<p>So this kid comes up to me and asks me:
"I am a rising Senior in a very competitive public school in NJ and i'm interested in JHU. I wanted to know how I stand and what my chances are next year
here we go</p>
<p>Stats:
93 % GPA (3.8 in my hs) - senior year will bring it up
2150 SAT (780 M, 660 CR, 710 W) - retake in october hopefully 2250+
SAT II- 800 Math II, 800 USH, 790 Bio M, 780 Chem - plan to take english lit
AP= all 5's - Chem(10), Bio (11), USH (11), Stat (11)</p>
<p>Senior Year courses
AP Physics - A-
AP Calculus BC - A
AP Economics - A+
AP Art History - A+
English Honors - A+
Photography - A+</p>
<p>EC's
Science Olympiad (10 - 12) - won several awards
Science League (10 - 12) - 2nd state for Bio II at one point
Science Bowl (10 - 12) - Captain (6th state)
Science Honors Program @ Columbia - start this september
Research Experience @ Columbia Neurology Dept - Muscle biochemistry
Brystol Myers Squib Pharma course in summer
FIRST Robotics - (9-12) hopefully captain next year
S County Youth Council - (8-12) President
S County Youth Leadership (11-12)
Peer Leadership (12) - seniors help freshman transition to highschool
TREND (11-12) VP
Chorus (9-12)
Varsity Track (both winter and spring 10,11,12) - not good enough to be recr.</p>
<p>what are the chances for OSS???am i okay, or should i kill myself??
suggestions"</p>
<p>i applied rd bme, and I got in, and I had lower scores than u...but I had some internships at colleges and the likes...but I think you'll get in</p>
<p>BME does not equal a pre-med program. They are separate things. BME is an Engineering major. Pre-med is not a major but does exist at Hopkins as an advising track program. (A lot of applicants get confused by this and think because the term "medical" is part of the name of the BME program than that must be our pre-med program.)</p>
<p>Ditto to what AdmissionsDaniel said - make sure you want to be an engineer before you apply BME. BME is not a special premed program.. in fact, only a third of BME's actually go to medical school. From your info above, it looks like you do have an interest in math and science, so BME may be the right field for you, but just be aware that it's not a pre-med program</p>
<p>Students applying to the BME program go through two different application processes, as opposed to just the normal application process. If you apply BMM at Hopkins, you get accepted to both the school and the BME program, you can just get accepted to the school but not BME, you get cen waitlisted, or denied. For ED, if you apply to the BME program and you get accepted to Hopkins but not the BME program, then the ED contract is voided and you are not tied down to going to Hopkins. </p>
<p>So to answer you question: Yes, BME is more difficult than non-BME, but if you want BME you need to state that on your application because it is very difficult to change majors to BME b/c there are only a limited number of spots open.</p>