Should i apply JHU?

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<p>I'm an incoming senior in my high school of 3000 students. I rank top 25% of my class of 800 students and I am a resident of California. I immigrated to the US 6 years ago, and is currently a permanent resident. JHU is my first choice college, so im going to apply Early Decision. </p>

<p>GPA: 3.5(sophomore+junior year only)
SAT: 1830
ACT: 30</p>

<p>SAT II
Bio E: 690
World History: 680
Chem: 700</p>

<p>AP Classes:
Biology 4
Chemistry 4
English Lang 5
World History 3
US History 4
Statistics 4</p>

<p>Honor classes:
Geometry 1/2 H
English 1/2H
English 3/4H
Biology 1/2H</p>

<p>Classes i'm going to take next year:
Calculus AB AP
English AP
Psychology AP
Photography 1/2
US Gov.</p>

<p>Rec. Letters:
2 from my English teachers,
1 from my BioMed teacher
1 from my mentor/professor at the lab in interning in. </p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
Volunteering at local hospital (100 hours)
San Gabriel Valley Youth Council Member
BioMed Research Program
Summer Youth Internship Program
Student Intern at a Breast Cancer Research facility</p>

<p>Also my mentor and i co-authored a research paper in the journal Cancer Research, which is funded by the American Association of Cancer Research. I don't know if it helps my chances or not, but im just throwing it out there.</p>

<p>My family is 300% below Poverty Line, but i am going to join NROTC to pay my way through college. </p>

<p>Thanks in advance</p>

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<p>What do you want to study? </p>

<p>ED will give you an advantage, but your GPA and scores are pretty low. You might want to retake the ACT and aim for a 32+</p>

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<p>Total reach; but going ED will help you and great essays can make a huge difference.
Has JHU been good to your school in the past? Has anyone with your stats got in before?</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>I want to get into either premed or biomed engineering. Thanks for your responses</p>

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<p>Biomedical engineering is one of the most competitive majors at Johns Hopkins and it is a crapshoot for all applicants. Right after that, the pre med majors (i.e. Nat/phys sci majors and Public Health) and the Social science majors. Your numbers, unfortunately, don’t match up to their rigor (though your ACT should help a lot, like the others said, I would retake and shoot for 32+) but your emphasis on research should go a long way because Hopkins is a research university and emphasizes intellectual curiosity above all else.</p>

<p>Best of luck though :)</p>