-heart and in general I’d say I’m a decent writer, not ground-breakingly exceptional
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: >$200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection:
Strengths: I think I showed my passionate personality with gymnastics and bio, also high stats
Weaknesses: Essays not amazing tbh, not a crazy amount of leadership
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I never expected to get into BME, it blew my mind and honestly when it comes down to such competitive programs, you have to have the stats to back it up, but it mostly comes down to showing passion, and the luck of the draw. Good luck to future applicants.
General Comments: I probably cannot attend JHU because I didn’t get any aid and I can’t afford it 
It was my dream school… But fortunately I was also accepted to UC Berkeley, UCLA, USC, BU, and others so I have other options.
Accepted, Rejected, or Deferred: ACCEPTED
Intended Major/School: Materials Science/Whiting
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): NA
ACT (breakdown): 36–36 math, 36 english, 36 science, 34 reading, 34 writing
SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on Calc BC/APUSH/GOV/Physics C/Chinese/Chem
IB (place score in parenthesis): 42, 7 on History HL, English HL, Physics HL, Math HL, 6 on music/french
Senior Year Course Load: senior english/social studies, ap stats, ap bio, wind ensemble
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):just the ap awards lol
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swimming (Captain junior/senior year), Boy Scouts (Life rank)
Job/Work Experience: Current Internship at local University in molecular engineering
Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts, cofounded summer camp for 4th-7th graders
Summer Activities: Swimming, Boy Scouts, running summer camp, Band camp
Essays: commonapp on my struggle with connecting with others at school and how origami helped me with that, my hopkins essay was nothing special in my opinion.
Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 History (I’m almost the same person as my teacher, I really respect him and I’m sure he wrote a great rec)
8/10 Physics (She had a lot of people send her recs, so not sure how good it was. She liked me though, so I’m sure only had good things to say).
Counselor Rec: 8/10 don’t really know my counselor that well.
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): WA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): anti-hook as an asian male
Reflection:
Strengths: Consistency in extracurricular activities (been doing them since I was like 7), good grades
Weaknesses:Writing could have been better
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I demonstrated an interest in my major from my internship experience, and in the Hopkins Essay i was honest about what I would do at the school if I was admitted.
General Comments:
Hopkins made me really happy because I had gotten rejected from my two early action schools.
Accepted (Humanities)
Objective:
SAT I superscore (breakdown M/CR/W/Essay): 2300 (770/740/800/8) only sitting
SAT II (subject, score): Math 2 - 800
Unweighted/Weighted GPA: 3.9 ish UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
AP/IB (place score in parentheses): APUSH (4), AP Lang (4). AP Calc AB (5). AP Gov (5). AP Comp (5). AP Environmental (5).
Senior year course load:
AP Calc BC
AP Physics
AP Statistics
AP Economics
AP Literature
Awards:
- AP Scholar with Distinction
- National Merit Scholar Commended
- Chosen as 1 of 8 teens nationwide for a major program (lots of publicity)
- (2x) High school award in math and science - given to best student in each class
- Yale essay contest 1st place
- Two other, smaller online essay contests - finalist/top10 winner
- second place in We The People state competition
- High honor roll, NHS, etc.
Extracurriculars (exactly what is on my Common App):
- Blogger for the Huffington Post
- Co-Editor in Chief of school newspaper
- Co-President of DECA business club
- Co-Founder of a growing company (annual revenue projected around $15k-20k)
- Published writer and journalist: fantasy novel published on Amazon, reporter for local newspaper, published in 4 literary magazines
- Editor for a national high school literary magazine
- Karate Black Belt (first degree)
- Class Treasurer
- AVID Tutor and Freshman mentor
- Former waiter and housekeeper at a bed and breakfast, ongoing private tutor with 3 clients, former employee for a financial literacy website
Recommendations:
Good
Essays:
Pretty good
Other:
U.S. State/Territory or Country: competitive state
School Type: Very large public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket Range: No financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation, recruited athelete, development):
Waitlisted
Intended Major/School: Poli Sci, School of Arts and Sciences
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Never Taken
ACT (breakdown): 35 C (36 E, 33 M, 36 R, 34 S) + 12 W
SAT II: 760 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82 (best estimate, my school is out of 100)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10% out of ~500ish
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 (US Gov), 5 (Lang), 5 (Human Geo), 4 (World), 4 (USH), 4 (Psych), 3 (Stat
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, APES, AP Econ, Orchestra Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity XC (Captain), JSA (President/Founder), Nationally Ranked Model UN Team (officer), Chamber Orchestra
Job/Work Experience: interned for JA and ran a statewide stock market comp. with 250 teams, interned at an immigration services company
Volunteer/Community service: ~75-100 hours of tutoring, volunteer at Food Bank
Summer Activities: Attended a JSA Symposium at Princeton
Essays: Common App was nice, Supp was decent. Made it pretty unique I guess
Teacher Recommendation: First was from Gov teacher whom I founded JSA with, probably amazing. Other from a History teacher, solid to meh
Counselor Rec: Good, I visited her alot my soph and junior years
Additional Rec: XC/Track Coach I was very close with, probably strong.
Interview: Didn’t get one.
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
Intended major(s): Poli Sci, English
School Type: Public, Large
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~150k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none lmao
Reflection: better than expected I guess
Strengths: ACT, ECs
Weaknesses: Grades/Midyear
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
General Comments: My GPA and midyear report were not very strong, so seeing a waitlist despite them makes me think I could have gotten in had I not slacked :/. ACT is strong ofc, and I think I did alot extracurricular-wise…
Lesson to any juniors reading this: DO NOT SLACK OFF SENIOR YEAR, SERIOUSLY. And be passionate, and have fun during the fall! March is a very dark time
Accepted, Rejected, or Deferred: ACCEPTED
Intended Major/School: Materials Science/Whiting
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): NA
ACT (breakdown): 36–36 math, 36 english, 36 science, 34 reading, 34 writing
SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on Calc BC/APUSH/GOV/Physics C/Chinese/Chem
IB (place score in parenthesis): 42, 7 on History HL, English HL, Physics HL, Math HL, 6 on music/french
Senior Year Course Load: senior english/social studies, ap stats, ap bio, wind ensemble
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):just the ap awards lol
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swimming (Captain junior/senior year), Boy Scouts (Life rank)
Job/Work Experience: Current Internship at local University in molecular engineering
Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts, cofounded summer camp for 4th-7th graders
Summer Activities: Swimming, Boy Scouts, running summer camp, Band camp
Essays: commonapp on my struggle with connecting with others at school and how origami helped me with that, my hopkins essay was nothing special in my opinion.
Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 History (I’m almost the same person as my teacher, I really respect him and I’m sure he wrote a great rec)
8/10 Physics (She had a lot of people send her recs, so not sure how good it was. She liked me though, so I’m sure only had good things to say).
Counselor Rec: 8/10 don’t really know my counselor that well.
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): WA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): anti-hook as an asian male
Reflection:
Strengths: Consistency in extracurricular activities (been doing them since I was like 7), good grades
Weaknesses:Writing could have been better
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I demonstrated an interest in my major from my internship experience, and in the Hopkins Essay i was honest about what I would do at the school if I was admitted.
Accepted, Rejected, or Deferred: ACCEPTED
Intended Major/School: Materials Science/Whiting
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): NA
ACT (breakdown): 36–36 math, 36 english, 36 science, 34 reading, 34 writing
SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on Calc BC/APUSH/GOV/Physics C/Chinese/Chem
IB (place score in parenthesis): 42, 7 on History HL, English HL, Physics HL, Math HL, 6 on music/french
Senior Year Course Load: senior english/social studies, ap stats, ap bio, wind ensemble
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):just the ap awards lol
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swimming (Captain junior/senior year), Boy Scouts (Life rank)
Job/Work Experience: Current Internship at local University in molecular engineering
Volunteer/Community service: Boy Scouts, cofounded summer camp for 4th-7th graders
Summer Activities: Swimming, Boy Scouts, running summer camp, Band camp
Essays: commonapp on my struggle with connecting with others at school and how origami helped me with that, my hopkins essay was nothing special in my opinion.
Teacher Recommendation: 10/10 History (I’m almost the same person as my teacher, I really respect him and I’m sure he wrote a great rec)
8/10 Physics (She had a lot of people send her recs, so not sure how good it was. She liked me though, so I’m sure only had good things to say).
Counselor Rec: 8/10 don’t really know my counselor that well.
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other:
State (if domestic applicant): WA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~200k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): anti-hook as an asian male
Reflection:
Strengths: Consistency in extracurricular activities (been doing them since I was like 7), good grades
Weaknesses:Writing could have been better
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I demonstrated an interest in my major from my internship experience, and in the Hopkins Essay i was honest about what I would do at the school if I was admitted.