Official Johns Hopkins Early Decisions Results (Class of 2012)

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<p>Okay, I'm in my TA prep hour and I have NOTHING to do but be on CC, so I decided I would be the one to take the fall for all of us and make the decisions thread. If someone else was dying to make this, I'm sorry. I didn't know. But, here it is! I hope this can hold some proud moments, alongside the disappointments, but overall I hope we can keep the process in perspective and not lose sight of our ultimate goals.</p>

<p>Best of luck to all Early Decisions applicants!</p>

<p>As always, remove the spaces between the brackets, and pick the intro title (accepted/deferred/denied) that pertains to you and erase the other two. Also, fill in as much information as possible. Just as we used last year's decisions thread, next year will use ours so let's make it nice :)</p>

<p>OH and since everyone inevitably freaks out about why they haven't gotten their e-mail yet, maybe include the first letter of your last name, state, and e-mail provider. Done.</p>

<p>Here we go, taken from U-Chi.</p>

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<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT:
[ *]SAT II:
[ *]ACT:
[ *]GPA:
[ *]Rank:
[ *]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB)
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[ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Essays:
[ *]Teacher Recs:
[ *]Counselor Rec:
[ *]Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides)
[ *]Hook: (recruited athlete, cured cancer- only major ones that actually would have made a difference, please) [ /list]
[ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location:
[ *]High School Type:
[ *]Ethnicity:
[ *]Gender
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no)[ /list]
[ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars:
[ *]Awards:
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]</p>

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<p>Good luck everyone.</p>

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<p>Aren’t they in now? I’m '11, but I was waitlisted (sadly) and going for a transfer for Fall '08.</p>

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<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1760 (didn’t put on application)
[</em>]SAT II: 730 Physics, 630 US History, 610 Math IIC, 610 Chemistry
[<em>]ACT: 30
[</em>]GPA: 3.79 UW, 4.45 W
[<em>]Rank: 17
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: I personally thought this was my strongest part.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: One teacher loves me and the other is ok. So good I’m assuming.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: eh…He had to write it based off of a brag sheet…
[<em>]Supplementary Material: N?A
[</em>]Hook: Arrived from Middle East at age 5. Formed Middle Eastern Club…etc..etc..
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: California
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White/Arab
[</em>]Gender: Male
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid: yes
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: 150+ hours volunteer, Founded Middle Eastern Club and President, member of Califronia Scholarshop Federation, Junior Statesmen of America, Science Honors Society, and Interact, Summer school at UCR and UCI (two summers)
[li]Awards: AP Scholar with Honors[/li][/ul]</p>

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<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1430/2080 Didn’t report
[</em>]SATII: 800 Math II, *<strong><em>ty else Didn’t report
[</em>]ACT: 33
[<em>]GPA: 3.6something UW
[</em>]Rank: 32/640ish
[<em>]OtherTests:9 AP Tests passed (5 with 4 or better), 100.5 AMC, 3 AIME
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: I wrote about the bus system for my communities essay.
[<em>]TeacherRecs: One teacher who gave me a horrid grade frosh year, retook soph year… she’s been a mentor. Math teacher from last year.
[</em>]CounselorRec: Amazing, my Counselor loves me.
[<em>]SupplementaryMaterial:Wilson Application
[</em>]Hook:
[<em>]Location: Tucson, AZ
[</em>]HighSchoolType: Public, sends a couple dozen kids to great schools
[<em>]Ethnicity: Gringo
[</em>]Gender: Boy
[<em>]AppliedforFinancialAid:(yes)[/ul][ul]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Congressional Page, Research for 3 years, Governor’s Advisory Council for certain things, blah blah
[<em>]Awards: Won science fair category sopho year, Boys State senate president, some other nifty </em></strong>
[]Advice?Commiserations?Feellikebragging?:Yes. [/ul]</p>

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<p>Accepted! Stats later. Must party.</p>

<p>Congrats Adam!!! See you at Hopkins next year!
:D</p>

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<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2230
[</em>]SAT II: Chem 680, Math II 740, Bio 750
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: Too excited to remember…
[ <em>]Rank: See GPA
[ ]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: One I REALLY liked about how when I was young, I preferred watching plant cells to fluffy bunnies at my dad’s lab, and another about Envirothon.
[<em>]Teacher Recs: Good, methinks.
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Counselor and I like to trade (cheesy) jokes, so…
[<em>]Supplementary Material: None
[</em>]Hook: Iunno… [/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Valley VA
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>]Gender: Female
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Envirothon Team, Ecology Club, Creative Writing, Youth Orchestra…
[</em>]Awards: 6th place team at (inter)national Envirothon competition, commonplace stuff…
[]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: afjds;lfkjd;askljyhtioewuayhtrhwkjgasfhk;lh OMG.[/ul]</p>

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Accepted
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<p>Waiting for BME results next week…but extremely happy that I just accomplished one of my life goals :)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2290 (730CR, 760M, 800W)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry, 740 US Hist
[<em>]ACT: Did not take
[</em>]GPA: 3.86 ish overall, 3.95 Soph/Junior
[<em>]Rank: Not sure…top 5%?
[</em>]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB) 5 BC calc, 5 US History, 5 Stats, etc etc (total of about 8 or 9)
129 AMC 10, 110 AMC 12, 3 AIME
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[ <em>]Essays: One about Taekwondo and how my coach has influenced my views on life, the other about how I wanted to pursue engineering at a very young age, eventually lost that sight due to a newfound interest in bio/chem, and about how biomedical engineering would allow me to pursue both of these interests.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Very good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Not sure…should be at least decent?
[</em>]Supplementary Material: None
[<em>]Hook: Dunno…headed the NetLiteracy Senior Connects program in my area that refurbished hundreds of computers for donation to the needy?[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Indiana
[<em>]High School Type: Large, Public (Very Competitive, quite a few to top tier schools each year)
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no)[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Black Belt in Taekwondo, Volunteering, Senior Connects President, President of several clubs
[</em>]Awards: Awards in State Science Olympiad, Math competitions, other common stuff
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: None[/ul]</p>

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<p>To those of you accepted, would you mind putting down what you plan to study?</p>

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<p>Too late to edit… But, I’m sticking to what I put on my application (I think).. which was Neuroscience or Maths</p>

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<p>Me, I’m almost certain to study Biology (with a dash of engineering, if possible) or Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering.</p>

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<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 1890
[</em>]SAT II: around 700 each
[<em>]ACT: n/a
[</em>]GPA: 3.9uw/4.2w
[<em>]Rank: top 10% of 375
[</em>]Other Tests: 4 and 5s on APs, total of 11 taken in Jr/Sr years[/ul]
Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: family based community essay
[</em>]Teacher Recs: very good
[<em>]Counselor Rec: very good
[</em>]Hook: recruited athlete[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Pacific Coast
[</em>]High School Type: small, 1,000 students, National Blue Ribbon HS
[<em>]Gender: F
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: yes[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: athletics, about 15h/week, 10+ years / involved with local org. to improve the quality of community life through science education - member of the Dir. Board / medical center volunteer / etc.
[</em>]Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction / State Divisional Champion '07 / Scholastic All-America Team / +other
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/li]- advice: be serious about school and your ECs, be friendly, be a good person

  • major: Bio/Chem[/ul]</p>
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Accepted
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Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: none listed
[</em>]SAT II: none listed
[<em>]ACT: 33C (34R, 34E, 34S, 29M)
[</em>]GPA: 3.89 UW (school doesn’t weight)
[<em>]Rank: top 10% (barely)
[</em>]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB) 4 on stat and lang/comp
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: both solid. not my best, but they REALLY spoke to my character. Community one was about how adaptable the midwest makes a person. Why your major essay was also good, very concise.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: AMAZING. I only sent one because anything else would’ve diluted its quality
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Probably very good, she knows me well
[</em>]Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides) n/a
[<em>]Hook: (recruited athlete, cured cancer- only major ones that actually would have made a difference, please) [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Minneapolis, MN
[<em>]High School Type: Large public (>2000)
[</em>]Ethnicity: White
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no) yes[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: varsity skiing (5 years/captain), editor of the newspaper, anti-racism group, volunteering at local emergency room, other little stuff
[</em>]Awards: paper has won numerous awards on state, regional, and national levels.
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Couldn’t believe it. I thought they would send it to my other e-mail, so I casually checked my informal one and just saw it sitting there staring at me. I’ve never screamed so loud. Go Blue Jays 2012!![/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>For Yanks: intended major of public health</p>

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<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2100
[</em>]SAT II: 760 Bio 760 Math 2 710 Lit
[<em>]ACT: 33
[</em>]GPA: 4.0
[<em>]Rank: Top 10%. School doesn’t rank.
[</em>]Other Tests: AP, will graduate with 12 Aps. 5 tests with 4’s and 5’s on each.
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Common app essay was strong. Explained my experience volunteering in the dementia ward at a nursing home. Johns Hopkins essay focused on my interest in Neuroscience
[</em>]Teacher Recs: 2 were good, 1 was mediocre.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Good
[</em>]Supplementary Material: None
[<em>]Hook: Created my own band and Health Professionals club.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Ohio
[<em>]High School Type: Small Public School
[</em>]Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: Yes
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Varsity tennis, Varsity Academic Team, Key Club (VP), Health professionals (Pres), and a lot of volunteering.
[</em>]Awards: National merit semifinalist
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Still in a DAZE. This is amazing.[/li][/ul]</p>

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<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2180 (780 math, 710 cr, 690 writing)
[</em>]SAT II: 800 math 2, 750 chem, 740 bio, 690 world hist, 660 physics
[<em>]ACT: 33 (36 math, 35 science, 31 eng, 29 reading)
[</em>]GPA: 3.9ish unweighted. 4.35 weighted
[<em>]Rank: 2 out of 49
[</em>]Other Tests: 5 AP Bio, USHist, Euro, 4 Comp Sci A, 3 English Lang
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Loved them. Teacher loved them. Talked about coming from an almost all chinese school and why i wanted to do neuroscience (talked about my hospital work)
[</em>]Teacher Recs: amazing.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: amazing.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: extra recs, transcript from hopkins pre college, resume?
[<em>]Hook: Made it to state for science fair? [/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: YAY AREA, California
[<em>]High School Type: Private, doesnt send many to top schools
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese)
[<em>]Gender: Male
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: no[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: pres of robotics club, vp of math club, FIRST robotics leadership, JSA, Science Fair Project, class treasurer, etc.
[</em>]Awards: made it to state for science fair?
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Yo good luck with any RD guys =D. I’m so happy right now. gotta go party. woooooooo. See you guys next fall! </p>[/li]
<p>PS. doing neuroscience[/ul]</p>

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<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ <em>]SAT:CR660 M780 W650
[ *]SAT II: 720Bio 770History
[ *]ACT: N/a
[ *]GPA: 3.75UW 4.575W
[ *]Rank: 14/429
[ *]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB)
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list]
[ *]Teacher Recs: pretty good
[ *]Counselor Rec: decent
[ *]Location: NJ
[ *]High School Type: Public
[ *]Ethnicity: Asian
[ *]Gender M
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: (yes )[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *]Extracurriculars: leadership positions, sports, music, volunteering. I’m just *</em>**ed.</p>

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<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *]SAT: 630 Verbal, 670 Math, 690 Writing
[ *]SAT II: none
[ *]ACT: 29
[ *]GPA: 4.42 (weighted)
[ *]Rank: 9/275
[ *]Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB)
[ /list][ b]Subjective[ /b][ list] none
[ *]Essays: i think communities essay was really unique, major essay was pretty good
[ *]Teacher Recs: AP Calculus and AP Physics teachers..probably really good
[ *]Counselor Rec: average
[ *]Supplementary Material: none
[ *]Hook: (i don’t think i really had one, besides the fact that i think i’m well rounded) [ /list][ b]Personal[ /b][ list]
[ *]Location: PA
[ *]High School Type: public
[ *]Ethnicity: caucasion
[ *]Gender Female
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no)[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]yes
[ *]Extracurriculars:Marching Band, Concert Band, Orchestra, Performing Arts Group, Varsity Tennis, Competitive Club Swimming, National Honor Society, Foreign Language Activity Group, Varsity club
[ *]Awards: nothing special
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[ /list]I would just like to say that i’ve proven you don’t need stellar scores on tests to get accepted at Hopkins, lol. congratulations to everyone that got in!!</p>

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<p>Here’s how to make this thread clean and nice:</p>

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<p>Hope this helps, if not… please ask.</p>

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<p>Responding for D#2 here:

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<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]ACT: 29
[</em>]GPA: 3.6 UW; 4.2 W
[<em>]Rank: top 10%
[</em>]Other Tests: 4 on APUSH
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<p>Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: multi-media communities essay; essay on not being to decide between writing seminar and history for a major
[</em>]Teacher Recs: outstanding
[<em>]Counselor Rec: excellent
[</em>]Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides) sent in CD of performances and photos from newspaper of her teaching music over the summer
[<em>]Hook: Double Legacy
[</em>]Location: NJ
[<em>]High School Type: public, large
[</em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>]Gender: F
[</em>]Applied for Financial Aid: yes [/ul]
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[li]Extracurriculars: honors wind ensemble, pit orchestra, volunteer music teacher 4 years, tutors an autistic boy so his mother can work late, runs a bakery alone from opening at 6 am until closing every Sunday, president of model UN, starting recycling program at high school</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Awards: National Honors Italian Soc; National Honors Math Soc; National Honors Music Soc, concert mistress, played at Lincoln Center with NYC Opera</p>[/li]
<p>[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Not back on planet earth yet[/ul]</p>

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<p>congrats to you all.. and georgeyang glad to see there are some more bay area kids on the way. (: I’ve met way too many Socal-supremacists</p>