<p>Hi, I'm currently a rising Junior at one of the best prep schools in the nation(ranked in the top5).
I just finished Sophomore year with a 3.4 GPA(uw),a 2320 SAT, 770SAT math, 730 SAT chem, and school 1st place in the AMC.
I'm also a Freshman and Sophomore year Varsity Basketball, Football and Lacrosse team member.(And I'm going to continue).
I want to try on getting the basketball coach to watch my games next year, because I would love to play D3 Basketball at Hopkins.
I'm applying ED in year 2012.
Do you guys have any suggestions on what I should really work on/add so that my chances of getting accepted are high?
Oh yeah and I'm planning on majoring in business/marketing.</p>
<p>Looks to me like GPA is probably the biggest thing holding you back. Just out of curiosity, why are you so inclined to attend Hopkins if you’re going into business?</p>
<p>I do know that JHU isnt the best place to go if I’m looking to go to a great grad school for business, but it’s the school itself I like. I’ve been on the amazing campus, I like the name, it sounds prestigious when people say they go there, etc. I also have a couple friends who go there and they say that the community is awesome, the academics arent as vigorous as the prep school’s etc.</p>
<p>work on that GPA ( u want 3.8+). Admissions might give u a little leeway because of that above average SAT but 3.7+ at the minimum</p>
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<p>Just a head’s up: JHU doesn’t have a business major or a marketing major, just a few classes. With the exception of Penn, I don’t think that any schools ranked in the top 15 have business as an undergraduate major. There’s something of a snobbish disdain for practical business education. It’s usually considered to be a fluffy major and business’s rarely restrict business analyst positions to business majors. </p>
<p>Nonetheless, the ease of finding a business job is somewhat correlated to the quality of a school’s graduate business program and JHU’s program is only a few years old. A lot of people do get good jobs and there’s a decent alumni network, but do your research before you commit to JHU ED. </p>
<p>If you like business subjects, you might want to consider studying Applied Math or Econ at Hopkins. </p>
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<p>Really? Hmmmm… JHU is pretty hardcore academically, especially BME.</p>