<p>I'm an Asian living in a very small and rural town where we still have cows on the side of streets. Rarely does anyone from my high school attend somewhere prestigious; most just to go the state school. My family is by all means not rich and the being from a small town, my school doesn't offer much opportunities. With that said, I was wondering if I might be able to go to Johns Hopkins Univeristy with these stats:</p>
<p>SAT (old): 1390 (710M)(680V)
SAT (new): 2130 (690M)(740V)(700W)</p>
<p>SAT II Bio:750; Math Level II: 750; Chemistry :750</p>
<p>Gpa: Approximately 92.3 =3.8?</p>
<p>Class Rank: 14 out of 263, top 10%</p>
<p>Taken all the hardest courses my school offers, which are very little. It only offers Ap English in Junior year. </p>
<p>Ap English: 4</p>
<p>Senior year taking AP: English, Psychology, Calc, and Probability/Stats.</p>
<p>My EC's are all right. I do play Jv baseball and do have other leaderships. </p>
<p>Do I have a chance in hell of attending the following: Johns Hopkins, Cornell, Boston College, and Tufts?</p>
<p>I disagree with ctsurgery's prediction for cornell. Seeing how you are well within cornell's range, I give you about a 60-65% chance. Also JHU and cornell has similar acceptance rates, so your chances at cornell and JHU would be relatively similar. Your numbers suggest you have a good chance at all of those schools.</p>
<p>work on the essays for hopkins to really increase your odds of acceptance. Also concur with CTS -- chances at Cornell and JHU are prolly similar for OOS apps.</p>
<p>If I don't ED I'm afraid I won't be able to get in. If you look at some other threads on this site about chances, you'll see that kids who received 2200+ on their SAT's and still have unbelievable EC's. I'm just really worried that I'm not even a close competition.</p>
<p>You say you and I are very alike in our stats; could you elaborate? What was you SAT score? Did you only take one AP class as a junior? And also, did you apply to Cornell?</p>
<p>I know my EC's are pretty weak but on the application packet they don't even have much space to write about EC's. All they give you are about 6 spaces to list your EC's. By the way, what school do you think I should apply to and what school are YOU applying to? What school do you think I have a good shot of getting by apply early decision? Thank you.</p>
<p>You haven't mentioned what you are interested in studying. That, along with other considerations such as location, school size, school culture, and extra-curricular opportunities, should be what you consider when selecting schools, next comparing your stats with the middle 50% as a sanity check. Do the schools you listed have the characteristics you want? Be sure to read each school's webpage about their ED process so you know what each school expects and requires: JHU's is here.</p>
<p>Starting from "What school do you think I have a good shot of getting by apply early decision?" is not what ED was designed for, and is not likely to help you find the best schools to apply to. As several have said, find some schools you love (including at least one "likely admit"/"safety" school) using the other factors listed above, then work hard on the applications. JHU, Cornell, Boston College, and Tufts might be in the set of schools to which you apply.</p>
<p>It is a very bad idea to apply ED anywhere unless you've at least seen the college that you'll be applying to. If you apply ED, you are bound to go to that school. You may get there and dislike the place. (There were schools on my S's visit list that he did not like once he saw them and scratched them off immediately.)</p>
<p>Secondly, do you need financial aid. If money is a key factor, it's probably better to apply to a number of colleges in RD and be able to compare the aid packages. You probably need to talk to your family about this....how much they can help you. Remember the ED school will offer you an aid package (if you have finanicial need), but will it be enough for you to actually go there? How much "wiggle room" do your parents have in their personal budget to make up any differences?</p>
<p>ED is a great idea if you know what you're doing and feel that you can manage the financial end of things whatever the school offers. Otherwise you are better off with RD.</p>
<p>I've already visited both Cornell and JHU and I like Cornell more than JHU. I would very much like to go to Cornell but since Cornell is an Ivy the admissions are much more selective. I was just wondering which school do you think I have a greater chance of getting in. Cornell is my first choice but would it be a waste to apply early decision to Cornell if there's no possiblity of me getting in? I hope to go to the school of human ecology. Please reply.</p>
<p>Really random, but your mentioning "cows on the side of the streets" makes me curious as to what state you live in? XD Maybe you'll have a plus for regional diversity.</p>
<p>My gut feeling is that you would have a decent shot at the school of human ecology if you can show them in your application that you really belong there Give them some idea of what you want to do. My impression was that it is a little different than applying to some of the larger colleges at Cornell.</p>
<p>When we visited Cornell, we sat through a giant info sessions for the Arts and Sciences. Nice and informative but a little impersonal. Then we found our way over to human ecology. The woman took my S and one other young man who was there and talked to them over an hour about what the school was like and what they were looking for in an app. Stats are an important part of the admission process for human ecology, but so is showing you understand what the college is about and how you'll fit in.</p>
<p>I actually prefer not to chime in on these "chances" threads, but I felt I would just add my two cents to one thing here....</p>
<p>drinking you stated, "I've already visited both Cornell and JHU and I like Cornell more than JHU. I would very much like to go to Cornell..."</p>
<p>then it is simple, apply ED to Cornell. It is your first choice clearly. That is what ED is for. Not for competitive advantages. Listen to what mootmom, cami, and everyone else is saying about ED. </p>
<p>I can speak from experience in that the adcoms at JHU are always frustrated when they hear of students applying to Hopkins ED when it is not their first choice. Take a chance on Cornell, and if you don't get in apply RD to Hopkins and other schools you like.</p>