<p>Accepted, but not BME. Is there any way to get into BME later?</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (710 M, 800 CR, 690 WR)
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: 540 spanish, 640 chem, 690 math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/718
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 APHG, 3APchem, 3AP world, 4AP Euro, 2APUSH, 1AP PHysics C e&m, 2AP mech, 4 AP Calc AB, 4AP Lang, 5APES
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Student assistant, AP Micro/APGov, APLit, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP spanish, AP bio
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.)
Scholar; a state science competition 10th: 1st place 11th: 2nd place; a state photography competition 4 ribbons (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 3rd); local juried student photo competition finalist; winning a couple library photo contests;
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Treasurer of Math hon. society(11th- member since9th); NHS member (11th-); a natl leadership/service org. (10th-member 11th-treas 12-hoping to be pres); quiz bowl competitor(11th-); Envirothon capt(11th-); Tech club (11th-) was financial advisor in a robot competition team, part of camera team in a hot air balloon mission; teen adivisory group(historian 10th-); volunteer photog at library; volunteer at hospital; volunteer plate scraper at this volunteer-run facility xD
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: see ECs
[<em>] Summer Activities: National Beta Convention since 10th grade
[</em>] Essays: really loved my commonapp about photography/radiology, opt: quirky funny intro about myself, supp: showed i stalked penn lol
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 is lame, 1 paragraph, short, the other is amazing
[</em>] Counselor Rec: prolly generic
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: weird, but he called me charming, vivacious, quirky and that i had a true love for learning</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public, usually doesn’t send any ivies but this year there were a couple
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: middle class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I’m quirky, i stack golf balls hahah
[</em>] Weaknesses: I’m an Asian female looking to go into medicine -___-"
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m asian without perfect stats… lol one okay rec, bad sat II’s…
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected at harvard, waitlisted at Upenn. accepted to all the in-state florida public schools applied, and also University of South Carolina, University of Kentucky</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Dang it… i thought i was going to get in. heck everyone said I’d get in to JHU. oh well.</p>
<p>I have sub-2000 sat’s, not in top 10% of an average high school…and I GOT IN!!! Ish starting to pay off, sleepless nights doing gay projects, gunshots every other night…And BTW, I’m Asian</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (730 CR, 680 M, 680 W)
[</em>] ACT: 33 (32 E, 33 M, 33 R, 34 S, 11 Essay)
[<em>] SAT II: 710 (Math II), 670 (Biology)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83/4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Does not rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng Lang (5), Calc BC (5), World History (4), US History (4), Biology (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macroeconomics, AP Physics B, AP Statistics, World Literature, Humanities, Human Physiology & Anatomy, Psychology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Achievement, AP Scholar with Distinction</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): FBLA (vice president), Math Team, Track & Field, Latin Club, BETA Club, NHS, NEHS, NAHS, SNHS, Model UN, and others I’m forgetting at the moment
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: ~100 hours (Habitat for Humanity, etc)
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays: I guess they were decent. I’m a bad judge of my own material.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: no idea. I assume decent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: no idea. I assume decent
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Black
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ACT, URM status (?), I don’t know
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT, SAT IIs, lack of leadership
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m not really sure. I guess I just really sold myself in my essays
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Georgia Tech, University of Georgia, Rice, Carnegie Mellon, Duke. Rejected: Cornell</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>SO HAPPY!!! i got in! woke up today at 5 to check all the decisions, and i got rejected by all the ivy leagues (waitlisted at brown). i thought i was a failure. just as i was despairing, the acceptance email from Johns Hopkins came! it was like providence! Can’t believe i’m getting accepted to one of my dream schools!! will post stats later!</p>
<p>Neo:</p>
<p>Any ideas of the chances of getting in off the wait list?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>Objective:**[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 650 writing, 700 math, 760 reading
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: 750 literature
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.80
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 51/ 350 (magnet IB school)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): all 4s: AP euro history, AP world history, AP literature, AP statistics, AP environmental
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): IB psychology (6) IB mathematics (5)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Government/AP Macroeconomics, IB HL history of the americas, AP/IB Spanish IV SL, IB HL English, IB/AP HL Biology
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Year-round club swim team -9 years (team captain) School Swim team - 4 years (team captain), UNICEF club (president), CBOB club (treasurer), FL spanish competition (Conferencia) w/ perfect scores, XC team (
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Last summer as swim coach
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: Pretty strong. except for the why JHU one- of course. I didn’t know much about hopkins when I wrote it. then after I applied I fell in love with the school.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: 1 of them was definitely excellent (my teacher for two years, and my high school coach), the other was probably very good as well.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: probably pretty normal.
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: none</p>
<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): FL
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: IB magnet high school
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): athletic recruit</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Strengths: being vegan- my common app essay was about this, and I think I was able to fully express my very large interest in public health through my essay and my extracurriculars.
[</em>] Weaknesses: grades junior year- many fell into the B range, though my fresh, soph, and senior year were almost all straight As. also not much community service.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li]a lot probably because of swimming. and also my obvious passion for public health</p>
<p>[li] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: rejected from BC and Brown, accepted to northeastern, american and nyu.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Tan Man:</p>
<p>Any estimate of the chances of getting in off the wait list?</p>
<p>Is it a long shot, or do you have a reasonable chance?</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2250- 750 on all three sections
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:700 Math, 760 US History, 800 Spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/726
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):World Hist(5), US History(5), English Lang(5), Spanish(5), Calc AB(5), Chemistry(3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Government, AP MacroEco, AP Calc BC, AP English Lit, AP Euro History, AP Physics C
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National AP Scholar w/Distinction, National Merit Commended and Hispanic, Tennis MVP</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Senior Class Officer, Varsity Tennis Captain, a few UIL events, heavily involved in my church
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:none
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I had a substantial amount of hours for a lot of different things
[</em>] Summer Activities:Do sleeping and eating count?
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were decent and I think I conveyed my interest in medicine very well.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I didnt see one of them but the other was pretty decent. I should say that the one I didnt see was from a former college professor with a PhD. They both like me well enough.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didnt read it but she does like me and is actually pretty impressed with me so it was probably good.
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview: I thought it went rather well. She was nice but I burned my tongue on the drink she bought me.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public, 3500ish kids
[</em>] Ethnicity:Hispanic
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 60-70 k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My genuine interest in the university and a well rounded app.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Nothing stood out. Also I didnt get my essays proofread.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I dont know. Well rounded, competitive app + URM will do you good. lol
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at Columbia and UChicago. Waitlisted at Harvard</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments:
I have a tough decision to make but I’m so glad I get to make it. :)</p>
<p>Accepted …real excited…</p>
<p>floridadad55: I’m not sure whether I’m going to stick on the waitlist. Everyone at school expected me to get into JHU, waitlisted/accepted at Penn(got waitlisted) and I got rejected at Harvard which is to be expected.</p>
<p>how does anyone expect to get a school with less than a 20% acceptance rate? You look like the average applicant with SAT II’s that are below average.</p>
<p>WAITLISTED</p>
<p>GPA 4.3 in mostly honors and AP classes
SAT 2130 (one sitting)
Rank Top 5% at Top 50 NOVA H.S.
Solid EC and essays
Great rec’s
AP 5’s Calculus B/C, US History, Euro History, and Psychology
AP 4 – English Composition
This year taking AP French 6, AP Government, AP Physics C (M, E&M), and multi-variable calculus</p>
<p>Waitlisted at all three of my reaches so far–JHU, Chicago, and Duke. Have yet to hear from Vanderbilt even though they mailed things out last Friday. Will call admissions tomorrow and keep my fingers crossed. </p>
<p>Accepted at: Virginia, William & Mary, Wake Forest, Ohio State, and Va. Tech. </p>
<p>Took my name off JHU wait list to open up a spot for someone else. Same with Chicago. Am going to stay on Duke wait list, although I know this is probably the longest shot of the three. </p>
<p>Message to my twin siblings who are now juniors: Apply ED to the one reach you really want to attend; also take SAT more than once (lol).</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (740/760/800)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (not submitted)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 730 Chem, 760 Math I, 740 Math II
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/375
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Chemistry (5), Calculus AB (5), English Language (5), Government (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus BC, AP Biology, Lab for AP Bio, AP English Literature, AP Psychology, Chamber Choir, Computer Literacy
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Significant involvement in school theatre productions, International Thespian Society (President), selective school Chamber Choir (Soprano Section Leader), church choir, Tri-M Music Honor Society (Historian), Invisible Children Club (Treasurer), National Honor Society, Science Bowl, Young Democrats Club, Class Council
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at an equine therapy program for the disabled over the summer, actress/assistant director in years of VBS programs at local church
[<em>] Essays: Common app was on my differing strong interests in the concreteness of math/science and the spontaneity of theatre
balance of perspective, fixed and fluid outlook, yadda yadda yadda. I really struggled with this essay, probably writing a good 20 versions on different topics, and while I was somewhat pleased with the final result, its surely nothing spectacular. I loved both of my supplements, though.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Never read, but its his first year, so.
[</em>] Additional Rec: n/a
[<em>] Interview: I thought it was great.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Neuroscience
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): MD
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Odd first gen situation my mother didnt go to college and my father is absent (and consequently not shown on commonapp)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, scores to a certain extent, potentially my first gen situation
[</em>] Weaknesses: Nothing particularly standout (essay, ECs, awards, etc)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Too many strong applicants
in the pool
[</em>] Where else you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to UVA (Echols), Williams (early write), Emory, Wesleyan, UPitt, Washington College (MD); waitlisted at Princeton, Dartmouth, WUSTL; rejected from Penn, Duke, Harvard; waiting on Middlebury.
[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to those accepted!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800 Math, 800 CR, 740 Writing
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Physics
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8 or 3.9, weighted 4.78 (South Carolina scale)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not ranked
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Bio (5), AP Euro (4), AP US History (5), AP Physics B (5), AP Psychology (5), AP Calculus AB (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chemistry, AP Lit, AP French, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Calculus BC, Guitar 1
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist (Semifinalist at time of application), AP Scholar with Distinction
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Track and Field, Cross Country, Wrestling (one year only)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 90 hours total
[<em>] Summer Activities: Palmetto Boys State
[</em>] Essays: They weren’t that great
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good I’d guess (I know my bio teacher’s one was good)
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t know how good it was, had a new counselor
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Didn’t have one</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): South Carolina
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public Magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: Bengali (Indian Subcontinent)
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: 80-100K
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Good scores, GPA, tough courseload
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays (probably), Extracurriculars
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had good scores and courseload, that’s really the main thing going for me to be honest.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Clemson Honors, Georgia Tech, Case Western, UCLA
Waitlisted: Dartmouth, Carnegie Mellon, Rice, University of Chicago
Rejected: MIT, Caltech </p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I applied to biomedical engineering but was rejected from that major. After a slew of waitlists I was happily surprised to get in.</p>
<p>Waitlisted. Might post my stats later but if you’re interested they’re in a few other decisions threads.</p>
<p>Blah2009: I dunno! I kept telling them it is very selective!! and now I have to face them all… 
ahh well… yes i know my SAT II’s were below average, that was part of my argument.</p>
<p>accepted accepted accepted accepted and so shocked and excited!
I can’t believe it!
Will post stats after I’m done freaking out</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 730 CR, 790 Math, 800 Writing
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3 AP’s
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Part time job for 3 yrs
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays:
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation:
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Attended JHU’s CTY program one summer way back in like 5th grade</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Unexpected, definitely a school I will consider now. Also feels good to finally get an acceptance after so many rejections and waitlists!</p>
<p>Accepted, feel free to look over older posts for stats :)</p>