I got in! 
I got in !!!totally unexpected. I applied as an economics major and can someone tell me if I need to submit a separate application if I want to switch to public health or engineering? Thanks
I can’t believe RD acceptances were 10% this year
How are my future kids gonna get into these schools lol
Same!!!
Accepted!! Class of 2023 with a Neuroscience Major
Stats:
SAT 1370
2 Subjects 700
ACT 34
9 AP
Dual enrolled at two colleges
12+ school EC
Lots of work experience (working since I was 12, currently have 3 jobs)
I am sixteen and graduating high school a year early (not sure if that helped or hindered). I also go to a rural school on the eastern shore of Maryland (middle and high school with ~100 kids per grade), so it is kind of a different experience than a private or city school. I think my essays really helped, I feel like a struck a good balance between lighthearted and serious. . My low SAT is because I was just entering Precalc when I took it, so my math score was quite rough, thanks to early graduation. I’ve taken four college courses at this point, in addition to a full high school load with max AP and no study halls. Lastly, I’ve worked a lottttt, with 2 yrs in a ophthalmology practice, 2 yrs at a hospital, 1 yr at Barnes & Noble, 4+ years at three separate carnivals, and more. I observed a few brain surgeries, and countless eye surgeries. I also volunteered a lot, and started a bunch of clubs at my school. I am not sure if my teacher recommendations influenced anything very much.
Advice - ESSAYS! Try to write whatever you feel, don’t try to write what you think the admissions people wanted. I took my essay to a total stranger and asked them who they thought I was from reading my essay. If they got the correct impression, then my essay was good at conveying who I was.
And if you didn’t get in, don’t worry! There’s plenty of other amazing colleges, the choice of one admissions officer isn’t going to ruin your life. You’ll do amazing! I got deferred from Cornell ED too…
Accepted! 32 ACT, 4.0, 9 AP. Went to a public school. I think I applied as either a history or film major (not totally sure though!!)
Oh, and a 4.8 weighted gpa, not sure what unweighted was
accepted for …philosophy… lol
waitlisted
For those offended by the suggestion that URMs are getting admitted because of race please just accept the fact that it is true. Doesn’t mean that they can’t do the work it just means that in many cases they are getting admitted while others with superior credentials are getting denied. And please hold off on your holistic review augment because we all know that augment is a fallacy used to justify the practice. I can speak from facts. My daughter’s credentials for a top school versus a women classmate who is a URM: SAT and Subject tests – Substantial Higher. GPA-Higher. Class Rank-Higher. ECs-Order of magnitude better. RECs-Great…I read them so I know that the classmate could not have had better ones. Essay-Outstanding so hard to believe classmates could have been better. Again, don’t be offended just accept that in the college admissions process you are being given a leg up. That’s fine. There are many things in like that are not fair.
@jackson5123 I’ve been thinking about your note this morning and wanted to step in. First of all, I get disappointment…i had it with both of my kids during their undergraduate years and am now starting the grad journey with the oldest. It’s tough to be turned down…especially when a kid has done everything right and is super smart too.
A few different issues with the way you’re approaching this and hopefully these are thoughts you’d had just to yourself and not shared with your daughter. A few quick stats: 30,163 applied to JH this year for RD and 2300 were accepted. That’s about a 7.8% acceptance rate…that puts it in the top 5 or 6 most competitive schools in the world. 27,873 incredibly talented kids are, at this moment, looking at their reject letter from JH.
Your daughter wasn’t rejected because you know of a classmate who did get accepted. She was rejected because 93% of all of the candidates were rejected. Yes, it stings, yes, it’s hard. She also wasn’t rejected because of a baseball player who was accepted. Or because someone’s father attended JH. Or because a world-class ballerina was in the acceptance pool. If your daughter was talented enough to apply to JH, she’s going to be talented enough to do well no matter where she lands. Give her that gift.
kids >1500 and >3.9 +great ECS got rejected , 1440 and 3.7 got accepted, what collages are looking for is mystery
@indmom2023 college admissions are MUCH bigger than just stats. Thousands of students who have perfect or near-perfect stats are denied. The essays, ECs, hooks, and LORs are what get you IN. Stats are just qualification indicators. T20 schools are reaches for everyone.
@hg0987 then what is the purpose of stats? do you think getting 1550,3.9 is less hard work than to 1440,3.7 (please notice above when i use > all above near perfect kids included) ?
@hg0987 T20 or for that matter any collage should take kids based on merit, or else what we are teaching kids,
We can all compare the visible statistics, but none of us have read other students’ essays and many of us don’t even get to read our own kid’s essays. We see none of the recommendations. In the land of high statistics, these subjectively judged areas are crucial.
I have attended enough college presentations in the past couple of years to close my eyes when they talk about how they are looking for students to excel within the school they are in and with the resources that they have. But it rings true as I watch what is happening right now with my daughter and her classmates.
Hypothetically, a student might write the most outstanding essay about collaborative learning, but if the teacher writes about how that student works well alone and is impatient with others’ opinions (even if the impatience is due to the student’s undeniable brilliance), it’s a disconnect that we will never see. This is one hypothetical example, but I think it’s fair to infer that schools want a cohesive narrative.
Different schools look for different attributes overall.
Regarding stats, there’s a floor for consideration. But in these days of extensive test prep and tutors, plus or minus a bit just doesn’t matter.
@hg0987 The Joke is JHU gives highest priority to Stats, that’s how they have CTY to recognize the talent early on
Stats are just one metric. I know in my DD’s school many people “gamed” the system to get higher GPAs/rank because AP and honors courses were weighed the same. I would say 1/2 of the top 10% of DD’s school only took 1 or 2 APs total. They didn’t have the same success in admission with those students who took more rigor. Also at some point, 98th or 99th percentile with ACT/SAT isn’t going to move the needle that much. That’s why many people advise against retaking tests when they are at that threshold and focusing on other parts of the application.
I will also say that no matter how much you think you know what’s in someone else’s application, unless you have read it with your own eyes, you don’t know. You also don’t know what JHU was needing to balance their class - intended majors, ECs that will be continued on campus, etc…
As far as the discussion around URM hook, there is a specific thread on CC to discuss.