OFFICIAL Johns Hopkins Class of 2015 ED Results Thread

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<p>A year ago yesterday, I received my email titled, “Congratulations from Johns Hopkins University.”</p>

<p>Now I’m sitting in my warm bed, looking outside onto the AMR 1 courtyard thinking about how much I don’t want to walk to FFC in the snow. I’m done with finals, slightly hungover, and thinking about how all of my friends and I are going to celebrate the end of (most) finals tonight. </p>

<p>It seems like so far from now, but soon enough you’ll be unpacking and meeting everyone, and your first semester will be gone in a flash. Enjoy the rest of your senior year (getting into college really cuts down on the amount of work you have to do), have an amazing graduation, make the summer count, and take lots of pictures along the way.</p>

<p>Congradulations from Johns Hopkins Class of 2014 :)</p>

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<p>gtgen:</p>

<p>Can you walk down the hall and make sure my son is awake and not going to sleep through his last final which starts in 13 minutes?</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] SAT I superscore (breakdown): Math=800 CR=600 Writing=640
[<em>] ACT (highest composite w/breakdown):
[</em>] ACT (Highest subsection from each test):
[<em>] SAT II: French=520 Chem=640 Math I=640
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA:
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): US History=3 Bio=4 English=2
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: History of American Film, Applied Math, Bioethics, Computer Programming, Photography I
[</em>] Number of other EA applicants in your school: 3
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul] Beekeeper of the Year 2005, Employee of the Month at Home Goods, National Merit Commended</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Curling (Varsity captain), Javelin throwing, wrestling (JV captain)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: two months at Home Goods (furniture store)
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul] Volunteer fire fighter 500 hours</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list] Forrest Gump and why I admire him
[</em>] Activity Short Essay: Beekeeping
[<em>] Essay 1 (Personal/Community essay):
[</em>] Essay 2 (Different for each school):
[<em>] Other:[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendation #1: Chem teacher - I don’t know how he feels about me[/li][</em>] Teacher Recommendation #2: French teacher - Good rec I think
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: Really connected with the interviewer - he even invited me to go out for dinner
[</em>] Art Supplement:[/list] really good</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Which school did you apply to?: arts and sciences
[</em>] What did you choose as your major: neuroscience
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Nov. 1
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Arkansas
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Jewish
[<em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: <30,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul] legacy - mom went to the med school</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: personality and high GPA
[</em>] Weaknesses: fired from job
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: legacy
[</em>] What would you have done differently?:[/ul] applied somewhere else</p>

<p>[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: SEE YOU IN AUGUST GUYS!!! BLUE JAYS FTW!!!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send, but 2140

  • ACT (breakdown): 33
  • SAT II: Didn’t send
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.8
  • Weighted GPA: 4.12/5.00
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10%, rank is in the 20’s out of 400.
  • AP (place score in parentheses): Lit(4)
  • IB (place score in parentheses): None yet
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Bio, AP Lang, IB Italian/Italian 206H, Forensics H
  • Number of other EA applicants in your school: To Hopkins? None. To other schools? About 30 (most of them have gotten in).
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Italian Club (President), National Honors Society (Historian), Math Honors Society, Science Honors Society, English Honors Society, Foreign Language Honors Society

  • Job/Work Experience: Unpaid (partially paid) internship at local research institute for a year, designed and completed experiment and wrote scientific journal. Also camp counselor at a local town camp last summer, paid for six weeks.
  • Volunteer/Community service: Local Ambulance youth corps, work 10 hours a month or more.
    </code></pre>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):</p>

<pre><code>* Essays (Include Subjects):
o Common App Main: 8.5, strong but not the most memorable/emotional.
o Supplement #1: 8.
o Supplement #2: 6.5, fairly average.

  • Teacher Recommendation #1: Awesome. She loves me, sent it on paper so she’d have more room to gush. :3
  • Teacher Recommendation #2: Really good. He knows me very well but is kind of critical.
  • Counselor Rec: Good. She knows me fairly well. Mentioned the problems I’ve had with IB Bio and my schedule last year.
  • Additional Rec: None
  • Interview: Went well, interviewed a graduate student, he was impressed.
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Date Submitted App: Oh man, I have no clue. Before the deadline, obviously.

  • State (if domestic applicant): NY
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: Public, very good school.
  • Ethnicity: White
  • Gender: Female
  • Income Bracket: Very high
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): JHU/CTY Summer Program for six years
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: Jobs and volunteering, ACT score, and Common App essay.

  • Weaknesses: GPA, no sports, and supplement essay.
  • Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Oh man, I have no idea why I was accepted… lol. Probably because I have a few different things I do as opposed to one interest.
  • What would you have done differently?: Worked harder on the supplements, found a way to do more AP’s last year. Although since I did get in, probably nothing.
    </code></pre>

<p>[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: Congrats to the class of 2015, I can’t wait to see you all next August!</p>

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<p>uhmmmmmmmmmm am i like the only rejected? great </p>

<p>2110 superscore and 3.9 w gpa (probably the reason why)</p>

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<p>Deferred… I don’t feel like copy pasting the thing since I didn’t even get in and my stats won’t matter that much BUT here’s a couple of things~
SAT: 770M 750CR 750W (2270)
SATII: 790 Math 2, 740 Bio E
GPA: 3.8/4.0 4.21/5.0 (but this is messed up because I transferred schools and got regular credit instead of honors, etc. for my 9th and 10th grade classes… so it should technically be around 4.7-4.8. my counselor wrote about it in her rec)
Classes: Uhm, like 10 APs? The rest are honors and GT. I’ve taken all of the AP Sciences, yada yada yada
Extracurriculars: President of STEM club and Captain of Science Olympiad team, which I’ve been a part of since freshman year in my old school and basically started the team in my new school.
Treasurer of Project Sunshine club, it’s a service club for children in hospitals
NHS, KEY Club, Tutoring, Red Cross, Art Club etc. etc. It’s obviously been hard for me to get leadership positions since I transferred to this school RIGHT before junior year. Grr
Volunteer: I’ve volunteered at 2 hospitals and taught English to kids in China over the summer, MANY service clubs, blahh…
Work: Model at Abercrombie
Recs should have been pretty goood… hm what else. idk. </p>

<p>My main thing was probably that I moved in the middle of high school… that probably messed me up because my grades dropped as a result. I mean, seriously though, my GPA dropped to a 3.8 which isn’t THAAAAT horrible for someone who transferred into one of the most competitive schools in Maryland. ■■■. </p>

<p>What bothers me a lot… is that my school is EXTREMELY competitive and naturally we have many students who are 3.8+ and 2250+ with amazing ec’s and all, but no one’s been getting into their early schools. The counselors at my school are seriously starting to worry since they’re even surprised with these decisions.
blah.</p>

<p>I also made the mistake of applying BME… my chances would’ve been better if i just applied for something less competitive. I mean yeah yeah yeah they say the major doesn’t matter, but lol… seriously.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2380

  • SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2380
  • ACT (breakdown): 35
  • ACT superscore (breakdown): 35
  • SAT II: Chem 800, Math II 800 etc.
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
  • Weighted GPA: 5.6
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/560
  • AP (place score in parentheses): 5 - Chem, Phys, Calc, Comp Sci, blah blah
  • IB (place score in parentheses): ???
  • Senior Year Course Load: Rigorous as heck
  • Number of other EA applicants in your school: Idk.
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Published in national publications (tons of them). Created and maintained a website.
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math Team, Clubs, other things

  • Job/Work Experience: None.
  • Volunteer/Community service: Aiding for hospital.
    </code></pre>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):</p>

<pre><code>* Essays (Include Subjects): Wrote about negative effects of internet (9)
o Common App Main: 9
o EC Short Answer: Wrote how students at Hopkins talked about it.
o Extended essay(which topic): How Computers work… basic funny stuff about computers
o Optional Essay: ?
o Why Chicago: ??
o Other: .

  • Teacher Recommendation #1: English teacher - good i think
  • Teacher Recommendation #2: Biology teacher - very good
  • Counselor Rec: nice
  • Additional Rec: none
  • Interview: wow there was an interview?
  • Art Supplement: no
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Date Submitted App: search me

  • State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: good
  • Ethnicity: Asian
  • Gender: male
  • Income Bracket: >40,000
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: hmm volunteering at the hospital? creating a website?

  • Weaknesses: wrote essays like i was bored
  • Why you think you were accepted: cuz im the boss
  • What would you have done differently?: would have applied to harvard.
    </code></pre>

<p>[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
noice.</p>

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<p>Congrats to the admits. I’m a bit surprised to see how strong some of the defer’s are actually when you look at the numbers. I guess defer’s are not rejections though. </p>

<p>RD I imagine will be incredibly hard. Congrats to the ED’ers who don’t have to do any more applications!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
* SAT I superscore: CR - 750; Math - 770; Writing - 770
* ACT (breakdown): –
* ACT superscore (breakdown): –
* SAT II: Chem - 750; Bio - 780; US History - 770
* Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): –
* Weighted GPA: 4.1
* Rank: –
* AP: Bio (5); APUSH (5); English Lang. (5); Spanish Lang. (5); Calc AB (4)
* IB: –
* Senior Year Course Load: Physics H, Anatomy, AP Gov., AP Stat, AP English Lit, AP Art History
* Number of other EA/ED applicants in your school: quite a few… 30-40?
* Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): –</p>

<p>Subjective:
* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Model UN, Model Congress, Yearbook (editor), Asian Club (events coordinator), NHS
* Job/Work Experience: Teacher; Intern/interpreter for foreign trade delegation
* Volunteer/Community service: Local cultural school - 5years; about 100hrs/year</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
* Essays (Include Subjects):
o Common App Main: mosquitos (I know, really weird) as a connection between all the places I’ve been and the stuff I do. I think it was a pretty darn good essay.
o Supplements: Major–IR (used a story, interesting approach); activities–a lot of stuff (kind of laundry list-ish but it was clean and concise). 8-9?
* Teacher Recommendation #1: 10
* Teacher Recommendation #2: 10
* Counselor Rec: I’m not sure but it must have been pretty good
* Additional Rec: board member of the school where I volunteer (10); one of the foreign trade delegates I accompanied to China (8)
* Interview: 9-10. Sound really passionate.
* Art Supplement: – (no option for creative writing)</p>

<p>Other
* Date Submitted App: uh… Nov. 1
* State (if domestic applicant): NJ
* Country (if international applicant): USA
* School Type: public
* Ethnicity: asian
* Gender: F
* Income Bracket: middle class. very middle class.
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I wrote 2 books, published 1. my internship perhaps.</p>

<p>Reflection
* Strengths: I’m crazily resilient. I wrote novels. I’m… quirky? surprising?
* Weaknesses: My grades perhaps, but I had some really insane classes
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Honestly, I think it was the essay. I put a lot of heart and time and effort into all those essays.
* What would you have done differently?: I’m not quite sure. There was a typo on my resume…</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I Superscore (breakdown):2080 (CR 700 - M 660 - W 720)
ACT (breakdown):didn’t send
SAT II: Didn’t send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.4
Weighted GPA:3.85
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 40th percentile
AP (place score in parentheses): so far…AP Euro (5), AP Art History (3), AP Spanish (4), AP U.S. (4), AP English Lang (4)
Senior Year Course Load:AP Eng Lit, AP Gov, AP Psych, AP Stats, Spanish
Number of other EA applicants in your school:5
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Qualifier & AP Scholar w/Distinction</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Community Service (5 different clubs), Relay for Life organizer at my school, orchestra, animal rights, MUN, student gov, school newspaper, jv cross country running, jv skiing
Job/Work Experience: Summer Internship for 2.5 months at a real estate office, babysitting, piano accompanist for my church.
Volunteer/Community service:270+ hours w/service trips, church & hospital volunteering, etc.</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best)
Common App Main:wrote about my pets - b/c it’s really interesting story, i guess - didnt really show much about my personality/ study traits, but definitely made a moving piece (I would give it roughly a 9, maybe a wee bit higher?)
EC Short Answer: Everything… a little bit of this, a LOT of that, etc etc (9)
Major Chosen & Why: Latin American Studies - wrote about study of language, connection to the U.S. right now, exploration of cultures, etc.(10)
Teacher Recommendation #1:Spanish (REALLY short - but the guy really liked me so he wrote a very brief but powerful rec, i think)
Teacher Recommendation #2: Math (we get along really well - share sense of humor/ v.open with each another - very strong rec)
Counselor Rec: I’m one of her top counselees b/c I tell her like it is and joke around with her alot & freak to her about what a fail asian I am…</p>

<p>Interview: Didn’t have one</p>

<p>Other
Date Submitted App:11/1 (how is this relevant?)
State (if domestic applicant):I go to school in Connecticut
School Type:Private, Boarding
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:Female
Income Bracket:LOW
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):1.5 generation</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: my writing, community service, recs, did a summer program there, i dunno…
Weaknesses: the numbers (GPA, SAT)
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:no freaking idea, probably my writing - just glad i was :slight_smile:
What would you have done differently?: nothing now that I got in, but before I thought I should have polished my supplement more - proofread it)</p>

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<p>@mpark93, no you’re not
I also got rejected
GPA: 95/100
SAT: 2220
Rank: Top 10%
EC: Varsity Track Team captain, Science Olympiad Captain, Relay for Life Captain, co-organized blood drive and own club. Job teaching. Got a rec from a prof at JHU as well…
Blah, whatever :(</p>

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<p>

</p>

<p>That is… surprising. You’re clearly a good candidate. Maybe the adcoms thought another school would be a better fit.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I:780M 780W 740 CR 2300 Total
SAT II:800MII, 740 WH, 730 BIO
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.52 :wink:
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Top 10%
AP (place score in parentheses):World (5), English Lang (5), Gov (5), Chemistry (4), Biology (4)
Senior Year Course Load:7 APs :(- Calc BC, Physics C, Microeconomics, Human Geography, English Literature, Environmental Science, Music Theory
Number of other ED applicants in your school:1
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):-</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):
Top 15 Violinist in NJ
Concertmaster School orchestra etc. Tons of stuff
Varsity Track
Varsity XC
Student Council President
Internship at the Mayo Clinic
Boys state top 16 Delegate (Out of 900)
Youth and Government
TSA
National Honor Society
Job/Work Experience:Teach private violin lessons
Volunteer/Community service:Over 500 Hours,</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):8-9
Essays (Include Subjects):Violin- 14 yr. old violinist w/ cancer- Mayo Clinic</p>

<p>Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1:Awesome
Teacher Recommendation #2:Good
Interview:Went As well as it could have
Art Supplement:Good</p>

<p>Other
Date Submitted App:10/31
State (if domestic applicant):NJ
Country (if international applicant):USA
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:Indian
Gender:M
Income Bracket:$150,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):None</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths:ECs
Weaknesses:GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:Internship, interview ECs
What would you have done differently?:Nada
Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Congrats to everyone accepted! See you in 2015! If you got deferred, don’t worry, (CLICHE ALERT!!!) college is what you make of it.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2360 total; 800 CR/M; 760 W

  • SAT I superscore (breakdown):
  • ACT (breakdown):i dont remember; 34 total
  • ACT superscore (breakdown):
  • SAT II: 790 Bio, 770 US History, 750 MII
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95ish
  • Weighted GPA:5.15 out of 5.75
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 when I applied, 1 now
  • AP (place score in parentheses): USGov 5, World His 5, Lang 5, Lit 5, Bio 5, Calc BC 5, Calc AB subscore 5, US His 5
  • IB (place score in parentheses):
  • Senior Year Course Load: taking AP Chem, Phys, Comp Gov and Stat; college Calc 3 and Art History
  • Number of other EA applicants in your school: 0
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit SF, AP Scholar with Distinction, All-State All-Academic Baseball Team
    </code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):football 9-12, varsity cocaptain, local TD club sponsored by news station, CNB Athletic Scholar Award; baseball 7-12, AllState AllAcademic Team, Team MVP in 10th grade; Senior class president; biology club studying bacteriophage; helped organize spirit weeks, food drives, etc at school; NHS 10-12

  • Job/Work Experience: lifeguard 1 year, cashier 2 years
  • Volunteer/Community service: 50+ hours a year, daycare center, food kitchen, youth athletic camps, Miracle League, Childrens Miracle Network
    </code></pre>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):</p>

<pre><code>* Essays (Include Subjects):
o Common App Main: talked about special enrichment program I’m in; 9
o EC Short Answer:
o Extended essay(which topic):
o Optional Essay:
o Other:

  • Teacher Recommendation #1: AP Calc/Stat teacher; 10+
  • Teacher Recommendation #2: AP Chem/Phys teacher; 10+
  • Counselor Rec: she loves me seriously, said the most positive rec she’d ever written
  • Additional Rec: none
  • Interview: was I supposed to have one? haha
  • Art Supplement: nope
    </code></pre>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Date Submitted App: a bit before the ED deadline, i suppose

  • State (if domestic applicant): SC
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: not very competitive really
  • Ethnicity: white
  • Gender: male
  • Income Bracket: >60,000
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):ummm i’m a ginger?
    </code></pre>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: very rigorous academic record, strong ec’s with athletics and others; good test scores

  • Weaknesses: no real hooks to make me stand out
  • Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: guess my essays were a bit better than i thought
  • What would you have done differently?: would have changed my essay topics to be a bit more personal; i thought of some great things to talk about the hour after i submitted the app
    </code></pre>

<p>[/list]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc: cant wait to meet my fellow bluejays, especially in BME; to the deferred, it doesnt mean youre rejected, so keep hope, you still have a great shot. in a lot of cases, the admissions counselors just want to make sure there arent a bunch of supergeniuses in the RD pool before they let you in; to the rejected, i’m sure youll still find success. we all have our paths to follow to greatness; yours just happens to take a different route than ours.</p>

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

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):n/a
SAT I superscore (breakdown): n/a
ACT (breakdown): English- 32 Reading -31 Math - 27, Science- 26
ACT superscore (breakdown): 29
SAT II: Biology E (590), English (610), US History (590)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.3/4.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parentheses):n/a
IB (place score in parentheses):n/a
Senior Year Course Load: challenging
Number of other EA applicants in your school: not sure
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Students Against Destructive Decisions (President), In the Know (Captain), Junior States of America (Treasurer)
Job/Work Experience: Rita’s Italian Ice
Volunteer/Community service: Mt. Carmel East Volunteer (5 yrs), Research Assitant at Nationwide Children’s Hospital</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects):
Common App Main: 10
Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: great
Teacher Recommendation #2: great
Counselor Rec: n/a
Additional Rec: great
Interview:n/a
Art Supplement: n/a</p>

<p>Other
Date Submitted App: October 23
State (if domestic applicant): O-H-I-O
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:African
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: I don’t know … haha/ Upper Middle Class definitely
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Extracurrics & Grades
Weaknesses: ACT
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: combo of grades/extracurrics/essays
What would you have done differently?: relaxed a tiny bit more and not applied to so MANY colleges</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 570R 610M 620W
SAT I superscore (breakdown): 600R 650M 620W
ACT (breakdown):
ACT superscore (breakdown):
SAT II: Math I-620, Spanish-630 Lit-620
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.62
Weighted GPA: 3.6
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 20%
AP (place score in parentheses):
IB (place score in parentheses): Spanish HL, His HL, Phsych HL, Eng HL, Math SL, Chem SL. Predicted grades (in same order): 7, 7, 7, 5, 5, 6
Senior Year Course Load: As extreme as it gets
Number of other EA applicants in your school: none
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honor student 3 years</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): MUN, 3 Varsity sports (captain of one team fortwo years, MVP twice, Int’l all-star twice), NHS, student body president
Job/Work Experience: Bank and hotel for a short period
Volunteer/Community service:</p>

<p>Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):
Essays (Include Subjects):
Common App Main: 8.5
EC Short Answer: 9.5
Other Essay: 10
Other:
Teacher Recommendation #1: 10 (says best she’s ever written, and once was a college counsellor)
Teacher Recommendation #2: 9 (got award in class plus the teacher is a writer)
Counselor Rec: 10 (HS principal wrote it)
Additional Rec: none
Interview: went very very well
Art Supplement: none</p>

<p>Other
Date Submitted App: 3 days before deadline or something
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Australian
School Type: private
Ethnicity: caucasian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: 250K+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Recs. individual grades(not GPA) leadership (basically EC’s)
Weaknesses: scores
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: interview, not typical student
What would you have done differently?: studied for sats</p>

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<p>To those deferred or rejected:
Don’t loose hope! You still have wide array of opportunities and explorations ahead of you! In fact, you should be happier than us in a way that we are limited to attending Hopkins (even though we believe it is the first-choice for us like you do) while you get to have a second thought and apply to those other great universities.
True, Hopkins was your first-choice… but don’t let that get you away from focusing on your application for other colleges. It’s not the end of the world ;)</p>