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

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2170 (740 Math, 720 Reading, 710 Writing, 10 Essay)
ACT: None
SAT Subject Tests: 770 Math Level II, 730 Italian, 730 Chem
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
Weighted GPA: 4.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not Calculated
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): Higher Level Math, Chemistry, Biology; Standard Level English, Italian and Psychology (Scores to be announced in July)
Senior Year Course Load: 6 IB’s (most possible)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swimming Captain, Varsity Volleyball, Tutoring, National Honors Society, Model United Nations.
Job/Work Experience: General Office Work, IT, Retail and Broadcasting
Volunteer/Community service: >200 hours, Trips to xxx,xxx,xxx; Pro Bono tutoring, teaching etc.
Summer Activities: Service Trips, Summer Jobs
Essays (subjects and personal opinions): Good. Wrote it on one of my trips
Common App Main Essay: I thought it was really strong. Spent a lot of time on it.
EC Essay: Not nearly as strong. Hard to make your point with a tight word count.
Teacher Recommendation 1: Theory of Knowledge teacher, knew me very well and wrote a really strong rec.
Teacher Recommendation 2: IB Chem teacher, my favorite teacher, knew me very, very well.
Rec: Decent. Not too sure how well my counselor knew me.
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None
Other</p>

<p>School Type: Private
Ethnicity: White
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection
Strengths: Pretty strong test scores, really good community service, international applicant, Common App Essay.
Weaknesses: The additional essay let me down I think. Not sure how great all of my rec’s were.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The major issue was that two of my friends from my school were accepted.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Villanova, Boston College, Lehigh
WL: None
Rejected: UPenn, Columbia, Brown and Harvard… Had high hopes haha</p>

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<p>Decision: Waitlisted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (750 Math, 800 Reading, 750 Writing, 9 Essay)
ACT 34
SAT Subject Tests: 800 Math Level II, 720 Chem, 800 US H
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.826/5.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8th /250</p>

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Decision: Accepted

Objective:

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[] SAT I: Didn’t send
[] ACT: 34C
[] SAT II: Math II 780, Biology E 740
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 (W 4.182 - 4.25 Max at school)
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):6/330
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): ESS (6), Math SL (6)
[] Senior Year Course Load: HL 2 English, HL2 History, SL Spanish 5, AP Chem, AP Calc BC, HL2 Art, TOK
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Global Visionaries Travel Scholarship to Berlin (I doubt this is major, but it was a national applicant pool), NSLI-Y Scholarship Semifinalist (Now a finalist - going to China for 6 weeks this summer!) [/ul]
Subjective:

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[] Extracurriculars:Ambassadors (District Representative and Trainer), Global Visionaries-service and travel group (Executive Board Member and Communications Director), NHS-comparitively active in my school (President), Founded tutoring program at nearby K-12 school) Service Club (Service Coordinator), Investment Club (Founder and President), bunch of other minor stuff
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 years at fast food place
[] Volunteer/Community service: Probably a total of 1200ish hours or more
[] Essays: Commonapp Essay was really good (9-10)
[] Teacher Recommendations:Teacher Rec #1: English teacher (10 - was incredible); Teacher Rec #2: Bio and ESS teacher (8-9)
[] Counselor Rec: I don’t know. Somewhat generic I’m sure, but I know my counselor well (7?)
[] Additional Rec:Chem teacher (8-9) - All the teachers let me read them
[] Interview:Really good, she was very nice and we had a lot in common [/ul]
Other

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[] State (if domestic applicant): Colorado
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope [/ul]
Reflection

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[] Strengths: My general essay and maybe community service
[] Weaknesses: ACT score, it’s not as great as others’. SAT II’s were also comparatively weak. No national awards, Not really recognized ECs
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I honestly don’t know how I got in. I’m in shock
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Duke, NYU, UC Berkeley, BU with Presidential Scholarship and Kilachand Honors College, Northeastern with Deans Scholarship, URochester; Rejected: UChicago, Columbia ED, Stanford, Swarthmore; Waitlisted: Northwestern[/ul]
General Comments:

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Decision: Rejected

Objective:

[ul]
[] SAT I: 2150 (750CR/690M/710W)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: 760 (Math II), 690 (Chemistry)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6-3.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top Quartile (class of 305)
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S. History (5), Language and Composition (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Computer Science, AP Calc BC II, AP Biology, AP European History, AP Lit/C, Honors Spanish 5, Honors Physics I
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): …nothing on a national level, but I had some regional/state Science Olympiad medals, got published in 3 lit mags, and won 3rd place in a state-wide journalism competition[/ul]
Subjective:

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[] Extracurriculars: GSA (president), Stage Crew, Thespians, GLSEN, Amnesty International (vice president), newspaper, Science Olympiad, Young Writers and Poets
[] Job/Work Experience: nada
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at summer camp (40 hrs a week for 3 weeks), a hospital, library, food bank
[] Essays: Common App - nobody read it besides myself, but I would tentatively give it an 8. Supplement - Probably a 9, but I’m only saying that because it’s among the best things I’ve ever written.
[] Teacher Recommendations: Didn’t read. Chem teacher might have liked me. Spanish teacher didn’t even submit until January 20th.
[] Counselor Rec: I think she likes me??
[] Additional Rec: none
[] Interview: didn’t interview. [/ul]
Other

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[] State (if domestic applicant): Pennsylvania
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public school in suburban Pittsburgh, used to be ranked high because of high PSSA scores, but is undergoing a “fall from grace” because of low Keystone scores.
[] Ethnicity: South Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Upper-Middle Class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none [/ul]
Reflection

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[] Strengths: Good supplement, good Common App essay
[] Weaknesses: Everything else
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: do you want to stay for lunch?
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected - UMich (engineering). Waitlisted - Case Western, URoch. Accepted - Carnegie 'effin Mellon, Pitt, Penn State. Still waiting on Tufts. [/ul]
General Comments: Everyone who got in really deserved to get in. And I’m really fortunate to have gotten into at least one of my reaches, so I’m not worked up about not getting into another one.

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**Decision: Accepted to BME!?!

Objective:

  SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (720 CR, 680 M, 680 W) 
  ACT (breakdown): N/A
  SAT II: 760 Bio (I cried so many tears of joy), 650 Math II (this was a struggle) 
  Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
  Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/421
  AP (place score in parentheses): World History (3), Calc AB (4), Biology (5)
  IB (place score in parentheses): N/A
  Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, Advanced Choir, Master Tutor/Aide for AP Biology, AP English Lit,          Innovation Class, AP Psychology, AP Physics, College Sociology 
  Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Carson Scholar Candidate, an award for women with achievements in math and science

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): Math Honor Society (VP), National Honor Society, Foreign Language Club, Book Club, Fellowship of Christian Students, Rec Basketball.
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: About 100+ hours volunteering at the local hospital, regular church volunteering events, Counselor for a summer program for students interested in biomedical sciences
Summer Activities: 2 summer programs on Biomedical Sciences at local universities
Essays: Supplement focused on balance home and school life, the school specific one focused on why I wanted to be in their engineering program and the aspects of the school’s social scene that I thought I could be a part of.
Teacher Recommendation: AP Bio Teacher; probably a 10/10 because she really liked me as a student and I help her with her classes now. AP Calc Teacher; 7/10 she was extremely kind but she didn’t really know me well.
Counselor Rec: 9/10 really nice counselor that cared
Additional Rec: none
Interview: I knew I forgot something…
Supplementary Material: none

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: YES that tuition won’t pay itself!
State (if domestic applicant): rather not say
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: About 1600 students, sends about 5-10 kids to very competitive schools
Ethnicity: who cares tho
Gender: Female
Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): Average middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: God must really like me? My essays were really involved, I tried to give them a look into my life and how I could transition into their school. I have a rigorous course load and I’m in a program that focuses on the medical field.
Weaknesses: My test scores (you people are amazing), lots of EC but few leadership positions?
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Jesus descended from heaven and allowed me to be admitted. I’m pretty sure that’s what happened.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to 2 state universities, waiting on the Ivy Leagues now!

**General Comments: **
I did not think I would get in. I planned to frame my rejection letter and use it to motivate me in some way. But JHU said yes and now my decision is getting a lot more complicated. Love the school but the money is an issue. Congratulations to those who are accepted! To waitlisted or deferred-- the best of luck, you will be great wherever you go!

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@reecie569‌ @ghostalgic‌ @hopeamity‌ guys, this is the thread for the class of 2015. you’re the class of 2019 :smiley: all the other posts are from 2011…
here’s the correct thread: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/18293651