***official johns hopkins ed results thread 2016***

Colleges and Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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<p>you know the drill, guys...</p>

<p>Pick one:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Decision: Waitlisted
Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT:
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays:
Teacher Recommendation:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:
Other
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
General Comments:</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted (Actually Deferred)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2070
ACT: None
SAT II: None
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/550ish
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Spanish Language (3), AP Government and Politics (4), AP Physics B (4), AP English Language (3), AP Chemistry (4), AP World History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Calculus BC, Ceramics, AP Computer Science, AP English Literature, AP Statistics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Chess Team 4 years (Captain)-Quite a few trophies, won major trophies at States and nationals
Varsity Football Team 3 Years - Kicker/Punter
Journalism 3 years (Chief Editor)- Sent JHU some of my own writings
Spanish Honor Society</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Nothing extraordinary, tutored some football players and helped out with the school mulch sale, assisted teachers in
Summer Activities:
Johns Hopkins Engineering Innovation Course, passed and received transferrable credit.
Essays: Very Satirical. Apparently they weren’t horrendously bad to the point where I got rejected.
Teacher Recommendation: Both were probably good, but the one from my world history teacher was probably superb.
Counselor Rec: Probably very good.
Additional Rec: None.
Interview: None
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public, Competitive
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $100,000(ish?)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: The fact that I took and passed the college course (Engineering Innovation) offered by Johns Hopkins University.
Weaknesses: Low extracurriculars, mediocre SAT score, didn’t take SAT IIs
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Waitlisted because overall I was solid applicant, but not good enough? I honestly don’t know.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: First decision to come back :confused:
General Comments:
I’m going to talk to the head football coach about playing football there. Hopefully it will be my hook in the next go-around.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/a
ACT:31
SAT II: N/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Don’t know, weighted 4.2
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):82/ 717
AP (place score in parenthesis): Physics C Mechanics (3), Language and Composition (3), US History (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/a
Senior Year Course Load: AB Calc, AP English Lit., 4 Latin Honors, AP Psych, AP Chem-Phys
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):None
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Diving (Varsity), Cross- Country (Varsity), Latin Club, JETS Teams (Varsity), Gymnastics, Project Excite (with Northwestern), Relay for Life (Team Captain)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Two service trips, one in Florida, one in Hawaii, and lots of little things
Summer Activities: Community service trips
Essays: Excellent
Teacher Recommendation: Great (I’m assuming)
Counselor Rec: Great (Again, I’m assuming)
Additional Rec: N/a
Interview: N/a
Other
State (if domestic applicant): IL
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Top?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): CR-620 M-760 W-690
ACT: 34
SAT II: Math II-770 Chem-770 US-730
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/369
AP (place score in parenthesis): World(4) US(5) Chem(5) Calc BC(5)
Senior Year Course Load: Dual Enrollment Georgia Tech Calculus, AP Mircroeconomics, AP Physics B, AP Biology, Lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): a few High School Honors…?
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FCA(officer 4 years) Baseball, NHS, Beta, 121 Tutoring, Science Olympiad
Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
Volunteer/Community service: A good bit
Summer Activities: Baseball
Essays: Pretty good?
Teacher Recommendation: Really good (from AP Chem and AP US teachers)
Counselor Rec: no clue
Additional Rec: none
Interview: Yes</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): GA
School Type: Public (1800 students)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100K?
Strengths: ACT, class rank, high school reputation.
Weaknesses: Freshman/Sophomore year grades. Leadership in EC’s
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Georgia Tech (Accepted)
General Comments: I visited the campus multiple times, so if they count demonstrated interest, that helped me.</p>

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<p>Decision: Deferred </p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 690 Reading, 700 Math, 740 Writing
ACT: NONE
SAT II: none yet (taking them in January)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76/4.00 (low because of transfer issues that were explained in application)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP BC Calculus (3), BC Calc AB subscore (4), AP World (4), AP Eng Lang (4), AP Eng Lit (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP US History, AP Economics, AP Biology, AP Psychology, Engineering, PE
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): just high school awards… PEAC scholar, Waksman Student Scholar, Posse Scholar Nominee, honor roll, INSPIRE scholar
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity swim team, National Honors Society (Historian), student magazine (editor), drama club, Waksman student scholar program where sequence DNA, 11 years of violin, 7 years of viola, 6 years of county orchestra, church community outreach, medical explorers program, string quartet, math honors society, music honors society
Job/Work Experience: Internship at NASA, started my own web design business, violin teacher
Volunteer/Community service: sew blankets for hospitalized children, church outreach, kids camps, etc.
Summer Activities: summer swim team, summer internships, etc
Essays: common app essay on teen drunk driving, jhu essay on love for biology
Teacher Recommendation: i’m assuming good
Counselor Rec: pretty good, i assume
Additional Rec: none
Interview: yes, i think it went well</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): MD
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: public (was homeschooled)
Ethnicity: 1/2 asian, 1/2 white
Gender: female
Income Bracket: under $30,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): low income family, homeschool background???</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: extracurriculars (esp in arts), internship at NASA, killer essays (i thought…)
Weaknesses: GPA, no sat 2 scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think cuz I didn’t have SAT IIs… idk, I’ve been asking myself this question ever since I got my decision
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: accepted to UMBC, rejected from UVA, haven’t heard back from anywhere else yet
General Comments: I hope I get in RD! :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 770 MATH 710 WRITING 770 CRITICAL READING
ACT: 35
SAT II: 800 MATH II 770 BIO E 740 US HISTORY
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 CALC BC 5 BIO 5 ENGLISH LANG 4 US HISTORY
IB (place score in parenthesis): NONE
Senior Year Course Load: AP STATS, AP LIT, AP MACROECONOMICS, AP CHEM, Speech and Debate, Advanced Journalism
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate Vice President of largest speech team in the nation, Page Editor for school newspaper, Tennis
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer for Kaiser Permanante, Performer/Volunteer for Asian Parent Club fundraiser for school.
Summer Activities: COSMOS (Science camp for Biomolecular engineering)
Essays: Walking (Common App), Speech/Debate (Extra Curric) Baking (Supplement), Conversation (Supplement)
Teacher Recommendation: 1 good (AP BIO teacher), 1 good (AP ENGLISH LANG teacher)
Counselor Rec: Generic
Additional Rec: 1 great (Speech and Debate coach)
Interview: Wasn’t particularly excellent nor terrible
Other
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian (Taiwanese/Korean/Chinese)
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Top
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection: Got in through essays. Everyone has great scores and a thousand extracurriculars.
Strengths: Essays
Weaknesses: Research
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rescinded everywhere immediately, but still got into UC Irvine
General Comments: Write well.</p>