***Official Johns Hopkins 2018 ED Results***

Colleges and Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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<p>Decision: accepted, bme</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (only time) 710 CR, 700M, 710 W
ACT: 36
SAT II: 750 bio, 740 math II, 760 spanish
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91, 4.65 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): 9th grade - nsl(4), 10th grade - us history (5), psychology (5), 11th grade - bc calc (4), euro (4), spanish lang (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): sl math (6), sl spanish (7)
Senior Year Course Load: ib physics 2, ib biology 2 , ib chem sl, ib English 2, ib European history 2, multivariable calculus/diffeq, ib tok
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nope. I’m a lazy one. Except for some minor martial arts ones and some art. </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Kids are Scientists Too (taught elementary school kids), wushu, wushu coach, sanshou, volunteer at adult daycare center, fine lines literary magazine (art editor), chorus (president), internship at the FDA (didnt get this through nepotism, proud to say)
Job/Work Experience: 10th grade - worked at an ice rink as a rink guard and cashier summer after 11th into senior year - internship at the FDA
Volunteer/Community service: adult daycare, KAST, nhs, tutoring for mhs and snhs
Summer Activities: internship
Essays: common app was pretty good, though weird. ignored the prompt on the hopkins one and just talked about random people at the hopkins that I’ve met. Interesting but ways off topic.
Teacher Recommendation: physics teacher junior year, probably good (he wrote my FDA one) and Spanish teacher sophomore and junior year (probably good, though I did drop Spanish for chem senior year)
Counselor Rec: met her three times, don’t think she knows who I am. Generic, most likely.
Additional Rec: not allowed, but I did have my pi send one, which was supposedly glowing. I did work a lot of long hours
Interview: didn’t schedule one</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): murrrland
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public, 2000+ students
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 150k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: common app essay, act score, gpa (considering the classes I’ve taken), recs?, number of science credits
Weaknesses: sat ii scores, generic counselor rec, extracurriculars
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: good essays? Not too sure, though I did use that space on the common app about disadvantages to talk about two family members - brain disease and pancreatic cancer, both within my high school life
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: applied to umcp no results yet</p>

<p>General Comments: I just started using college confidential this last week while I was waiting for my decision to come in. I’d have to say, there’s a lot of brilliant people out there who just make everyone else feel terrible for not being a Siemens and intel and bio Olympiad and chemathon winner. And international ice skating champion or something. Don’t take it to heart!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 680 (M), 690 (CR), 760 (W)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 640 (Bio E), 670 (Lit), 710 (Math II)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A (My school does not use GPA - I had a 92/93% average)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Quite heavy
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founder & president of Amnesty International club, co-president of model UN, class president, executive on youth council, staff writer for school newspaper, member of DECA, member of model parliament team, student school ambassador
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard and swimming instuctor
Volunteer/Community service: city government volunteer
Essays: I really believe that both my Common App and Supplement essays were outstanding
Teacher Recommendation: Excellent all around
Counselor Rec: Excellent
Additional Rec: Very good
Interview: N/A</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: N/A
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Essays, common thread throughout my application related to my intended major
Weaknesses: SAT scores</p>

<p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: None (ED)</p>

<p>General Comments: SO excited to go to one of the best schools in both America and the world! Go Blue Jays!! (haha, I’m from Toronto)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (BME)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (CR 800, Writing 740, Math 800)
SAT II: Biology 770, Math II 790, World History 750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.4 weighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A, Our school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (5), Calculus AB (5), Biology (4), World History (5), Psychology (5), US History (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, Advanced Topics (Mathematica class lol), AP Art History, AP Lit, AP Gov/Econ, AP Environmental Science
Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing major: National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar w/ distinction</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): LD Debate, Journals of Youth in Science (Senior Author), Track and Field, Piano and Chinese Zither, ASB, NHS, International Friends Club etc.
Job/Work Experience: Private Tutor, Souplantation
Volunteer/Community service: Helen Woodward Animal Center, Microbiology lab assistant, V.A. hospital community living center volunteer
Summer Activities: Internship/Research in Cartilage Matrix Damage (3 years), Hospital volunteer, traveling and chillin’
Essays: CommonApp was candid, I had fun with the JHU supplement
Teacher Recommendation: World History and Calc C/D & Topics; didn’t read them, but both teachers knew me very well.
Counselor Rec: Large public, barely knew my name haha
Additional Rec: Research mentor of 3 years (didn’t read, but I would assume it’s good)
Interview: N/A</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): California
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: SAT, published research
Weaknesses: lack of leadership and major awards</p>

<p>General Comments: Best of luck to everyone. This is honestly the greatest surprise after my wisdom teeth surgery, I can’t wait to meet everyone who decides matriculates in Baltimore! (bulletproof vests not withstanding lol) </p>

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<p>*Correction: Income Bracket: 100K+
Goodness don’t know how i got in when I can’t even get the greater/less than signs right ;)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted (BME!!!)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2050 (Reading: 670, Math: 680, Writing: 700)
ACT: 32 (English: 35, Math: 31, Reading: 34, Science 26(■■■), Writing 11)
SAT II: Math II: 800, Biology M: 720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A, probably around 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A (pretty high doe)
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), French (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Drawing, AP Lit, AP Physics C, Molecular Bio, Ethics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, French scholar, some others (not insane)
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of school, gay-straight alliance, I do a ton of research and science internships (probably why I got in)
Job/Work Experience: Big research labs
Volunteer/Community service: volunteer tutor for underpriveleged children
Summer Activities: Surgeon shadowing, medical camps at Harvard, Penn, Brown
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App: 7, Supplemental Essay: 10
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: Physics - he loooves me because I’m a physics person
Teacher Rec #2: English - she loves me because I’m artistic
Counselor Rec: talked about my leadership
Additional Rec: I had about a thousand extra recs from important people I’ve worked for
Interview: wasn’t offered one
Other
State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 250k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): great leadership and compassion, down to earth and very charismatic, I’m a white girl (which is the minority for engineering lol)
Reflection
Strengths: essays, recs, leadership (I’m basically president of everything), but I think my research got me in
Weaknesses: SATs
Why you think you were accepted: Research and insane medical experience
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to BC, ND, Colgate, RPI
Rejected at ivies, duke, stanford (whatevuh)</p>

<p>Comments: SAT’s MATTER EVEN IF YOU DA BOMB</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlist :(</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): None
ACT: 32 (English: 34, Math: 33, Reading: 31, Science 28, Writing 11)
SAT II: US History: 760, Chem: 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A, probably around 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 23/652
AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Human Geography (4), Chem (4), Euro History (4), AP Lang Comp (4), Physics (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Gov, AP Macro, AP Stats
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, some others (not insane), 2nd place 400 m (USATF)
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): President of Dance Club, Research at #1 cancer institute, 2 papers published, USATF Track and Field
Job/Work Experience: 2 research Papers @ #1 cancer institute in nation
Volunteer/Community service: Student Council, Volunteer at hospital, medical office
Summer Activities: Oncologist shadowing, Research at cancer institute
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App: 9, Supplemental Essay: 6
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: Physics - he loves me
Teacher Rec #2: Calc BC - eh ok
Counselor Rec: not sure
Additional Rec: Amazing rec from my mentor
Interview: wasn’t offered one
Other
State (if domestic applicant): TX
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian Indian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 250k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): idk
Reflection
Strengths: essays, recs, leadership
Weaknesses: SAT subjects
Why you think you were wait listed: low act?, and gpa?
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to BU, Union, UT Austin, Austin College, MEDSTEP program, UAB,
Waitlist : W & L, WashU, Rochester,
Rejected at Harvard, Duke, Rice, Dartmouth, Brown</p>

<p>Comments: GPA matters a lot and so does extracurriculars</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800CR 770M 780W)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Math2, 800 Physics. 780 Spanish w/ listening
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.975/4 UW
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank but probably No. 1
AP (place score in parenthesis): Self Studied = Calculus BC 5 (AB subscore 5), English Language and Composition 5, Spanish Language 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): Predicted Grades = Math HL (7), Physics HL (7), Chemistry HL(7), Physics HL (7), English Lang&Lit SL (7), Business and Management SL (7)
Senior Year Course Load: Same as above
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Not much just school awards and some service awards</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 10 Extracurriculars with 3 being president and 1 Vice-president. (Mu Alpha Theta, NHS, Debate, Varsity swimming, Red Cross, Other service…) Established 3 new groups at my school.
Job/Work Experience: Research at Hospital/University. Worked at software company to launch an app.
Volunteer/Community service: Red Cross, etc…
Summer Activities: Research/Internship
Essays: Spent some significant time on both the CommonApp essay and the JHU Supplement. 9.5/10
Teacher Recommendation #1 (English Teacher): This teacher explicitly told in front of the class that I was her best student that she hard during her 10+ years teaching career. 10/10
Teacher Recommendation #2 (Physics Teacher): Was quiet in his class, but always excelled. Often was off task yet he was very nice. 7/10
Counselor Rec: She showed me her recommendation letter and asked whether I wanted her to change or add anything. She also stated that I was her best student during her 25+ years career. 10/10
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): South Korea
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $30,000~100,000 (Business)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None At All.
Antihook: Asian </p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: SAT, AP, IB & Research
Weaknesses: School (new) and Asian
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted at Rice (with Trustee Merit Scholarship), Georgetown, Emory, Carnegie Mellon, UCLA, UCSD.
Waitlisted at Northwestern, WUSTL, UMich
Rejected: Ivies & Duke</p>

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Is applying for an Early Decision going to increase your chances of getting in if you have a decent GPA? 3.6-3.7?