OFFICIAL Johns Hopkins University RD Decisions - Class of 2014

Colleges and Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2340 (800CR/750M/790W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800 USHist, 770 Lit, 760 Bio, 780 Math I (lol)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.84
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/747
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): French Lang (5), Eng Lang (4), US Hist (5), WHist (5), Bio (5)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, IB French 5, AP US Gov/Macroecon, AP Eng Lit, PAP Physics, IB Latin 4, AP Psych, Honors Debate 3
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): miscellaneous state and national French and Latin awards, state quiz bowl awards, regional writing awards, nothing major.[/ul] </p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Quiz Bowl, Latin Club (pres), Debate
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:
[</em>] Summer Activities: Philosophy classes at various school-hosted programs[/ul]</p>

<p>**Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best): **[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects): [list]
[li] Common App Main: About my favorite author and how he influenced me. 7?[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: Interest in philosophy. 8.5.
[<em>] Other(s):[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendations: One great, one good.[/li][</em>] Counselor Rec: Average.
[<em>] Additional Rec: From summer philosophy instructor. Good.
[</em>] Interview: None
[li] Art Supplement: [/list]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: Day of deadline
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: F
[<em>] Income Bracket: 200K+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): LEGACY - got one of those legacy likely-but-not-officially-likely letters.[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, Scores, JHU supplement
[</em>] Weaknesses: ECs, leadership
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Good scores, legacy, and some luck.
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Nothing.[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments: Won’t be attending (admitted to Stanford somehow!), but still happy to have gotten in. This is my last decision before all of the ivies, so hopefully the luck will carry over.
Congrats to all accepted. To those who weren’t, don’t let a rejection get you down. The school doesn’t make the person. You’ll succeed wherever you go.</p>

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<p>any pattern? alphabetical?</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted
(Sorry I’m not formatting this correctly, but I just copied and pasted this from the other threads.) </p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (by section): 800m, 800cr, 740w (12 essay) </li>
<li>SAT IIs: 760 french reading, 800 math 2</li>
<li>GPA, Unweighted and Weighted: 3.96 uw</li>
<li>Rank: no rank</li>
<li>ACT: 35</li>
<li>APs (including this year’s): none</li>
<li>IBs (including this year’s): English, French, History, Chem, Physics, Math HL</li>
<li>Senior Year Courseload: all of the above + Theory of Knowledge and Band</li>
<li>Number of Apps from Your School: 6-7?</li>
<li>Other stats (AIME, AMC, etc.): none</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>ECs listed on app: Model UN (President), Literary Magazine (Senior Editor), Environmental Club I started, Flute (2 after school orchestras), Dance, JV Tennis</li>
<li>Awards listed on app: 2 minor regional awards</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: none</li>
<li>Common App Essay: historical figure, decent</li>
<li>Majors Essay: good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs (if you saw them): no clue</li>
<li>Counselor Rec (if you saw them): no clue but prb generic</li>
<li>Interview (feel, interviewer and general location): in the interviewer’s law office, I think it was my worst interview </li>
<li>Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): sent in an abstract? prlly no hook though</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: MI</li>
<li>School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): magnet, public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Indian</li>
<li>Gender: F</li>
<li>Applied for Financial Aid: yes</li>
<li>Strengths: Strong leadership roles and I know that I’m dedicated to what I do. Hopefully teachers did as well.</li>
<li>Weaknesses: No real “clarity” in ECs, just did what I wanted.</li>
<li>Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: No interview? They could tell I didn’t fit? Stereotypical applicant? No clue. </li>
<li>Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Umich, MSU, UChicago, Swarthmore, Case, Brandeis Waitlisted: WashU, Duke<br></li>
<li>Where else are you applying? Harvard,UPenn</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors: sent in an abstract
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I will probably turn down the waitlist spot… not sure. 'Grats to everyone who got in!</p>

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<p>You guys are amazing!</p>

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<p>omg…after seeing the stats, I feel like I actually deserve a rejection :X</p>

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<p>Accepted!!!</p>

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<p>Rejected</p>

<p>But no biggie - already enrolled elsewhere.</p>

<p>Good luck all!</p>

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<p>@shinywing: Don’t say that!! All of you who got in deserved to. I’m totally fine with being waitlisted, it just goes to show you can’t rationalize the process too much. :)</p>

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<p>rejected! idc, i love Vassar more and I got in there!</p>

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<p>rejected :(</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
BME hopeful</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 5.—
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): < 1%
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: very heavy [/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Tons - leadership in almost all school related activities (too many); greenpeace, PETA, NHS prez, competitive snowboarder/boxer, all state LAX, environmental club founder, Obama’s campaign for change regional head intern, graffiti + paint artist
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: summer job - urban outfitters, Jewel Osco pharmacist
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hrs
[<em>] Summer Activities: research [/ul]
Other[ul]
[</em>] Date Submitted App: Day of
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[</em>] School Type: very large public
[<em>] Gender: XX - female [/ul]
Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: heavily involved w/ OUT OF SCHOOL activities (protesting, painting, entrepreneur); I’m not your typical “smart girl” stuck in the books?
[/ul]</p>

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<p>Waitlisted.</p>

<p>Woo, 0% rejection rate xD</p>

<p>ACT: 31
SAT: 1920
No SAT IIs
Essays were the strongest aspect of my application
APs
Lang 5
Euro 3
US 4
Varsity tennis, President of Rotary Interact, Youth Leadership, NHS, Student Government</p>

<p>Congratulations admittees! I was totally expecting a rejection, this is rather nice.</p>

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<p>Rejected, applied BME, reasonable scores, practically no ECs.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): M 770 E 760 W 750
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Chem 790 Math 2c 800 Chinese 790 Bio 750
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.4
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Chem 5 Bio 5 Chinese 5
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses):
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Phys AP Lit AP Calc BC AP Stats Gov/Econ Journalism 2
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): almost none hahahah. us open music competition instrumental ensemble second place 2009[/ul] </p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): School site council, badminton, violin, math circles and societies, volunteering
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: intern at software co
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: daycare
[</em>] Summer Activities: nothing that i put on my app[/ul]</p>

<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects): [list]
[li] Common App Main: girl in tech 9[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: morality 7
[<em>] Other(s):research idea for solar power 9[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendations: idk pretty decent?[/li][</em>] Counselor Rec: prob pretty good
[<em>] Additional Rec: nope haha
[</em>] Interview: none :[
[li] Art Supplement: i wish[/list]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: like dec 5?
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA!
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: CHINESE :smiley:
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: how i built my application
[</em>] Weaknesses: didnt have any research, not as impressive as others
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: good essays, solid grades
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: more academic stuff and research during high school[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments:gratz to those who got in, fingers crossed for waitlisted, no worries for rejected</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>(I copied this from another thread, so the format is a bit different)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2400 (single sitting)
[</em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 780 Latin, 750 Physics
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): No official GPA, derived from transcript: A/A-
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank, top decile.
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats (5), Physics B (5), Calc BC (5), Chem (5), Latin: Vergil (5), Eng. Lit. (5), CS AB (5), Phys. C: Mech. (5)
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None particularly: NMSF, various awards within school[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): XC, Wrestling, Track (Manager), Debate, Chorus
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor, Software Tester previous summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Work within community for annual festivals, work for local school/summer camp
[</em>] Summer Activities: camp counselor, job
[<em>] Essays: Strong Common App, I think I answered the major question well
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Hopefully Strong, didn’t read
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Strong, highlighted the help I give to the various activities I participate in.
[</em>] Interview: Seemed good,the interviewer called me a “good fit” for JHU.[/ul]</p>

<p>Other:[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] School Type: Private, sends many kids to Ivy’s, a few to JHU
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: M
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection:[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Strong transcript, recs
[</em>] Weaknesses: never visited, not much leadership
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Hard to say, I guess I would point to the cohesiveness of my app (essays, recs, transcript), and high enough scores[/li][/ul]</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 800M 750CR 750W 12Essay
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 790 Math II 720 Bio M 680 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.4
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): Bio 5 Psych 5 USH 4
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Stats, AP Lit Comp, AP Chem, Honors Organic and Biochemistry
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honors, NM Commended[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Russian Club founder and President 3 years; Politics Club Vice President 3 years
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at McDonalds for a year and as a laborer over the summer once
[li] Volunteer/Community service: 300+ hours of volunteering at a local rescue squad [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):4[list]
[li] Common App Main:8[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer:5
[/ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: Great
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[/list]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: December 31, 2009 at roughly 12:30AM
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NJ
[<em>] School Type: Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 150k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA and essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I’m not good enough, plain and simple. I say that with no bitterness or sadness, simply stating a fact.
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: How long can I go back? I would probably have studied more instead of enjoying my high school career. I’ve been told constantly to stop living in the present and live in the future- look forward to retirement and unfortunately I did not heed their advice[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments: Congrats to all accepted, maybe I’ll see some of you 4 years from now at JHU Medical School</p>

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<p>I got accepted - I am so happy - Now I will have to go visit there…</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 780 W, 670 CR, 650 M = 2100
[</em>] ACT: 33
[<em>] SAT II: 730 Math II, 730 Bio - M, 590 World History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Weighted GPA: 4.4
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/453
[<em>] AP (place score in parentheses): World History (4), United States History (5), English Language (4), BC Calculus (5), Biology (3)
[</em>] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Physics, Economics, AP Psychology, AP Environmental Science, Multivariate Calculus/Differential Equations, AP French
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction[/ul]</p>

<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Pre-Med Club (President), National Honors Society, Piano Lessons/Performance
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Part-Time Nanny
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: The Children’s Hospital (~400 hours)
[</em>] Summer Activities: a lot of travel, worked as a research assistant at UC - Denver[/ul]</p>

<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best): 8[ul]
[<em>] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App Main: Very creative. I talked about my epilepsy and how it sparked my interest in medicine. And I talked about myself in general.[/li][</em>] EC Short Answer: I don’t even remember what I wrote, to be honest.
[<em>] Other(s):[/ul]
[li] Teacher Recommendations: Excellent! They were very personal and detailed.[/li][</em>] Counselor Rec: Never saw it, but great I would assume.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Excellent as well. It was from the professor whose lab I worked in.
[</em>] Interview: Not particularly amazing. It was on campus during my visit, and it was my first interview, and I was still a junior, and… yeah. It wasn’t great.
[li] Art Supplement: Didn’t submit one.[/list]</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: November 1, or somewhere around that time
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100-120,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really.[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My transcript was great, and so were my essays. My letters of rec were also rather amazing.
[</em>] Weaknesses: I’m lacking in extra-curriculars, I believe. My test scores are kind of crappy as well.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I’m a strong applicant, but there’s nothing about me that really makes me stand out.
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: Nothing, probably.[/ul]</p>

<p>General Comments: So I think I remember having more detailed and creative applications to other schools. I guess the Hopkins application just didn’t give me as much freedom. I was accepted at UChicago, Berkeley, and NYU already, so I had hope for Hopkins, but I’m not too surprised. I probably won’t stay on the waitlist seeing as UChicago is probably a better choice for me, but I’m a little depressed about what this decision implies for tomorrow’s decisions from Princeton and Yale. :(</p>

<p>Congrats to all admits, though! :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):2280
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 maybe?
[<em>] Weighted GPA:
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 5%
[li] AP (place score in parentheses):[/li]Calculus AB 5
Calculus BC 5
Chemistry 5
Physics B 5
Physics C M 4
Physics C E&M 5</p>

<p>[<em>] IB (place score in parentheses): not available here
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): [/ul] hmm…check out my other posts.</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):check out my other posts.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience:check out my other posts.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service:check out my other posts.</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Summer Activities:[/ul]check out my other posts.</p>[/li]
<p>Writing:[ul]
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: perhaps good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec:don’t know
[<em>] Additional Rec:none
[</em>] Interview: no alumni here.
[li] Art Supplement: [/ul]none.</p>[/li]
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] Date Submitted App: o.0 how can I remember…
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):International
[<em>] School Type:Large Public
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]</p>

<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:tests. academics
[</em>] Weaknesses:ECs
[<em>] Why you think you were waitlisted: not a match for Johns Hopkins.ahhhhh
[</em>] What would you have done differently?: [/ul] apply to another school instead?</p>

<p>General Comments: Congrats to accepted students!
and Good Luck to those Waitlisted who are eager to attend the school! I won’t take a spot though.</p>

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<p>Accepted to JHU and BME
stats posted elsewhere</p>