Johns Hopkins ED? I'll chance back :)

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Basics: White male, suburban, Jewish
School: Very large, pretty competitive (8-12 Ivies per year) public school in suburban NJ (2200 students)
Rank: School doesn't rank but I'm probably about the 85th percentile
GPA: School goes on 0-100 scale, currently 95.3 weighted
Probable major/minor: Poli Sci...considering minoring in Anthropology</p>

<p>SAT: March '09- 2040 (680 CR/740 M/620 W, 8 essay)
May '09- 2210 (750 CR/660 M/800 W, 9 essay)
Superscore is 2290 (750 CR/740 M/800 W, 9 essay)</p>

<p>SAT II: June '09; Lit: 730, Math I: 710</p>

<p>EC: 140 hours volunteering at a local retirement home...2 years on school newspaper staff...3 years on undefeated conference champion Quiz Bowl team</p>

<p>Work: Umpire for local youth baseball league...counselor in training at overnight camp</p>

<p>AP: 5 on English Lang...school doesn't offer any APs to sophomores and very few to juniors</p>

<p>Senior schedule: AP English Lit, AP Psych, AP Macro, AP US Gov, Pre-Calc, Culinary Arts</p>

<p>Summers: Summer before junior year at overnight camp as counselor in training...summer before senior year at BU High School Honors Program taking 2 classes for credit</p>

<p>Other: NMS Commended Student
Journalism Student of the Year for my school as a sophomore</p>

<p>-great rec from History teacher, good rec from English teacher
-good rec from head of volunteers at the retirement home
-good counselor rec
-great essays</p>

<p>Legacies: Uncle graduated from Johns Hopkins Phi Beta Kappa</p>

<p>For the BU summer program I earned a B in Religion and Culture and a B+ in Intro to Poli Sci...with BU's notorious grade deflation I'd say this would look good for my application.</p>

<p>Overall, what are my chances for Hopkins ED?</p>

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<p>You’re in :smiley:
disclaimer: I’m not experienced at chancing but you sound like a match for JHU based on the people I’ve talked to who were accepted ED!</p>

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<p>Legacy definitely helps, but I’m not quite sure on how the policy works. Is an uncle too far removed? I originally thought legacy could only come from direct parents. I could be very wrong though. I’m not applying to any school that I have legacy status at so I wouldn’t know. Everything on your “transcript” here illustrates that you have a great/high chance of getting into JHU. It sounds very possible and I would say that it’s a match =) I’m probably going to apply regular decision.
Can you chance back? Thank you!</p>

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<p>With ED, at acceptance rates almost 50%, your GPA is a little outside the middle 50%, but your boards are above and beyond, EC’s are solid, senior schedule is strong (really ironic we’re taking virtually the same exact schedule), the work experience looks great</p>

<p>I say match-low reach (50-60%)</p>

<p>Hope this helps!! PLEASE chance me back!!</p>

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<p>here’s my link!
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/814679-chance-me-please-will-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/814679-chance-me-please-will-chance-back.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@amr2014: Can you give me a link so I can chance you back?</p>

<p>And anyone else want to chance me?</p>

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<p>I would say strong chances. >50% with good sats</p>

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<p>bbuuummmppp</p>

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<p>bumpbumpbump</p>

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<p>shameless bump</p>

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<p>Please Chance Me!!!(2.0)… WILL CHANCE BACK! (don’t know how to use the link though)</p>

<p>You can get on by:
clicking my name
select “Find more posts by amr2014”
then scroll down until you get that thread, thanks so much!!</p>

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<p>bumppppppp</p>

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<p>I’d say low match. Scores and ECs are excellent, only thing that might hurt you is your GPA.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/816537-you-chance-me-i-chance-you.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/816537-you-chance-me-i-chance-you.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>i say in</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/816397-chance-me-i-really-hope-you-dont-know-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/816397-chance-me-i-really-hope-you-dont-know-me.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>yet another shameless bump</p>

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<p>I’d put you as high match.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/816994-chances-will-return.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/816994-chances-will-return.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I think you have a very good shot of getting accepted. ED Legacy with solid ECs and solid test scores seems like a very good match. Work experience is a plus as well. Good luck!</p>

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<p>hey i know this is off topic, but how did u study for ur SATS to get the scores to 750?</p>

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<p>@joejoe: I did lots of exercises from various SAT prep books, and by lots I mean lots. That’s really all I did to prep.</p>