* OFFICIAL Johns Hopkins University RD Decisions - Class of 2015 *

carneyvore · March 29, 2011, 6:46pm

Decision: Accepted]

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 720 CR, 690 M, 700 W (8 E)
[] ACT: 35 E, 29 M, 31 R, 32 S
[] SAT II (if submitted): 750 US History, 760 Bio E
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.66
[] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): straight A’s I believe. Maybe an A-
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 5/404
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio 5, USH 4
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Calculus, AP Stats, AP Lit. (Also a University of Connecticut credit course), AP Psychology, Orchestra
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Uh. Wellesley College Book Award, Connecticut Science Fair award, National Achievement Outstanding Participant
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): [/li]Mock Trial attorney, Orchestra (first violin 10 years), UHART Art classes, Writing Center Tutor, NHS, graphic/web design…

[] Job/Work Experience: Justice Inc. brand rep.
[] Volunteer/Community service: An annual autism festival for 3 years, various NHS hours, handicap bowling, tutoring, soup kitchen…
[] Summers: UCONN Mentor Connection 2009, Worked summer 2010
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): Very good. Talked about my job and overcoming my shyness
[] Common app: Good. Talked about my transition from Jamaican, to American, to Jamaican-American. Perhaps cliche
[] Others: Very good.
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Pretty good. I thought it was personal.
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Pretty good. But I also thought this was slightly generic.
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): Okay. It was generic.
[] Interview: None.
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Urban Public (sends maybe 2 to ivy league school every 4 years)
[] Ethnicity: Black
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM, first generation (since my parents are Jamaican immigrants)
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays?
[] Weaknesses: E.C’s, teacher reccs, GPA, scores are kind of subpar
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I presented myself well in my essays and made my E.C’s stand out more because of how I talked about them.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Congrats to everyone else!

Telperien · March 29, 2011, 6:52pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 660M 780W 800CR
[] SAT II (if submitted): Math II 660, Spanish w/ Listening 690, Literature 710
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: Physics, AP English Lang & Comp, Piano, Senior Seminar, Spanish V, Concert Choir, AP European History, AP Calculus AB
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): singing 6 years–school concert choir (section leader), community choir, church choir, 3 years All-State music festival, voice lessons; theatre–10+ years, several leading roles one of which in a world premiere production; hiking/backpacking 5 years–climbed 24 of my state’s 48 4,000+foot mountains, backpacked in Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon; youth group at church 2 years; several community service organizations 3 years; marching band color guard 4 years; recreational skiing/snowboarding 10+ years
[] Job/Work Experience: Worked for the past 1.5 years at a local ski resort and now law firm, average 8-12 hours per week
[] Volunteer/Community service: Rotary Interact (president); volunteering at high school media center and public library; NHS; Making Strides Against Breast Cancer; about 200 hours total
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): About my growth in singing from starting in middle school to the present. Accomplished what it needed to.
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): About my passion for nature and spending time hiking and backpacking in the wilderness. Demonstrated both my deep love for this EC (which to me is a lot more than just an EC) and my strong writing abilities.
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): n/a
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): n/a
[] Interview: I thought it went really well. I got to learn a lot about the school and show my personality to admissions which was important to me. I am a very enthusiastic and energetic person, but it’s hard to make that come through on an application.
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] Intended major: International Studies
[] Applied for financial aid: Yes
[] State (if domestic applicant): New Hampshire
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income bracket: $100,000-$200,000
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): n/a
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: somewhat test scores, my Common App essay
[] Weaknesses: my supplement essays–pretty formulaic, not especially interesting; a slight decline in grades on mid-year report; not a lot of APs though my school offers a wide selection
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Supplement essays and the other weaknesses noted above. I considered myself a competitive applicant, and I think if I applied ED I would have gotten in.
[li] Other decisions: Eckerd College w/ $16k, American University Honors and Global Scholars w/ 20k, George Washington Honors w/ 15k, NYU, and NYU Abu Dhabi full scholarship[/li]
[/ul]General Comments:
Although Hopkins was my first choice, I’m not heartbroken over the decision. I knew even if I was accepted I wasn’t likely to receive much financial aid. I’m planning on attending NYU Abu Dhabi with a full scholarship, and am really happy so I won’t be accepting a place on JHU’s wait list.

DJPolymer · March 29, 2011, 6:53pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 800M, 670R, 680W
[] ACT: Nada
[] SAT II (if submitted): M2790, PH720
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.76
[] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable):
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/215
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): None yet
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, UCONN Chemistry, CP English, Marketing, Civics, Criminology
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nada
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): JETS TEAMS Competition 11/12
[] Job/Work Experience: Cook at local restaurant
[] Volunteer/Community service: None
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): wrote about my job, creative, 7/10
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): wrote about my addiction with pc gaming and overcoming it, 9/10
[] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): wrote about random clubs at JHU that I would like to join, my fascination with computers
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): solid
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it):
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[] Interview: went okay, felt like I didn’t ask enough questions nor related with interviewer
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Chinese
[] Gender: M
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Generation
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: math sat scores maybe?, common app essay
[] Weaknesses: extracurriculars were a joke, so was community service, gpa and reading/writing scores
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: did not convey enough interest in JHU[/li][/ul]General Comments: I thought I was going to receive a rejection but was surprised with a waitlist decision. Well, Cornell decisions are out tomorrow.

wombatlikewoah · March 29, 2011, 6:56pm

alright, first let me say, johns hopkins was the LAST school i though i’d get accepted to. after getting rejected from columbia and NYU, i resigned and decided that i’m going to PSU which is waiting with open arms for me (but unfortunately not open arms filled with cash) and i came home today and absently thought, hmm, i should check my decision. and i got in. i cannot believe my life right now to be honest i never even planned to apply originally but WOW am i GRATEFUL.

Decision: Accepted

Objective: neuroscience
SAT I (breakdown):math: 530 reading:610 writing:690
ACT: n/a
SAT II: lit: 690 spanish w/listening:710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): idk lol
Weighted GPA: 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/438
AP (place score in parentheses): 5 in spanish language
IB (place score in parentheses):n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP English, AP Psych, AP Spanish lit, honors precalc, yearbook
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): can’t remember at the moment too excited!

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): NHS, 4H (president), latino heritage club, international club
Job/Work Experience: paid internship at pennstate research lab
Volunteer/Community service: lots haha
Summer Activities: internship mentioned above

Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best): 8
Essays (Include Subjects):
Common App Main: pretty good, wrote about how ayn rand’s character john galt and atlas shrugged as a work influenced my life
EC Short Answer: wrote about my internship
Other(s):
Teacher Recommendations: one i’m sure was excellent and the other pretty okay
Counselor Rec: average
Additional Rec:n/a
Interview: didn’t have one
Art Supplement:n/a

Other
Date Submitted App:
State (if domestic applicant):PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: satellite school
Ethnicity: Dominican
Gender: Female
Income Bracket:middle class, just under upper middle class i guess
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM

Reflection
Strengths: good writing, strong work ethic
Weaknesses: i’m not very assertive, i guess that’s a weakness
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: i have absolutely NO idea i just know that i’m very excited to be accepted
What would you have done differently?:

General Comments: i am so so SO EXCITED! i don’t know how i could ever pick PSU over this now. i’m going to try my hardest to go. absolutely ecstatic!

sonydslr · March 29, 2011, 7:03pm

**Decision: Accepted to BME !!! **

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 580CR 680W 780m
[] SAT II: 780MathIIC 700Chem 690Physics (Approx.)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2-3/ 160sth
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5) , AP Calc BC (5) , Physics B (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Hard, at least for me
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None?[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis, Varsity Volleyball, International Club (VP), Computer stuffs (graphics design and coding stuffs)
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Once teaching English to foreign students
[] Summer Activities: College courses
[] Essays: Had lots of typos, but I guess they nice enough to not care. But I was really honest and passionate.
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good-ish?
[] Counselor Rec: Good-ish too?
[] Interview?: No

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
[] Intended Major: BME!!!
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Somewhere in Southeast Asia
[] School Type: Private Boarding (US)
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: IDK
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONEEE[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: YOU TELL MEEEE
[] Weaknesses: Test scores, ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Seriously, you tell me. I really don’t know.
[] Other Decisions: Accepted: Case, Purdue, UNC-CHapel Hill WL: Wash U St.Louis, Vanderbilt Rejected: Northwestern, Carnegie Mellon Pending: Penn (Deferred ED), Duke, Dartmouth, Tufts, UMich
[li] Enrolling?: JHU BME … didn’t expect I would get in so I have no idea how to react … I’m more that 50% sure of going … still have to wait for decisions tomorrow.[/li]
[/ul]General Comments: I was shocked. Totally expected rejection or wait list for JHU and a rejection from BME. For those who are applying next year, I hope this gives you hope. Test scores are not the only thing that matters. If you don’t have the best ECs, express your passion in your essay… i guess? I don’t make sense right now. OMGOMGOMG

WedgeDawg · March 29, 2011, 7:04pm

Pick one:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math 2, 800 Bio e, 760 Math 1
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Five 5s
[] Senior Year Course Load: Five APs and research class
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none lol
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Boy Scouts, Marching Band, Drumline, Latin Club, Athlete 2 Athlete, NHS, Latin Honors Society, Academic Team
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): meh
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): I liked it
[] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): I thought my Hopkins essays were pretty good
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, grades, essays
[] Weaknesses: ECs, no major awards
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m a pokemon master[/li][/ul]General Comments:

Congrats to all who got in!

So far: Accepted to UVA, JHU
Rejected at Stanford
Waiting on Duke and Ivies

inycepoo · March 29, 2011, 7:07pm

Decision: Waitlisted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (CR 740, M 800, W 760, Essay 12) one sitting
[] ACT (breakdown): 35 (E 35, M 36, R 34, Sci 35, Essay 10, Eng&Writing 33) one sitting
[] SAT II: Bio M 800, Chem 800, Physics 800, Math II 800, Chinese 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (96.xx out of 100.00)
[] Weighted GPA: 101.67 (out of 100.00)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/837
[] AP (place score in parentheses): Biology (5), BC Calc (5), AB subscore (5), APUSH (5), Eng Lang (5), World (5)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): none
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov’t, AP Macroecon, AP Microecon, AP Eng Lit, AP Chemistry, AP Comp Sci A
[] Number of other RD applicants in your school: I think like 5 or so, but they’re all rank 30 and below with lower objective stats.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul][/li]Science Olympiad medals (9 regionals, 2 states), Rochester University Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award, NYC Metro Math Fair Bronze Medal, USABO semi-finalist, USNCO semi-finalist, 14th ranked fastest Rubik’s Speedcuber in New York State

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Science Olympiad (Engineering & Biology Group Leader), Columbia University Medical Center research internship (helped publish a scientific paper), Rubik’s Cube Club at school (founder & president), Calculus Challenge Team (2nd in country last year), Calculus Tutoring (all tutees got a 5), Jazz Band (lead alto saxophone & president), Webmaster of SciOly and Sci Dept website.
[] Job/Work Experience:
[li] Volunteer/Community service:[/ul][/li]Columbia University internship for one year (Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics professional laboratory work)
Surgical Center (observed and helped with >200 surgeries)
Library
Senior Center

Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays (Include Subjects):[list]
[li] Common App: Rubik’s cube & how it impacted my personality and way I approach and solve problems; original & creative; 10+[/li][] Supplement 1 (Which Major?): Biophysics - I’ve already used it for research and now want to learn its more theoretical concepts; 7
[] Supplement 2 (Extracurricular Activites @ JHU): Continue playing jazz (alto sax), try out Quidditch, start Rubik’s cube club; 7
[] Other:[/ul]
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: 5 pages. SHE LOVES ME. from AP Bio teacher <3. basically tells almost everything about me through my activities (likes and dislikes, sense of humor, maturity (O_O), etc.) 10+
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: 1 page. AP World teacher, like a mom to me. Rec is pretty run-of-the-mill, though. 7?
[] Counselor Rec: Saw afterwards, sort of a laundry list. 5
[] Additional Rec: Wrote it myself and got AP English teacher to sign it. Attests to outstanding writing talent and insight to reading literature (mostly true). 9
[] Interview: The guy emailed me but we had too many scheduling conflicts so I didn’t get one. Maybe that showed a lack of interest?
[] Art Supplement:[/list]
NO. there are more than enough people out there more talented than I am at violin, piano, and alto sax, combined. I am in jazz band though :)

Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: 3-4 days before deadline? O_O
[] State (if domestic applicant): NY (NEW YORK CITY HOLLAHHH!)
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: LARGE PUBLIC (4000+ students)
[] Ethnicity: Asian (■■■)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: not important here.
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/ul]
Rubik’s cube - 15 second solves; sent a video of a 13.76-sec solve on a CD with my counselor’s rec and transcript and such. Hope they had fun with it Great essay writing (?) I’ve been told I have a way with words, apparently HAHAHAS.

Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: grades (spanish aside), rank, SAT IIs (I BEASTED ALL OF THEM YO!), Rubik’s cube! >:) MUAHAHAHA
[] Weaknesses: Asian, public school isn’t magnet or specialized (quite the opposite actually…), but doesn’t downright suck, either. It’s pretty moderate in terms of grades and smartness of people in general.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Essays weren’t the best I’ve written, since I left JHU towards the end to spend more time on my Princeton & other Ivy ones. There’s already one ED admit from my school (with significantly lower stats than me, which is interesting…), so that didn’t help either. Lack of interest? The interview request came really late so I didn’t bother to go out of my way and schedule it with my interviewer. He stopped replying too hahas :p.
[] What would you have done differently?:[/ul]
not much, really. maybe I should’ve paid more attention in my Spanish classes so my grades wouldn’t have been too terrible there HAHAHAS. might’ve gotten valedictorian too LOL :p

Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations, etc:
Eh. I’m not too destroyed. Thank god for Yale EA or I’d be crapping in my pants right now :

TheNextBuffon93 · March 29, 2011, 7:09pm

ACCEPTED
Private high school, sends about 10 to “top 20” schools every year
5.53 weighted (5 for A-, 5.33 for A, 5.67 for A+)
3.98 UW
Top 5%/253
Latino/White male
Income bracket: 50-75k

SAT II: 800 Math II, 770 BioM, 730 US History, 720 World History
AP: 5 Bio, 5 World History, 5 AB Calc, 4 American History (Spanish, Physics B, Statistics, Chemistry this year)

SAT I: Superscore 710 R 770 M 790 W = 1480 / 2270

-3 yr National Honor Society (10, 11, 12) - organized blood drives, “Relay for Life”
-3 yr Spanish Honor Society (10, 11, 12)
-4 yr Pre-Med Society: Club that holds fundraisers for local hospital and a special curriculum including Medical Terminology, Sports Medicine, Anatomy and Physiology, Pathology, Forensics, Organic Chem., etc. (9, 10, 11, 12)
-2 yr National Science Honor Society (11, 12): w/ school-wide science tutoring program
-2 yr Science Bowl Competition team (11, 12); 2nd at regional competition
-~350 hrs volunteering at local hospital, local museum, summer camp at school, and as an umpire in the local Little League
-Soccer (9, 10, 11, 12); co-captain in sophomore and junior yr, 07-08 STATE CHAMPIONS
-Baseball (9, 10) - 2008 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
-Varsity Tennis (11)
-Play piano, trombone, guitar (9yrs, 2 yrs, 4 yrs respectively)

-“Certificate of Academic Excellence” (given to one student in each class) in Honors Human Geography (9), Honors Medical Terminology (9), Spanish II (9), Honors Sports Medicine (9), AP Biology (10), English II (10), Honors Spanish III (10), Chemistry Honors/Pre-AP (11), English III Honors (11), Spanish IV Honors (11), Pathology Honors (11), AP American History (11)
-National Merit Semifinalist / National Hispanic Scholar
-Duke Univeristy Talent Identification Program State Recognition
-100%ile (1st in nation)on level 4 National Spanish Exam (11)
-4 consecutive National Federation of Music Clubs “Superior” Piano solos

Essay - Common App main about how having an asthma attack on the soccer field made me want to go into medicine. Counselor said “fantastic”
Recs - Haven’t read but counselor says one is spectacular while the other is sufficient

Additional Information
-MIT Splash 2007, 2008
-Attended full autopsy at local medical examiners office
-Senior Medical Internships

asdf098 · March 29, 2011, 7:11pm

Decision: Accepted BME

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I superscore (breakdown): 2350 (M 770, R 780, W 800/12)
[] SAT II: Math II 800, Physics 800, Chemistry 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 100): ~96 (senior year)
[] Weighted GPA: not calculated
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): not ranked
[] AP (place score in parentheses): English Lang (5), Microeconomics (5), Physics (TBD), Chemistry (TBD), French (TBD), Biology (TBD), Calc BC (TBD)
[] IB (place score in parentheses): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Phys, AP Calc, AP Eng Lit, French, Data Mgmt
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Avogadro Chem Exam (National): 99th %-ile
[] Minor Awards: Top-of-class in French (2 years), German, Chemistry, Physics, Comp. Sci; Science Olympics: 1st place overall regional (2 years), 1st, 2nd, 3rd at various regional events; Physics contest: 6th place in province

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Student Council (Webmaster): 2 years; Mentorship program (at a research lab at University of Toronto): ~50 hrs; Science Olympics team member: 2 years (+ lots of regional awards); Prefect: 2 years; French tutor: 3 years; Summer engineering program @ Univ. of Toronto; Elementary school volunteer: 3+ years; Teaching Assistant for AP Chem class: 120+ hours, etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: Part-time programmer: 2-3 years; Private French tutor: 1 year
[] Volunteer/Community service: Total: ~310 hours[/ul]
Writing/Recs[ul]
[] Essays: Common App essay was one of my better ones; JHU supp was about my biomed eng experiences
[] Teacher Recommendation: One was likely the best I’ve seen, the other was pretty good too.
[] Counselor Rec: Very thorough
[li] Interview?: n/a[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No, unfortunately.
[] Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Canada (ON)
[] School Type: Public (~1700 students)
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian (Russian)
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 100,000-130,000
[li] Hooks (first generation college, etc.): n/a[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Scores, awards, science
[] Weaknesses: Essays could have been polished up a bit, if I hadn’t procrastinated until the last day
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Showed aptitude for sciences; ECs & essays were directed to science interests
[] Other Decisions: Accepted: WL: Rejected: Pending: Accepted @ UC Berkeley, Rejected @ MIT
[li] Enrolling?: [/li]
[/ul]General Comments: I am surprised that I got into BME! Especially as an international applicant. Darn, maybe I should have applied to financial aid… now I probably won’t be able to afford it.

coalminerson · March 29, 2011, 7:12pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT (breakdown): 31 Composite
[] SAT II: 650 U.S. History, 770 World History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1st of 193
[] AP (place score in parentheses): U.S. History (3), European History (3), World History (5)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Most Difficult Possible at my Public School
[] Number of other applicants in your school: 0
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):Questbridge, AP Scholar, Local Awards[/ul]

Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Quizbowl, Leadership Team, Band, etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: Supermarket, 7 months to help pay bills
[li] Volunteer/Community service: Negligible[/ul][/li]
Writing (Write a brief description and Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):[ul]
[] Essays: Great.
[] Common App Main: Great.
[] Teacher Recommendation #1: Spectacular
[] Teacher Recommendation #2: Good
[li] Counselor Rec: Good[/ul][/li]
Other[ul]
[] Date Submitted App: Late December
[] State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
[] School Type: Rural Public
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: <$40,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Poor, Appalachian[/ul][/li]
Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, Grades
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars
[] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Tufts? IDK, just another rejection.
[] Where else have you been accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at Dartmouth!
[*] What would you have done differently?: Nothing. I love Dartmouth![/ul]

VeryGoodCorrege · March 29, 2011, 7:18pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[] ACT: 36
[] SAT II (if submitted): Math II, Bio, Chem, Physics, Latin, Hebrew, US History, World History, French: 800
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): A’s
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/400
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB/Calc BC/Bio/Chem/Physics/English Lit/English Comp/CompSci/APUSH/APWH/Latin (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Classes at my local community college because I finished the majority of the curriculum offered at my school
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): USAMO finalist, Nelson Science Olympiad 1st place, Munich International Math Trials Competition 2nd place, Kennedy National Biomedical Research Project finalist,

[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Juilliard Precollege for Violin and Classical Guitar, Varsity Captain for Tennis and Football, All Eastern Ensemble, Drama Club
[] Job/Work Experience: Violin lessons
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it):
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it):
[] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it):
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Didn’t see
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): Didn’t see
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[] Interview: Fantastic
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Native Eskimo
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): URM
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Overall
[] Weaknesses:
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Good luck and stats I guess[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good luck to everyone else! Most likely won’t attend so waitlisted keep your hopes up!

clx123 · March 29, 2011, 7:29pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 780 M: 800 W: 770
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II (if submitted): MII: 800 Bio: 760 Chem: 750 Phys: 750
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): we don’t do unweighted, weighted~4.6
[] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable):
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 1% (number 2 i think) of ~680 people
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s in Calc BC, Chem, APUSH, Stat, Euro, Bio, Physics B, 3 in French lang lol
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro/Macro Econ, AP Physics C, AP English Lit, AP Gov, AP Compsci, Advanced Calc
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nope
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Founder/pres of odyssey of the mind, pres of math league, scioly, academic team, varsity tennis, the usual
[] Job/Work Experience: physics stuff
[] Volunteer/Community service: hospital for 4 years
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): physics stuff…it was kinda (really) bad
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): shanghai…it wasn’t much better. 
[] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): i just talked about doing research at jhu…to be honest hopkins and cornell were my worst essays
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): idk but i’m sure they were pretty good
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): idk but i know it was glowing…she’s like my bff
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): idk but i assume it’s good?
[] Interview:
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: medium/large public…jhu takes a couple of us each year
[] Ethnicity: Chinese/Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): physics stuff…not much
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: grades/course load for sure
[] Weaknesses: my essay was really bland
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: grades definitely…and my interest in physics[/li][/ul]General Comments:
congrats to everyone who got in! to those who didn’t, there are bigger and better things out there.

justink · March 29, 2011, 7:32pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2210: R:690 M:750 W:770
ACT: 34 composite (E:35,M:34,R:33,S:33)
SAT II: 790 US 740 Chem 720 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9825
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3 put of 385
AP (place score in parenthesis): US, Stat, Chem, Geo, all 5’s
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP AB Calc, AP Euro, AP Physics, AP Gov, AP Macro, AP Micro, AP Psych, AP Lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar with honor (haha)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Scholastic Bowl Team (Captain & member of state qualifying team from past year), NHS (President), Year round runner; Varsity level XC, Indoor, outdoor track (Varsity Letters), Board positions in my Jewish Youth group BBYO, Virginia Pilot scholastic team (Regional honor), Frequent Torah reader at my Synagogue
Job/Work Experience: Summer job @ grocery store- 1 year
Volunteer/Community service: Blood drive for NHS, Spent a summer volunteering at local hospital, coach a youth basketball team at my JCC, ran a large scale event that raised $2500+ dollars for Haiti in 2010 with another Jewish youth group PANIM, other smaller things, like P.I.N.K. club, etc
Summer Activities: Volunteering, Job, one summer @ SEP held at UVa
Essays: About being a triplet-very personal and unique I suppose…other ones were AWFUL!
Teacher Recommendation: Waived right, but I’m sure they were good
Counselor Rec: Loved it
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
Other-In a special med program at my school where I took anatomy and physiology at EVMS

State (if domestic applicant): VA (Southern VA)
Country (if international applicant): US
School Type: Public (semi-urban)
Ethnicity: Did not state in app
Gender: M
Income Bracket: about 180K, but I am a TRIPLET and we are all going to college so we applied for FinAid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: GPA, scores, well-roundedness
Weaknesses: Lack of national awards or honors, very
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: To be honest I was a little shocked that I got rejected…but then I looked at the other people in this thread and realized they deserved it much more than me! It was definitely my essays that got me rejected…
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: So far only W&M Monroe scholar…still waiting on Harvard, Brown, Columbia, JH, Tufts, and Williams
General Comments: Oh well JHU was last on my list…but it still stings quite a bit. Congrats to those who got in!

TJDetweiler · March 29, 2011, 7:34pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 800 CR, 770 M, 720 W (2290), second sitting
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 760 Chem, 750 Math II, 790 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86 (our school does out of 100- around 95.5 unweighted)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 US History, 4 Physics, 5 Psychology, 5 Euro, 5 English Lang
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Bio, AP Calc BC, AP Gov, AP Spanish, AP English Lit.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended.

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate (Varsity Team Captain), Academic Team, Mathletes, Science Olympiads, Amnesty International, Law Team (Lawyer)
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours total at local hospital.
Summer Activities: Research at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Science lecture Series at Stony
Essays: I thought they were good…
Teacher Recommendation: Good
Counselor Rec: Awesome
Additional Rec: additional teacher, it was good
Interview: N/A

Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: BME/Biophysics
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: South Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~130k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None.
Reflection
Strengths: SAT, GPA, Recs.
Weaknesses: Asian, Midyear report littered with B’s
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Midyear report is considered very important by JHU.

General Comments:
This does not bode well for ivies tomorrow. I feel terrible lol

al6200 · March 29, 2011, 7:42pm

Nah. JHU has lots of overlap with middle and lower Ivies. Keep your hopes up.

RATA11 · March 29, 2011, 7:51pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): one sitting 770 CR, 790 M, 760 W 10E
[] ACT: none
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 750 US History
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): A’s
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/309
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), US History (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: Leadership Seminar, AP Economics, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Physics C
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Winner, Rensselaer Medalist, National French Contest Silver, many regional/national level tennis awards
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): National Honor Society, Service Board, Model Congress, Tennis (varsity captain), Ice hockey (varsity)
[] Job/Work Experience: Math tutor up to Calculus
[] Volunteer/Community service: Spent summer of '09 in South Africa and Lesotho on a service trip, community service and volunteer work at inner city tennis facility, ~300 hours
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it):
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): tied together African experience and tennis well
[] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): overcame fear of ice
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): waived
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): waived
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it):
[] Interview: none
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: top public ~1250 students
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: M
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none really
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Athletics, decent test scores, GPA, rank
[] Weaknesses: not many AP and SAT II tests
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: solid student with outstanding athletics, not typical Asian pure academic focus[/li][/ul]General Comments: deferred at Yale EA but have always loved Hopkins. good luck with the decision process

Somnambulant · March 29, 2011, 7:56pm

Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2370, 770 writing
[] ACT:
[] SAT II: Math II = 800, Italian = 790, Chem = 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 (all of my B’s are from freshman year. Strong upward trend)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Low
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Calculus 6, Chemistry 4
[] Senior Year Course Load: Full IB: Math HL, English HL, History HL, Spanish HL, Envi Sci SL, and a college physics class
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Interesting and important. State-ranked athlete (non-recruited) was probably my biggest hook. Lots of service and some quirky activities
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service: Board of directors for a local nonprofit
[] Summer Activities: All of the above stuff, plus Spanish class at local CC
[] Essays: Common App essay was great, Johns Hopkins supplement essays were decent
[] Teacher Recommendation: Amazing. They love me.
[] Counselor Rec: He’s my BFF
[] Interview?: None

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[] Intended Major: Applied for BME, will probably major in Biomaterials though
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: XY
[] Income Bracket: Very low
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Geographical diversity[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: SAT I scores
[] Weaknesses: dunno
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[] Other Decisions: Accepted: Case Western, my state school (honors college)
WL: WashU
Rejected: Stanford
Pending: Cornell, Princeton
[li] Enrolling?: Maybe[/li]
[/ul]General Comments: WOO YEAH BABY SO STOKE

HomeschoolMD · March 29, 2011, 8:05pm

Decision: Rejected

Objective:

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown):800/800/750 (one time only)

ACT:NA
SAT II: math 2 (790) physics (760) lit (700)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86, but this GPA mostly from local university classes
Weighted GPA:none
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):homeschool
AP (place score in parentheses):chem(5) bio(5) physC(4) US His(4-in 8th grade) calc ab(5) calc bc(5) us govt(5) comp gov(5) EngLang(5) EngLit (5)
IB (place score in parentheses):
Senior Year Course Load:Organic chemistry level 350/351 (A) at local university, AP statistics, AP mandarin, Global History, Ethics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Winner/State in oratory Senior Senator to Boys’ Nation, National Merit Scholar, Dept. of Ed Presidential scholar semi, Study of Exceptional Talent(SET) member
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):National level debate competition, intense orchestra, drama, and voice

Job/Work Experience:math tutor at local community college
Volunteer/Community service:VBS, homeless shelter
Summer Activities:worked as research assistant medical school
</code></pre>

Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):

<pre><code>* Essays (Include Subjects):
o Common App Main: 8 or9
o EC Short Answer:hard to say
o Other(s):

Teacher Recommendations:excellent
Counselor Rec:excellent
Additional Rec:
Interview:They did not even call to interview!!!
Art Supplement:
</code></pre>

Other

<pre><code>* Date Submitted App:early

State (if domestic applicant):MD
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:homeschool
Ethnicity:mixed
Gender:male
Income Bracket:high, too high for any aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): both parents attended and met at JHU
</code></pre>

General Comments:Still in shock…

specialisrevelio · March 29, 2011, 8:05pm

Decision: Accepted to BME

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2220: 800 Math, 720 Writing, 700 CR (One sitting)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II (if submitted): 640-Chem (yeah…), 730-US History, 800-Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): Mostly As, one or two Bs
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 11/555ish
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), Euro (5), Language (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem Independent Study, College Composition and Spanish through the U of M, AP Lit, AP Physics B, AP Calc BC, AP Psych, Wind Ensemble
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Marching Band (10-12, section leader), Band, Piano Lessons, Tae Kwon Do Black Belt, Eagle Scout, Debate (National Qualifier)
[] Job/Work Experience: Teach Tae Kwon Do ~3 hours a week since freshman year
[] Volunteer/Community service: At least 20 hours per semester… Nothing too regular though.
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): Pretty good, not phenomenal. Wrote about Tae Kwon Do
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Marching Band, again pretty good. Then again, I tend to underestimate my writing, so who knows.
[] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): I don’t remember specifically.
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): Stunning, in my opinion.
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): did not see.
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): Good, haven’t known the teacher for incredibly long but he did a great job with what he knows and what I gave him
[] Interview: None.
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Minnesota!
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None? I am pretty typical
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA and Curriculum definitely!
[] Weaknesses: Chem score, my essays could have been better.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m just happy I was… I can’t get in the head of an admissions officer![/li][/ul]General Comments: Deciding between Northwestern and here now! Hmm!

davidi · March 29, 2011, 8:11pm

Decision: Accepted BME

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (800R 740M 680W)
[] ACT: 35 (36R 36S 34M 34E 10W)
[] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 780 Chem
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Grades in AP/IB/honors classes (if applicable): All A’s, w/ a B+ in APUSH first semester
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~30/416
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem, Calc AB, World - 5’s,
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP US Gov, APUSH, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP English Language, English 11 Honors, Aerospace Science, tenth grade PE
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a
[/ul]Subjective:

[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership and number of years participated in a certain activity in parenthesis): Tutoring, tennis, golf, research, honors societies
[] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[] Volunteer/Community service: tutoring (50 hours)
[] EC short answer (subject and personal opinions on it): Talked about golf, thought it was really good, brought out different side from academics
[] General Essay (subject and personal opinions on it): Talked about graduating early, very unique
[] Second Essay (subject - and personal opinions on it): Don’t really remember, but it was pretty good
[] Teacher Recommendation (only if you saw it): not seen
[] Counselor Rec (only if you saw it): not seen
[] Additional Rec (only if you saw it): From head of lab from research, not seen
[] Interview: Went really well, with someone in BME, which I think helped.
[/ul]Other

[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: public
[] Ethnicity: white
[] Gender: male
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Research
[/ul]Reflection

[ul]
[] Strengths: Research, grades/test scores/coursework
[] Weaknesses: Graduating early = less AP’s, lower rank/gpa
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: research, good essays, and interview[/li][/ul]General Comments:
Really excited, but now I know I will have a hard choice to make!

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