*****Johns Hopkins University RD 2020 Results Thread*****

Colleges and Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted**[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted**[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected**[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[ *] ACT (breakdown):
[ *] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Weighted GPA:
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses):
[ *] IB (place score in parentheses):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Number of other EA applicants in your school:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list] [ b]Subjective:[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:[/list] [ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):**[ list]
[ *] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
[ *] Common App Main:
[ *] JHU essay:
[ *] Other:[/list][ *] Teacher Recommendation #1:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #2:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:
[ ] Art Supplement:[/list] [ b]Other[ list]
[ *] Date Submitted App:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ ] Income Bracket:
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list] [ b]Reflection[ list]
[ ] Strengths:
[ ] Weaknesses:
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[ ] What would you have done differently?:[/list][/list][ b]Other Factors:
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (710 CR, 730 M, 680 W)

ACT (breakdown): 33 ( 36 English, 33 Math, 35 Reading, 29 Science, 33 English/Writing)

ACT superscore (breakdown): 34

SAT II: Math Level 2- 720; Biology M- 780

Weighted GPA: 5.25 (out of 6)

Senior Year Course Load: all AP/IB classes ( essentially 7 core classes at one time…would not recommend doing this haha) —Ap Calc BC, Ap Stat, IB Bio HL, IB Chem SL, IB History, IB Math SL, IB English HL, IB Economics, TOK

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): have trained at pre-professional ballet academy for 12 years, have played the piano for 12 years, IBSO, NHS, NFHS

Volunteer/Community service: did about 60 hours being a volunteer for several dance camps and volunteering at an IB conference

Essays :

Common App Main: 9.5 - was edited by my english teacher; talked about my struggles with ballet

JHU essay: not very interesting, moderately bland so might be why I was rejected

Teacher Recommendation #1: 9

Teacher Recommendation #2: 8

Counselor Rec: 7- most likely decent-ish, IB counselor usually does a good job with them

Date Submitted App: day of deadline

State (if domestic applicant): TX

School Type: suburban public

Ethnicity: White

Gender: Female

Income Bracket: low

Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): fluent Russian speaker

Preferred Concentration: Neuroscience

Strengths: extracurriculars, essays, recs, Russian

Weaknesses: test scores, junior year grades, community service

Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: not sure…honestly for top tier schools its not always your stats/activities/essays that get you in…its kinda just a luck of the draw

What would you have done differently?
possibly made my essay more interesting
also more volunteering would have been helpful

Where else I applied:
UT, Columbia, Princeton (deferred SCEA), NYU, UPenn, JHU, Tulane, UCLA, UC Berkeley

Admitted: UT

Waitlisted: Uchicago

General advice:
Don’t be scared to apply to reach schools…you never know when they might accept you because colleges are so unpredictable
PS: just the fact that you’re on College Confidential means that you are amazing

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Note: forgot to change the essay option to JHU…fixed it now sorry :slight_smile:

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[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted**[/color][/size]

[ b]Objective:**[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2250 (690R, 800M, 760W)
[ *] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Only took it once: 2250
[ *] ACT (breakdown): N/A
[ *] ACT superscore (breakdown): N/A
[ *] SAT II: 800 Physics, 780 M2, 780 USH
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[ *] Weighted GPA: 4.5
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5-10 out of 800
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses): Calculus BC: 5; Physics C: 5; US History: 5; Statistics: 5
[ *] IB (place score in parentheses): None
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP Government, AP English Language, AP Economics, AP Chemistry, Band
[ *] Number of other RD applicants in your school: 6-7
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Physics 1st Place in HS in PA State Science Fair

[/list] [ b]Subjective:**[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Band (Section Leader), Orchestra (Section Leader), Jazz Band (Lead Trombone), Mathematics Honors Society (Vice President), Various other honors society, Founder of youth group in local area
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None (I do not drive yet)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at local reading room, started various local book drives, other volunteering through youth group.

[/list] [ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):**[ list]
[ *] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
[ *] Common App Main: 10/10 About cracks that give our world flexibility and dynamics. Perhaps one of the best essays I ever wrote.
[ *] Why JHU: 8/10 About my lifelong affinity to maps and how it relates to statistics and sociology. Not my best as it was evident that one or two paragraphs could be replaced with descriptions of another university.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #1: Physics Teacher 10/10
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #2: World History Teacher 8/10
[ *] Counselor Rec: Unknown
[ *] Additional Rec: 9/10 From Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences
[ *] Interview: N/A

[/list] [ b]Other**[ list]
[ *] Date Submitted App: 12/29/2015
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[ *] Country (if international applicant): USA
[ *] School Type: Large Public, Decently Ranked
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: $100k-120k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really. Anti hook = Asian Male applying for mathematics.
[ *] Other College Acceptances: Rutgers Presidential Scholarship (Full Tuition), PSU Schreyer Honors College, GA Tech, WPI (scholarship), Drexel (scholarship), Pitt (scholarship)

[/list] [ b]Reflection**[ list]
[ *] Strengths: Common App Essays, Recommendations, GPA, Science Awards
[ *] Weaknesses: SAT. I seriously could not take doing that thing, as after my first (and only attempt) at the SAT, my practice test scores were going down even with more studying, so I had to give up. Lack of Leadership, lots of other applicants from my school RD.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Surprised to even be wait listed since my SAT was so poor and I was not even a National Merit Finalist.
[ *] What would you have done differently?: Do better on the SAT, focus more time on the why JHU essay.

[/list][/list][ b]Other Factors:**
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:** Congratulations to all who got in! This year seemed to be harder than years past. For those denied, your life is not over, and you will shine wherever you go.

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Decision: Accepted!

Accepted into JHU Engineering! Hope this information is useful to others!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 760 CR 800 M 790 W (Comp: 2350)
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: Math(800), Biology M(790), Chem (750)
PSAT: 230
Unweighted GPA (if available): 4.0
Weighted GPA (if available): N/A (school does not weigh)
Rank/percentile (if available): Top 10% of ~400 (school does not rank, but 4.0 is typically within 10% at my school)
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Biology(5), AP Language and Composition(5), AP Calculus BC(5), AP Psychology(4), AP Chemistry(4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Compsci, AP Lit, AP Government, French 4 H, AP Statistics
Major Awards: FBLA Nationals Top 15 Finalist, TEAMS Nationals Top 10 Finalist (7th in US for Prepared Presentation), USABO Semifinalist, AIME qualifier, some awards at regional science fair, etc.

Subjective
Extracurriculars:

  • Red Cross For entire region
  • Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) (3 yrs, Secondary Events Manager)
  • Science Club (4 yrs, Science Olympiad Member)
  • Future Business Leaders of America (3 yrs, Member)
  • French Honor Society (1 yr, Member)
  • Choir (outside of school) (10 yrs, Group leader)

Job/Work Experience:

  • Biomedical Engineering Research Intern at Cornell University (Summer 2015, 2 months)
  • BME Research Intern at UIowa (Summer 2014, 2 months)

Volunteer/Community service:

  • Red Cross (250+ hrs)

Recommendations: Math Teacher, French Teacher

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Engineering
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): n/a
School Type: Competitive Public School
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male

Notes:

  • Go to a competitive high school where students regularly get accepted into top schools
  • 6 years of Trombone
  • Took a college course in Social Psychology over the summer, Research course at Uiowa
  • Was able to file a patent for the project that I did for Science Fair

Reflection
Strengths: GPA, Test scores, awards
Weaknesses: Not as many leadership positions as I would have liked
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I showed a lot of interest in my particular major with the activities that I did, such as with research internships and engineering competitions.

Admitted: UT Austin, Berkeley EECS, Georgia Tech, WashU, UCSD, UCI, UIUC

Waitlisted: Northwestern

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (800 M, 760 W, 720 R)
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):2280
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): IB student predicted 45/45 (with a 7 on an additional seventh subject)
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
Captain of Chemistry National Team that won a Gold Medal in a Scandinavian Competition
Player at Sweden’s U21 Rugby National Team
Played the piano 11 years, tend to play at large concerts
Finished 6 MOOC’s through edx
Won a domestic mathematics competition in Sweden
Stanford OHS student
Participated in Chemistry Olympiad in Baku in 2015 as a member of Sweden’s national team
[] Job/Work Experience:
Worked at a pizzeria for 5 years now (I come from a low income family)
[] Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteered at a hospital for two years. Nothing to do with wanting to study medicine, just heard that there was a shortage of staff working with a very encouraging research project, so I decided to help
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[] Common App Main: Very personal and about balancing time while focusing on education
[] JHU essay: Talked about how I am undecided and have an unwavering thirst for knowledge. Might have been my Achilles heel as it might have been generic.
[] Other:[/ul][li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Excellent 10+/10. It came from my Chemistry teacher who absolutely loves me, and knows of my financial situation and how diligent and hardworking I am. [/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: 10/10. From my Mathematics teacher. Also excellent.

[] Counselor Rec: Our counselor quit 1 month before the counselor report was written, so the new counselor that wrote it was new to school. Didn’t know him at all. Don’t know what he wrote.
[] Additional Rec: None
[] Interview:None (international student)
[] Country (if international applicant): Sweden
[ ] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
[] Gender: Man
[] Income Bracket: 15k dollar per year (I know)
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list] Reflection[ul] First generation college
[] Strengths: Stats? Ethnicity?
[] Weaknesses: Definitely my ‘‘Why JH’’ essay. Also, needed a lot of aid (basically 100%)
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Read above
[li] What would you have done differently?:[/ul][/list]Other Factors: I should have spent more time writing a better essay [/li]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Absolutely gutted. Have been rejected from WUSTL, NW, UChicago, and now JH. Congratulations to everyone that got in!

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Accepted to Biomedical Engineering
GPA: 3.95 UW 4.4ish W

Ethnicity/sex: Indian Male
Attend very well know STEM school in Washington state

7 AP classes,(5 in Calc AB, 4’s in Bio, Envi Sci, lang, and US History, taking Calc BC and Psych this spring)
10ish honors classes
3-4 College in the High school classes

SAT one sitting: 2300 (800M, 800R, 700W)
SAT superscore: 2360 (800,800,760)
SAT Subject Tests: 790 Bio Ecology, 780 Math 2

Nominated Presidential Scholar candidate

Activities:

Biomedical Engineering internship
Aeronautical Engineering internship
Sustainable Design Internship
Transportation/Electrical Engineering job shadow
Washington Healthcare week CEO, 3rd place winner
NWABR Camp Biomed attendee/volunteer
Bioengineering Project with yeast fermentation
Biomedical Engineering project with prosthetics
Sustainable design project - producing electricity from sustainable materials
ASB Public Relations officer
Key Club Public Relations officer
President of Foods around the Worlds Club (Don’t judge I love food :p)
High School Basketball JV and C teams for 3 years; Captain
Club Basketball Freshman year
Rec basketball for four years - I love basketball if you can’t tell
Pacific Science Center Science Educator in Training
Boys and Girls Club Counselor In Training
Safe school Ambassador
Link Crew
Paid Work at Kumon Learning center as a grader and tutor
Private Calculus Tutor
100ish hours of volunteering over four years

Letters of rec: Two fantastic letters

Essays: Main common app essay was solid not spectacular, JHU supplement was my best essay out of everything I wrote

TBH didn’t think I’d get into BME, was 50/50 on getting into Hopkins itself

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Accepted with full ride!! I’m not gonna post all of my stats, but I did get a 31 on ACT, 4.3 W GPA. I didn’t expect to even be considered!!! I literally only went on my admission portal just to confirm that I got rejected. I AM SO EXCITED!!!

I really think what got me in was my one year experience as a foreign exchange student, as well as my “Why JH” essay in which I talked about orchestra and how it’s impacted my life. I am BEYOND EXCITED! Congrats to everyone!

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                                                           Accepted to BME

[ b]Objective:[ list]
SAT I (breakdown):N/A
SAT I superscore (breakdown):N/A
ACT (breakdown): Composite:32 (both times)
ACT superscore (breakdown): 34
SAT II: 800 Math Level 2, 800 Physics, 800 Chemistry, 780 Math Level 1
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: School doesn’t weigh
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/57
AP (place score in parentheses): School doesn’t offer AP
IB (place score in parentheses): School doesn’t offer IB
Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous available
Number of other applicants in your school: 0
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list] [ b]Subjective:[ list] National and Balkan Math Olympiads
Job/Work Experience: At Hospital
Volunteer/Community service: Church Orphanage
Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
Common App Main: 7/10
JHU essay: 8/10
Other:[/list][ *] Teacher Recommendation #1: 12/10
Teacher Recommendation #2: 10/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Additional Rec: 10/10
Interview: Wasn’t offered one
State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): International
School Type: Small Private
Gender: Male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None (?)
Strengths: Math and Science Competitions, SAT Subject Tests Scores
Why you think you were accepted: Passion for BME
Accepted: MIT, JHU (BME), UCSD
Waitlisted: Caltech
Rejected: None yet!

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown): 35 (35E 36M 34R 33S)
[] ACT superscore (breakdown):
[] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chinese with Listening, 750 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[] Weighted GPA: 3.77
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2nd quintile
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Chinese (5), English Lit (4), Comp Sci (4), Chemistry (3), Statistics, Calculus BC
[] IB (place score in parentheses):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, Bible (H), Advanced Topics in Math (H), Orchestra, Shakespeare, Poetry
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Violin, Golf, Chelsea Music Festival (Head Translator, Assistant to Curator), Anime Club
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: CMF[/ul]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[] Common App Main: 9
[] JHU essay: 8
[] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: 10[/li][] Teacher Recommendation #2: 9
[] Counselor Rec: 9
[] Additional Rec: 8
[] Interview: N/A
[] Art Supplement: 7 [/list]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 12/25
[] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private, Nationally Recognized
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: 200k+
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: test scores
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: GPA :frowning:
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: pretty bummed out since jhu was one of my top schools…

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Decision: Accepted

[ b]Objective:[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 710 math 710 writing 630 english
[ *] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2050 took 3 times
[ *] ACT (breakdown): dont remember the exact scores but math was the highest at 34
[ *] ACT superscore (breakdown): 31 took once
[ *] SAT II: Didn’t report
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[ *] Weighted GPA: 4.86
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses): AP eng 3 (5), calc ab/bc (4/4), psychology (4), microeconomics (4)
[ *] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stat, AP Bio, AP Macroeconomics, American History 2 Honors, AP English 4
[ *] Number of other EA applicants in your school: I’m not sure
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list] [ b]Subjective:[ list] Honors roll from school and AP Scholar award

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Kumon, Rec Basketball for 4 years, Community service at a couple of places, various honor society clubs, and started my own club, Amnesty International
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Worked at Kumon for a couple of years
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:[/list] [ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):**[ list] I was an activities director of a few retirement homes, and if i’m being honest, the quality of the work was a 6/10
[ *] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
[ *] Common App Main: Discussed my struggles with weight and identity
[ *] JHU essay: Discussed how being the child of immigrants was challenging but helped me adapt to life and prepare me for the future
[ *] Other:[/list][ *] Teacher Recommendation #1:AP English 3 teacher (didn’t read but 10/10 because he loved me)
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #2:Chemistry/Physics teacher (didn’t read but probably 10/10, and she is a recent alumni from Johns Hopkins so she probably said I was a good fit)
[ *] Counselor Rec: Probably good because I saw her a lot during the year
[ *] Additional Rec: N/A
[ ] Interview: Didn’t do
[ ] Art Supplement:[/list] [ b]Other[ list] None
[ *] Date Submitted App: Idk but it was after the early decision deadline lol
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Black/ African American
Major: Biology
[ *] Gender: Male
[ ] Income Bracket: <90000 a year
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list] [ b]Reflection[ list] URM
[ ] Strengths: Essays, GPA, Recommendations, ECs
[ ] Weaknesses:Awards, Test Scores
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: URM, check out the strengths
[ ] What would you have done differently?:[/list][/list][ b]Other Factors: I would have taken the SAT more seriously and not slacked off freshman year and first semester of sophomore year
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Don’t get down on yourself if you didn’t get accepted, the cost to go to this school is insane anyways lol
No, but seriously, try to get GOOD advice on the essays, and even read the examples that JHU provides from the previous years; I spent a week analyzing almost every essay in order to craft my JHU specific essay
For the recommendations, opt to NOT read them; it makes the recommendation seem more believable
Also, I did Chinese as my second language in school for 3 years, not 4
Finally, try to put as much emotion and truth into your JHU specific essays; JHU takes the essays seriously

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2340 (770 CR 780 M 790 W)
ACT (breakdown): 36 (36 English 36 Math 35 Reading 36 Science 33 English/Writing (+36 reading different date)
SAT II: Math II 800 Biology M 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.34
Rank: 7/392
AP: Biology, Calculus BC, Chemistry, CS A, English Language, Macro/Microeconomics, Statistics- 5
Senior Year Course Load: Organic Chemistry, AP European History, Symphony Orchestra, AP Literature, AP Psychology, AP Physics C, AP Govt. and Politics
Extracurriculars:
-Figure skating/synchronized skating (national champions 2013, medals four other years)
-piano for eleven years
-violin for eight years
-social justice project (PR)
-community service/project LEAD club (secretary)
-BuildOn (Fundraising chair)
-NHS

Essays:
Common App Main: Wrote about skating and piano 9/10, well written but not extremely unique topic
JHU essay: 8/10 Honestly I just threw together a bunch of parts of my other college essays and added a bit specific to JHU, as this was the last college I applied to and I was checked out.

Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: 10/10 if she wasn’t my teacher, we’d be best friends.
Teacher Recommendation #2: 10/10 best student in his class last year, we got along very well.
Counselor Rec: 9/10 I haven’t really talked to him outside of scheduling or other small things, but I’ve heard he does a great job.
Additional Rec: 10/10 by my mentor from my UMich lab research internship over the summer. We got along great and she was delighted to write me a letter.
Date Submitted App: 1/1
State: Michigan
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Honestly none; Asian, good at testing, both parents with graduate degrees…

Reflection
Strengths: Test scores and courseload? Recommendations, probably.
Weaknesses: Essays could have been more engaging and unique
Why you think you were accepted: Luck? I mentioned my research at UMich in my essay, which showed my passion towards research I guess.
What would you have done differently?: Rewrite my essays if I had time.

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
I got rejected from MIT and Uchicago and waitlisted by NW this week, so I wasn’t feeling that great about today, but things went better than I could have hoped for!

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Decision: Accepted

[ b]Objective:[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[ *] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[ *] ACT (breakdown): 33 (E 35 M 36 R 32 S 28)
[ *] ACT superscore (breakdown): 34 (E 35 M 36 R 32 S 32)
[ *] SAT II: Math 2 800 Physics 760 Chinese 800 (My native language so)
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): about 3.99 (got 1 B)
[ *] Weighted GPA: 4.5 sth
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10 %
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses): none (IB system)
[ *] IB (place score in parentheses): Math SL 7 Physics SL 6 ( we can only take 2 IB tests junior year, most exams are in 12th grade)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: All IBs except one AP
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/list] [ b]Subjective:[ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Philosophy (put emphasis on this, which also my major), volunteer, intern journalist, math clubs & competitions. Created some clubs and am presidents for several, really put effort into this. Generally broad interests.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Intern Journalist during summer junior year
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:[/list] [ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):**[ list]
[ *] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
[ *] Common App Main: 7/10
[ *] JHU essay: 9/10
[ *] Other:[/list][ *] Teacher Recommendation #1: Amazing 10/10
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #2: Didn’t see but should be good 8/10
[ *] Counselor Rec: generic probably 6/10
[ *] Additional Rec: –
[ ] Interview: none
[ ] Art Supplement:[/list] [ b]Other[ list]
[ *] Date Submitted App: 1/1/16, the last day
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Study in TX but I’m an international
[ *] Country (if international applicant): China
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ ] Income Bracket: didn’t apply for FA
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/list] [ b]Reflection[ list]
[ ] Strengths: Always tried hard on everything, caught every opportunity and learned from everything. The supplement probably saved me.
[ ] Weaknesses: Transferred tons of credits from home country, which are all counted as 4 points. Sapped my rank considerably. Later students who have similar situation please do not be discouraged by initial disadvantages! Keep your hopes up and try your best, nothing can stop you!
[ ] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Try hard. Really satisfied with my supplement. Luck.
[ ] What would you have done differently?:[/list][/list][ b]Other Factors:
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Hard work finally paid. I have been rejected by UChicago, Northwestern, and Duke ED, and this is my first acceptance after UMich EA (which notified in December). It has been a long wait but everything is okay. Keep learning, keep growing, and be strong, your time will come.

PS. Later applicants, please take encouragements from our lessons, but do not take other stats seriously. Remember, essays are very very important-- stop your anxiety, focus on reality and be yourself! This process will teach you lots.

JHU 2020!!

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Decision: Accepted w/ Bloomberg Scholarship

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown):
[] ACT (breakdown): Best Composite: 33 | Reading: 35 | Math: 34 | Science: 33 | Writing: 34 | Essay: 8
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): Superscores to 34
[] SAT II: Did not send
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: 4.25
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/239
[] AP (place score in parentheses): English Language (5) Calculus AB (5) World History (4) Chemistry (3)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology (took over the summer) Dual Government, AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, AP English Lit, Physics, AP French
[] Number of other EA applicants in your school: None
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None[/li]
[/ul] Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): [/li]
Voted Secretary of Senior Class
French Club (president) - (Grades 8-12)
Prevention Club (secretary) - (Grades 10-12) ( Most active extracurricular activity; work alongside local chartered Prevention Council)
Green Club - (Grades 11-12)
Key Club- (Grades 10-12)
Concert/Symphonic Band (6-10)
Debate Team (8-9)
Beta Club (only available to 12th graders)
Pep Club (10)

[li] Job/Work Experience:[/li]
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ list][/li]
Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteered 115+ hours at local VA Hospital
Volunteered at local library 8-9th grade
Do the majority of volunteer work through school clubs (Key Club, Beta Club,etc.)

[] Essays (Include Subjects):[ul]
[li] Common App Main: My common app essay is about moving to America (8/10)[/li][] JHU essay: I wrote about why I really love neuroscience and why JHU would be a great place to study neuroscience.

[] Other:[/ul][ ] Teacher Recommendation #1: I had one recommendation from my English Lang teacher that I think was pretty good. He writes very formally and I think he is the best writer out of all of my recs. (9/10)
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: I had the other from my chem teacher. I know my chemistry teacher on a personal level so I think her rec will be pretty good too. (8/10)
[] Counselor Rec: I’ve had my counselor write me a rec before for another thing and it was good but not anything exceptional. (7/10)
[] Additional Rec: I also had a rec from the head of the Prevention Council who I know personally. I think her rec was good and gave insight about me outside of the classroom (9/10)
[li] Interview: Did not have one [/li]
[] Art Supplement:[/list] [ b]Other*[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: November 16
[] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Pretty small (<1000 total students)
[] Ethnicity: Black (Ethiopian)
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: ~100k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First generation immigrant, Female going into STEM[/li]
[/ul] Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: To be honest, I really didn’t expect to be this successful in my college app process. Of course I had good stats, but I think the most important thing was my essays? I really can’t tell you for a fact what set me apart, but I’m excited nonetheless!
[] Weaknesses: Definitely my ECs and even some of my stats. I mean they were good but I don’t think they were exceptional. I really do think that JHU has a really holistic approach to reviewing the application.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I couldn’t tell you if I tried. Only the admissions officers know. Sorry, I know that’s not very helpful, but hopefully the other information I’ve provided can help you discern anything else.
[] What would you have done differently?: I would’ve loved to have cool ECs like research or what not. But I mean it ended up working out so…
[/ul]

[/list]Other Schools:

Admitted: UVa, UNC-Chapel Hill, College of William&Mary, Duke(likely), Cornell (likely), Columbia (likely)

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:

Honestly where I was at the beginning of my college application process versus now couldn’t have been night and day. I never thought in a MILLION years I would be getting into the places I’ve gotten into, let alone JHU. I was literally considering not even applying because I never thought I would get in, so if you’re someone who doesn’t think you’re good enough, the advice I would give you is just to try, because you never know what can happen!

15

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
[ *] ACT superscore (breakdown): 34 if you superscore, 32 without superscoring.
33 math, 33 reading, 33 science, 35 English
[ *] SAT II: didn’t submit
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 4%
[ *] AP (place score in parentheses): 4s in Physics C Mech, Env Sci, World History, US History, Calc AB, 5 in Eng Lang
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: full load of classes at an Academic Year Governor’s School (AP level or beyond), all APs but one (debate) at by base high school
[ *] Number of other applicants in your school: maybe 4?

Subjective:
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):

  • NHS (president)
  • FBLA (president)
  • Interact (secretary) - ~150 hours service
  • piano (various local/regional awards)
  • robotics (decent placement in competitions but nothing major)
  • debate (various local/regional awards)
  • orchestra (rehearsal assistant)
  • research project (regional awards, but didn’t go on to states/ISEF)
  • Academic Team (JV captain)
    [ *] Job/Work Experience:
    usher at local university’s summer music theater productions

Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
[ *] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]
[ *] Common App Main: 8/10. Long story short, it was about why selfies are terrible. :wink:
[ *] JHU essay: maybe 7/10. about women in engineering/research in neuroscience to determine why girls don’t pursue it as much. Connection to my experience in robotics.
[ *] Other:[/list][ *] Teacher Recommendation #1:probably pretty good
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #2: probably excellent. but I didn’t see either.
[ *] Counselor Rec: mediocre.
[ *] Interview: requested, but didn’t receive one
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): woman in engineering?

Reflection
[ *] Strengths: transcript, essays
[ *] Weaknesses: ACT score, leadership (no national awards or anything crazy)
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m very solid academically (4.0 U/W GPA with pretty much all APs junior and senior year of high school. My essays were pretty good, I’d say. However, my test scores weren’t in the stratosphere, and I haven’t won ISEF or cured cancer :slight_smile: I applied BME, but I’ve read that if you’re admitted off the waitlist, you aren’t admitted to the BME major specifically, just the university.
[ *] What would you have done differently?: nothing! I did my best and I honestly don’t know what I could have done differently. :slight_smile:

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Of course I wish I had gotten in, but at least I was waitlisted. I’m not totally heartbroken or anything like that. This is the first reach school I’ve heard back from, so being waitlisted here gives me hope I have a chance at the other places! I’ve been accepted to UVA, Virginia Tech, Southern Methodist University, and Georgia Tech, all for BME. Waiting to hear back from Duke, UPenn, Princeton, and William and Mary.

Good luck and congrats to everyone else! Tbh, just waiting to hear back from schools is the worst part of this entire process, at least for me. :stuck_out_tongue:

16

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
[] ACT (breakdown): 32
[] ACT superscore (breakdown): Can’t remember. But got a 35 on English and a low score on Science.
[] SAT II: 700 Biology, Can’t remember my Math II score
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91 or 3.92. I can’t remember…
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
[] IB (place score in parentheses): HLs: Math, Bio, Eng Lit, Art. SLs: French, ITGS
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): (Copied from NEU thread) The usual, like NHS, journalism, but I also had a few funky, really person ones. I didn’t try to put all my impressive activities…instead, I tried to create an application that truly reflected who I was. I even took out ones that were CA-worthy, because I just thought that those activities made me look too…not me (if that makes any sense).
[] Job/Work Experience: None.
[] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):list I had a lot of weird community service activities, including helping children in Vietnam, and a few Latin American countries. I didn’t include all of them in my app, though. I had been doing community service WAY before HS and didn’t want to fill up my activities with one event.
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[ul]
[] Common App Main:
9/10. It was personal, weird (the topic was a bit odd). Everyone that read it said it was amazing…but then again, everyone on CC raves about their essay. Opinions can be biased! I may THINK that my essay is a 9, but someone else might think it’s a -1 or something.
[] JHU essay:Wrote my JHU supplement on the domestic house fly (I just say dung fly because it sounds cooler). Everyone who read it seemed to like it (but lol only my family read it hahah). I had a lot of fun writing this essay.[/ul]
[]Recomendation: I wasn’t TOO close to my teachers. I had only known them for less than 3 years. But I still had a good bond with them. I really liked all my teachers that I asked recs for, and I’m positive that they wrote a good one for me.
[] Additional Rec: I’m more confident when it comes to additional recs. All the people that wrote me additional recs were people I were close to or knew very well.
[li] Interview: Didn’t have one.[/li]
[] Country (if international applicant): Asian country. But living in Central America.
[] School Type: Small, private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Won’t mention, but on the middle-high side. Didn’t apply for FA.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/list]

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays and ECs.
[] Weaknesses: Test scores. My ethnicity lol
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I honestly have no idea.
[] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Deferred from Dartmouth. Accepted to Denison, Macalester, NEU (full tuition, Scholars program).
[li] What would you have done differently?: Nothing, tbh. Although my parents say that I could’ve studied for the standardize tests a little more, I don’t think I would’ve improved much. I wanted to concentrate on other things I was better at. [/li]I poured everything I had into my essays. Every word, every sentence was genuine. And as for the ECs, those came more naturally. I don’t really understand when people do things – like help others or join clubs – just to add them to their resumes. I mean, I guess it’s because schools are getting so competitive these days…but still, it seems a little weird to pretend to care for something for a brief period of time and abandon it completely. Okay, I’m done with my rant. :[/ul]

General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: I honestly thought I would be rejected or waitlisted. My deferral from Dartmouth made me doubt myself a lot. And seeing all these really smart, brilliant people on CC made me feel like a dumbo. Maybe JHU made a mistake by accepting me. Or maybe it saw something in me that I couldn’t. Who knows? Either way, I’m grateful.

Anyways, to those who were rejected or waitlisted: don’t give up just yet. You may feel crushed and devastated, but things WILL get better. Every school looks for different types of students. One school might think you’re not right. But another school might think the sun shines out of your butt. I’ve been stalking numerous threads on CC for a few months, and from what I’ve seen, all of you will do great things in the future.

Good luck!!

17

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2130 (690CR 740 M 700 W)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Weighted GPA: My school doesn’t provide GPAs on a 4.0 scale weighted, but after some internet research, it’s a 4.5-4.6
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10% of class
[] AP (place score in parentheses): AP Lit (4) AP Lang (4) AP USH (4)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Micro Economics, AP Macro Economics, AP US Government and Politics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, and other misc. school-level courses.
[] Number of other applicants in your school: Unsure
[] Extracurriculars:
Speech and Debate: (President)
-Qualified for both states and nationals. (States 3x, Nats 2x)
School newspaper senior journalist
Media New Network Anchor
Mock Trial: Attorney
-Made it to the Elite 8 (9, 12)
Astronomy Club
Student Council
-9th Grade: President
Book Club
Drama Club
Pep Band
National Academy of Future Medical Physicians Conference
GENESIS Research Program
-Music and Cognition research
Liturgical Music
School Musical Pit Orchestra:
-Footloose (Flute)
-The Little Mermaid (Reed I/Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet)
Student Director of the Wind Ensemble, Section Leader, Principal Flautist
-Soloist for “Aferlife” by R. Galante
-Soloist for “Pageant of Life” by D. Shaffer
NYSCAME/SCMEA All-County Band
[li] Job/Work Experience: [/li]-Second Stage: Bare: The Pop Opera (Flute)
-Creative Ministries PAC:
-South Pacific (Flute/Piccolo)
-The Addams Family (Reed I/Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, Alto Sax)
-The Music Man (Flute Piccolo)
-Private Flute/NYSSMA teacher

[/ul]Volunteer/Community Service:[ul]
-Hospital Service (10, my favorite):

  • I volunteer on the maternity floor weekly and have served as a big help, ranging from tending to a patient’s needs to translating Turkish when a translator is not available.
    -Helps at the local thrift store, sets up displays, and helps store merchandise.
    -Helps at Good Samaritan Hospital Events. Sets up fair, coordinates games for kids, and works the photobooth.
    -Big Brother/Big Sister Program (7): A school run program (somewhat like a mentorship) to help the incoming freshman class get acquainted with the school. I have served as a Core Leader, which is the upper level of the program.
    -NHS Homework Help (7): Tutoring students weekly on their homework, projects, etc.
    -Catholic Charities Variety Show (10): A program to help men and women with disabilities; choreograph dances for a recital in the winter.
    -Boy Scouts Street Fair (7): Yearly/volunteer via my town; help set up booths, make sure event goes smoothly.
    -South Pacific (6): >60 hours; Played flute book for local theater

[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main:[/li]I took the *extremely personal route with my Common App essay. I am the daughter of two amazing Turkish immigrants who moved here in their 30s. My family worked mainly blue-collar work; they never went to college, especially since the college admissions system in Turkey is extremely harsh. When I was six years old, my father passed away from a heart attack, and my life completely changed. My mother and I were left with virtually nothing, and we had to make a choice: stay here, for me, to get into college, or move back to Turkey. We roughed it through for several years while my mother found misc. employment, babysitting for 5 years until she received her legal status to find a steady job. Through experiencing this, I discovered my passion for medicine; I did not want anyone, regardless of who they were, to go through what I had to. My father’s death could have been prevented, and I made it my goal to make sure no little girl would lose their daddy.
[li] JHU essay:[/li]I basically debunked the stereotype that science kids only want to study science. I talked about my interests in literature, and my passion for medicine. I actually quite liked my essay for JHU.
[/ul][li] Recs: I never asked to read them, so I can’t quite give a proper judgement. All teachers that took the time to write a recommendation for me are fantastic people who I have developed amazing relationships with. [/li]
[li] Interview: Did not receive one. [/li]
[] Date Submitted App: December 2015
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[] School Type: Catholic/Parochial
[] Ethnicity: White/Middle Eastern
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: ~$30k
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college, American. Female in STEM, medicine, specifically surgery.
[/list]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My ECs; I genuinely love being involved in my school. I also consider my story and background to be a strength in my application.
[] Weaknesses: Let’s not ignore the big elephant: SAT. I also never had the opportunity to truly expand my research.
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: College admissions is a total crapshoot; I wasn’t what they were looking for. Perhaps my objective stats did hinder an acceptance.
[li] What would you have done differently?: Studied for the SAT[/ul]Other Factors:[/li]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congratulations to everyone accepted! You guys have achieved a wonderful thing! To everyone on the same boat as me, don’t lose hope.

18

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2400
ACT: Didn’t take
SAT II: Math II - 800, Literature - 790, Biology E - 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 20%, ~600 (one of those competitive Silicon Valley schools)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology (4), Calculus BC (5), United States History (5), Psychology (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Government & Politics: United States, AP Economics: Microeconomics, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Spanish Language, AP English Literature & Composition, AP Physics C - Electricity & Magnetism, Studio Art
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Honor

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Choir - 12 years, toured internationally; art - 12 years, handful of competitions; blogging - 5 years, run a blog with over 200k followers; FBLA - 3 years, competed and placed in Nationals, dance - 6 years, school team placed nationally, studio/competes performs annually, other stuff like piano etc.
Job/Work Experience: Barista at a milk tea place
Volunteer/Community service: Church, some clubs (CSF/NHS)
Summer Activities: RISD Pre-college - 6 week art intensive thing
Essays: Personal Statement - wrote about figuring out I liked girls in a conservative home, people who read it really liked it but I didn’t particularly like it? 8/10
JHU Essay: Typical, wrote about courses I was interested in, also mentioned art at MICA.
Teacher Recommendation: APUSH Teacher - I couldn’t tell if she liked me or not? I was pretty outspoken in that class though, 6/10 to be safe
Calc Teacher - I think he likes me, was also FBLA advisor, 8/10
Counselor Rec: Eh, she’s new but I think she knew about me being queer/depressed so I think she emphasized that stuff, my course load is also probably on the most rigorous, 7/10
Additional Rec: Art Teacher - He’s been doing this for 20+ years, tells me often about how he just knows I’ll be super successful in the future, glowing 9/10
Interview: Didn’t do

Other: I had art/music portfolios but JHU doesn’t accept them.

State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
Intended major(s): Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Philosophy
School Type: Public, ~2500 students. Bay Area, if that means anything. 70% Asian, practically a feeder school to the UCs/Stanford
Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 200k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Practically none, LGBT+ maybe?

Reflection

Strengths: Scores, but being Asian they probably didn’t help; focus on arts instead of STEM like most of my peers?
Weaknesses: Lack of leadership positions, not having an unweighted 4.0?, could’ve had better recs/presented myself better in the app
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I was so nervous, straight up shaking for a good hour during class before decisions. Congrats everyone who got accepted, and everyone else, you will end up where you’re meant to be!
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted - UC Davis (Regents), UC Irvine, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara (Regents), Bowdoin; waistlisted - WASHU; waiting on - CMU, Columbia, Dartmouth, Pomona, Rice, Vanderbilt, Vassar, Wesleyan, Williams, Yale, few more UCs (Berkeley, UCLA)

General Comments: Will be visiting in April and waiting for more decisions but JHU is one of my top choices!

19

ACCEPTED!!! College of Arts and Science Bio Major
Objective:**[ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2130

[ *] SAT I superscore (breakdown):

[ *] ACT (breakdown): 31C ( 31 E, 28 M, 32 R, 32 S)

[ *] ACT superscore (breakdown):

[ *] SAT II:

[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85

[ *] Weighted GPA: 5.05/6

[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 19/417

[ *] AP (place score in parentheses): AP Euro(4) APUSH(5) AP Lang(5) AP World(3)

[ *] IB (place score in parentheses):

[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 2

[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Only AP Scholar

[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
HOSA (Officer)
BPA(Officer)- numerous state competition awards and accolades
National Honor Society

[ *] Job/Work Experience: Fast food restaurant junior year

[ *] Volunteer/Community service:[/list] [ b]Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):**[ list]

  I'd say a 5 honestly only had hospital volunteer hours

[ *] Essays (Include Subjects):[ list]

[ *] Common App Main: 10/10 painted a good picture of who I am as a person

[ *] JHU essay: 10/10 Talked about my passion for molecular biology and the chance Johns Hopkins would give me to research telomeres and their key to stopping aging

[ *] Other:[/list][ *] Teacher Recommendation #1: 9/10 AP Chem/ Honors Chem teacher She loved me
[ *] Teacher Recommendation #2: 10/10 APUSH and APEURO teacher- my favorite teacher
[ *] Counselor Rec: 5/10 She didn’t know me well
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview: None
[ ] Art Supplement:[/list] [ b]Other[ list]
[ *] Date Submitted App: Late December!

[ *] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[ *] Country (if international applicant): US
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Black
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: $100,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

[ *] Strengths: Essays saved me! My stats were below average for JHU.
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: URM
[ *] What would you have done differently? Started Essays earlier
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: So excited!!! Feel in love with the school immediately. Make sure you focus on your essays they will make or break your application!!!

20

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2040 (650CR / 740M / 650W)
[] ACT (breakdown): 33 (32W 36M 31R 34S)
[] SAT II: 800 Math Level 2 / 740 Chemistry
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00 (means nothing at my school)
[] Weighted GPA: 5.151 (all of SC uses this scale)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 13/740
[] AP (place score in parentheses): 9th: Human Geography (4) 10th: Computer Science (4), Statistics (4), Biology (4), 11th: AB calculus (5), chemistry (4) Language (3)
[] Senior Year Course Load: APs: Physics C: Mechanics, Physics C E&M, BC Calculus, Literature, Spanish
[/ul]

Demographics

[ul]
[li] State (if domestic applicant): South Carolina[/li]
[] School Type: Large Public
[] Ethnicity: Mexican Hispanic
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, attended the HOME program which I believe helped the most[/li]
[/ul] Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ACT, SAT II math
[] Weaknesses: Everything else
[li] What would you have done differently?: Writing a more personal essay, I believe mine was too generic but I guess it worked.[/li]
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:

[list]Really excited that I got in with the scholarship that I did. I was much more excited about applying to Hopkins during the first semester when I had my mind on going to a prestigious university, but when I got accepted to Clemson University’s honors college with a full ride, it really made me put things into perspective. I definitely have a lot to think about in April. My only advice to applicants is to block this website from your computer. It’s basically an anxiety attack that will never change the outcome of your application.[/ul]