Would I be able to go to Johns Hopkins, MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Duke, or UPenn?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey</p>

<p>So I wanted to know my chances on these schools: Johns Hopkins, MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Duke, and UPenn for bio-medical engineering?</p>

<p>My weighted GPA is: 4.84 (0.01 away from the max GPA available in my school)
My unweighted GPA is: 3.99 (0.01 away from the max GPA available in my school)</p>

<p>My ACT Score: 34
My SAT Score: 2270</p>

<p>Throughout high school, I got straight A's in 10th, 11th, and 12th grade. In 9th grade, i got a B in Computer Science, a B in history, and a A- in English.</p>

<p>The clubs and sports I do are:</p>

<p>• Math Team (went to conference 10th, 11th, 12th)
• BPA (president of club)
• Scholastic Bowl (president of club)
• iStem, Robotics (president of club)
• Model UN (went to state)
• Tennis (on varsity)</p>

<p>I devote, on average, 13 hours a week for these clubs.</p>

<p>The AP Tests I have taken (and I plan to take) are: </p>

<p>• AP Computer Science
• AP World History
• AP European History
• AP Biology
• AP English 3
• AP Calculus BC
• AP US History
• AP Chemistry
• AP Spanish
• AP English 4
• AP Physics
• AP Macroeconomics/AP Microeconomics
• AP Statistics</p>

<p>My volunteering hours is not at 250, and I am looking for 350 by the end of high school. </p>

<p>I have the rigorous schedule available at my school except I have regular Spanish because my school does not give an honors Spanish class. I basically take an honors or AP class whenever I have the chance.</p>

<p>I want to major in Biomedical Engineering (then move on to medical school), and if the school I go to offers minors, I will want to minor in Computer Science.</p>

<p>Please chance me. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Well, test scores, grades and courses look very good, you should be proud of that. ECs are a little weak, I don’t know what BPA is, other than a chemical on plastic bottles. By weak, I mean generic. You are about as good as it gets for thinking inside the box. </p>

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<p>You have good chances, but a 2 B’s and a A- doesn’t add up to 3.99 UW GPA. Anyway, try to stand out and good luck. I’m assuming that you are a senior. </p>

<p>JHU, Duke, Berkeley: low match
Everything else is a low-mid reach.
Your SAT is decent</p>

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<p>Disagree, JHU biomed is mid reach. Slightly lower than MIT For biomed engineering.</p>

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<p>Good grades, decent test scores. I feel like the extracurriculars is a little light… relative to your competition.</p>

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<p>MIT: reach
Stanford: reach
JHU: high match
Duke: high match
Berkeley: match
U Penn: match</p>

<p>Chance back?
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<p>@tarkman
As far as I know, your prospective major does not at all influence your acceptance or rejection (definitely at MIT) since it is tentative and most undergraduates are sure of their major by the end of their freshmen year. </p>

<p>@soccerboy99
You have good statistics and you appear to have taken some of the difficult courses offered at your school. The worrying thing is your extracurricular activities - they are good, but likely not enough to gain admission to MIT or Stanford. Majority of the applicants to schools as selective as those have similar statistics as yours, but the ones who are accepted tend to have much better extracurriculars. Nonetheless, I have met people who have been accepted to top-tier universities while having only common extracurricular activities, so you should not dismiss your chances of acceptance at MIT and Stanford. As for the others, such as JHU, Duke and Berkeley, I think you have a good chance of being admitted. Good luck!</p>

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<p>@wannabefeynman
BME must be specifically applied for at JHU and space is limited. It’s possible to be admitted into JHU but not into the BME major. So in this instance your prospective major does influence your decision.
<a href=“http://www.bme.jhu.edu/undergraduate/apply”>http://www.bme.jhu.edu/undergraduate/apply&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@hagzzz
I was talking about MIT. I realize that in certain schools you have to apply to specific department. </p>

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<p>It’s a great move to take both AP Chemistry and AP Biology.</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins: High Match
MIT: High Match
Stanford: High Match
Berkeley: Reach
Duke: High Match
UPenn: Reach</p>

<p>Your test scores - especially the persistence of taking both - looks very good. I think Duke would be the hardest to get into because what I’ve seen recently.</p>

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<p>This is funny and yet,it’s a cruel joke to the OP…the above individual has no clue whatsoever chancing people…please STOP!</p>

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<p>These schools have ridiculously low acceptance rates.</p>

<p>All of these schools should be considered reaches for everyone.</p>

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<p>@soccerboy99
Completely disregard emshadez’s post above as it is completely unrealistic. But it’s nothing to worry that you can’t consider MIT a “high match” because no one can - not even anyone with outstanding statistics and extracurricular activities. As I said, your extracurricular activities are good, but perhaps not enough to gain admission to MIT or Stanford. Majority of the applicants to schools as selective as those have similar statistics as yours, but the ones who are accepted tend to have much better extracurriculars. If you can improve upon those extracurricular activies, your chances will increase significantly. Attempt to engage in research (perhaps programs such as RSI or PRIMES or with a professor), partake in more clubs (given you enjoy them), do volunteering (at a library, tutoring etc), self-study material ahead of your current level etc. Good luck!</p>