What are my chances?

Colleges & Universities A-Z Johns Hopkins University
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<p>I wanna go in for a biology course.</p>

<p>User Name: swan_in12
College Class Year: 2012
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted:
GPA - Weighted: 3.33/4(as far as i can calculate)
Class Rank: top 5 students
Class Size: 60
Marks-Phy-75,eng-73,chem-90,bio-90,biotech-95
Scores:</p>

<p>Toefl-116 out of 120.
SAT I Math: 640
SAT I Critical Reading: 700
SAT I Writing: 720
SAT II Biology - M: 750
SAT II Physics: 700
SAT II Chemistry: 700</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Editor in chief and founder of the SKV Gazette(monthly periodical).
Editor of Surabhi(Annual Magazine)
Editor of the School souvenir magazine
Designed and managed the school website.
Played the flute and piano in the school orchestra for 5 years.
Formed the school rock band Arcane and played lead guitar in it for 5 years.
Won at inter school rock band competitions.
Leadership positions: House captain in 11th grade.
School head in 12th grade.
Head of animal lovers club.
Head of astronomy club.</p>

<p>Athletic Status - list sport and your level: Winner of Inter schools and intra school chess competitions.
Swimming-inter school level.
Volunteer/Service Work: International student exchange to the Woodbridge School,Uk in 2006.
Regional round-square conferences in 2003(Theme-Disability and inclusive education) and 2004(Theme-Rural and Urban Life-The big divide)
Honors and Awards: Highest marks in English 6,7,8,9 and 11 grade.
Highest marks in Comp science in 7th grade.</p>

<p>Member of the green brigade.Did 100 hours of community service every year.
Volunteered at an NGO in India.
Member of PETA.
Did money collection for Help-age India.Highest collector..:P.
Facilitated the adoption of stray dogs along with the Animal Lovers club.
Learned classical Indian Dance for 4 years.
have been playing the flute for 3 years.</p>

<p>Have done 4 years of lab work.Plus some really intricate stuff in my advanced biotechnology class such as restriction digestions of ecoli ,production of recombinant dna,recombinant selection,manipulation of protoplasts,plant tissue culture.</p>

<p>haha..and should i mention my skills at embroidery?lol..</p>

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<p>If your referring to a major in biology (instead of course), I think you have a decent chance. In my opinion however, your GPA is pretty low (I would expect a 3.33 to be someone’s unweighted GPA). Also you make no mention of any AP courses you may have taken. Not taking AP courses when your school offers them is pretty bad. Other than that, your SAT scores are OK, but not spectacular. You’d need to have some pretty strong recs and essays to be really sure of admission.</p>

<p>Lastly, these might not affect your admissions chances but are my suggestions:</p>

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<li><p>The “intricate stuff” that you did in your biotech class is actually pretty basic. Basically any intern is supposed to master them by the 2nd week (NIH interns any1?). So I wouldn’t say that they were really advanced techniques because it makes you look a little bad in front of people doing the advanced work. Nevertheless, knowing them is a bonus, just don’t say that they were really complicated.</p></li>
<li><p>If you are applying to Hopkins this year, I believe that it will be the class of 2013 not 2012</p></li>
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<p>EDIT: Please do NOT consider chess to be an athletic event.</p>

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<p>thanks for ur feed back…
er ap classes…well im an indian student…we dont have ap classes…an i just guessed the gpa…cuz i dont really know how to calculate it and its different everywhere…:(…
but yea thanks anyway…:)</p>

<p>i meant…
“Have done 4 years of lab work.Plus some really intricate stuff in my advanced biotechnology class plus stuff such as restriction digestions of ecoli ,production of recombinant dna,recombinant selection,manipulation of protoplasts,plant tissue culture.”</p>

<p>cuz this was the normal curriculam…i did additional research with my teacher.</p>