Decision: Accepted!
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800R, 740W, 680M (740M second sitting)
ACT: 34 (34E, 34M, 35R, 34S, 32W)
SAT II: Math2-800, U.S History-770, Lit-740
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.64
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10 of 365
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psych (5), Lang (5), U.S (5), Stats (4), Physics (3 lol)
Senior Year Course Load: AP: Lit, Bio, Calc BC, Euro, Gov, Reg: ASL, Partial
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
-Athletics: MIPs, Team Awards, Academic All-State, League Champs for 2 years
-Dexter and JoAnn Peak Outstanding Essay Award
-Honor Roll for 4 years
-AP Scholar with Distinction
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Volleyball (School and Club)
-Tennis (School and Club)
-Wind Ensemble
-Church: youth group, volunteering, discussion group leader
-Mentoring 8th Graders
-Freshmen Connection
-NHS (VP)
-Key Club (VP, helped found school’s branch)
-NASLHS (Pres)
-NEHS
-NGHS
Job/Work Experience: Garbanzo’s Mediterranean Grill (summer before junior year
Volunteer/Community service:
-bunch of various activities through church and school
-Guatemala mission’s trip
-volunteer at Compassion International
-regular volunteer in Church nursery
Summer Activities:
-Club Volleyball nationals
-Club tennis
-Global Young Leaders Conference (D.C/NYC)
-Rocky Mountain Youth Leadership Conference
Essays:
—I related my life to frozen yogurt so that’s fun, wrote over the span of a few months with lots of input from college/career counselor and teachers
—For the Why JHU? Essay I looked into what clubs they offered and what the location offered and explained how I would fit into that and how Hopkins stood out from other schools.
Teacher Recommendation: Probably really good, my APUSH teacher loved me and my I worked super hard in stats
Counselor Rec: Honestly no clue, but my counselor is amazing so it was probably pretty good
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
Country (if international applicant): USA USA USA USA
Intended major(s): International Studies
School Type: tech magnet (it’s not that fancy or special though, it’s pretty much a public school but we get ipads yay)
Ethnicity: white as paper
Gender: female
Income Bracket: Upper middle? ~160,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths: Volleyball (but they can still reject recruits) so probably GPA/Test Scores, I also do a lot of different activities
Weaknesses: not much consistent volunteering
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
---recruited athlete + qualified academically = acceptance?
General Comments:
Visiting is really helpful in determining what college you want to go to! I loved the atmosphere at Hopkins and physical qualities of the campus in addition to their amazing academics!