College Confidential - Johns Hopkins 2013

Hopkins ED :Low GPA&SAT Plz... What are my chances? i got 3 more days..

OscarLee-307600 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:32:53 GMT

Hopkins ED for BME/BE/Engineering
high school senior
Korean without citizenship or greencard of US

Math 790 Reading 570 Writing 580 Total 1940 October test<---Main problem

Toefl R 28 W 22 L 29 S 20 Total 99 October test

SAT II BIO 700 Physics 780 Math IIC 790 Korean 780

GPA : 3.2 UW;;; 3.8 W<---Main problem 2 Cs on Junior 2nd semester but made As over summer in University and scored top score in classes by the end

Current course ***********************

AP Psychology
AP STAT
Magnet program- E.Engineering
CL -Differential Equation
Decathlon
English IV
CL -Organic Chem

Community Service***********************
96hours in Russia camp for building houses
10-12 grade -nursng center 40 hours
other little things combined 150+ hours

AP Courses:***********************

5 on---AP Physics C E&M(2009)/ AP Physics C Mechanics(2009)/ AP Chemistry AP(2009)/ AP Calculus AB(2008)/ AP Calculus BC(2009)/ AP Calculus AB Sub score(2009)

4 on---AP Micro Economy(2009)/ AP Macro Economy(2009)/ AP Biology AP(2009)

ExC***********************
(Sophomore-Senior) Amnesty/SAGE Team/Recycling club--Director/CEO/President
(Sophomore-Junior) Association of Student Body---Vice president/ President
(Sophomore-Senior) School Swim team---Captain
(Sophomore-Junior) Committee of the Police Department of Violence Prevention---Executor
(Sophomore) High School---TV quiz show team organizer
(Sophomore-Junior) Key club---member/Vice President
(Sophomore-Junior) National Honors Society---Member
(Sophomore-Junior) Math Team---President
(Sophomore-Junior) Academy Academic Decathlon

Awards***********************
(Senior) College board---National AP Scholar
(Sophomore-Senior) SAGE---State Award 3rd place.
(Sophomore-Junior) Red Cross---Life Guard license
(Sophomore-Junior) Association of Student Body--- Distinguished service award
(Sophomore) City Mayor--- Exemplary student award
(Sophomore) City Office of Education---Commendation
(Junior) Korea Society of civil Volunteer---Outstanding volunteer
(Junior) school---Director�s Award (comprehensive award given to students who excel in Academics and leadership Received scholarship)
(Junior-Senior) National Honors Society---Member
(Sophomore-Senior) School---Honor Roll/High Honor Roll
(Junior) Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education---Certification of Merit (outstanding achievement in the evaluation of national high school association test)
(Junior-Senior) Mensa �membership
(Junior) Korea Society of Civil Volunteer---Commendation
(Sophomore-Senior) Association of Student Body---Distinguished service award
(Sophomore-Senior) Key club---Best member of month
(Sophomore) AMC---AMC school winner
(Sophomore-Junior) Swim meets
-A*** Aquatics Association 1st place/1st place/2nd place/3rd place
-O**** 1st place/ 3rd place
-S High invitational 2008 3rd/ 8th place
(Sophomore) 2nd Korea-China Youth Cultural Experience and Exchange---Student ambassador
(Sophomore-Junior) Joint ASB leadership camp- (camp with ASBs from the City)---Exemplary leader award
(Sophomore) Korea state newspaper---Distinguished leader award
(Sophomore) Gukkiwon (World taekwondo Association)---Taekwondo Black grade level I
(Junior) Gukkiwon (World taekwondo Association)---Taekwondo Black grade level II
(Sophomore-Senior)Academic Decathlon team----4th/1st place in Economy 4th place in Math
(Sophomore) High School ---Creativity and Originality Achievement Award
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im so massed.. low GPA and low SAT.. low toefl score...

however Hopkins is the only and only school i want to go and it was my reason for comming U.S. after giving up med school in Korea. im working on my Essays very hard but.... I think its gonna be tough!

OMG...how do you think???????????????? thank you.

Can I get in from TX? Thanks!!!

Topgun2010-301046 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:14:31 GMT

Asian Male: 1st-8th grade at Yale Campus, CT. 8th grade moved to Houston, TX.

Date of Expected Graduation: 05.2010

1. Very competitive senior high school (Top 100 USNEWS), GPA is 4.5 (out of 5.0), top 11% out of 720 students- upward trend GPA since 11th grade.

2. Had taken 7 APs (all 4s) by the end of junior year (got AP Scholar with Distinction) and take 6 APs senior year (for sure to get National AP Scholar after senior year).

3. SAT score 2130; SATII: Biology 730, U.S History 740.

Will retake SAT and SATII in November and December to get better score.

4. 250+ community service hours- library, hospital, debate judge and TA.

5. Regional Finalists of 2009-2010 Siemens Competition (got result today!)

6. Got research internship (paid) and published first author review paper with PI.

7. Qualifier for regional level science fair-1st place for west regional.

8. Qualifier for National level debate once (NCFL) - Public Forum.

9. Qualifier for state level debate twice (TFA) - Policy Debate.

10. Qualifier for regional level debate twice (UIL) – Informative.

11. Vice-president (12th grad) of Academic Decathlon.

12. Secretary of debate team (12th grade)-debate team ranked #1 in Nation out of 2,700 high schools by the NFL.

13. Secretary (11th grade) and treasurer (12th grade) of Model UN.

14. TA for Algebra II Math.

15. I was in the all state band- top 10 chairs of flute (CT) and the

band had our own CD (8th grade. I took private lesson for 6 years).

Please tell me what my chances are

luquizzlah-198824 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:57:18 GMT

The first two years of high school, I slacked off more than any top ten percent kid at my school did. I even failed a class sophomore year (media arts) on absences. I have next to no extracurricular activities. I placed much more emphasis on spending time with my friends than on my academic work, and as a result, my college application is going to look rather pitiful compared to those of my peers. I've been thinking lately, and even though my friends are always telling me I'm a genius, I'm really not. My friends are the kids in high school who dress like preps, smoke weed and drink on the weekends, and put absolutely no effort into school. I'm Asian and I'm 17 years old. I live in Columbia, South Carolina, and my brother was the first person in my family to graduate college. It wasn't until junior year that I started trying in my schoolwork, after realizing that my father, who puts over 15 hours a day into his dry cleaning business just so we can live comfortably, finds his joy in me and my siblings, and that it would be a horrible slap in his face to make nothing of my life. To be honest, my application is going to look so pitiful in comparison to others, I feel embarrassed even applying to these schools and even asking this question online, even though I will never meet any of you. So... here are my numbers. I don't want a "Oh, you'll get accepted anywhere!" because that's what I hear from my friends everyday, and its ********. Please, just honestly tell me if I have even the slightest chance of being accepted into any of these schools. Seriously, if I have no chance at all, please tell me, I can cross it off my list and pick another school.
Johns Hopkins University
Columbia University
University of Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
Northwestern University
Boston University

- Unweighted GPA: 3.58
- SAT Score: Math - 800; Critical Reading - 740; Writing - 680 (Combined - 2220)
- SAT Subject Tests: None so far, but I'm planning on taking Math II, Chemistry, and maybe Biology (M) in November
- ACT Composite Score: 35
- Intended Major: Either biomedical engineering or molecular biology
- Class Rank: 28 out of 384 (top 10%)
- AP Scores: World History - 3, Human Geography - 5, Biology - 5
- Senior Courses: AP Physics, AP Chemistry, AP Microeconomics, AP English Literature, CP US Government, AP US History
- Extracurricular Activities:
TSA (joined about 2 months ago)
Outdoor Adventure Club (joined about 2 months ago)
I play piano (about 13 years now)
I play guitar (about 4 years now)
I play bass for my church youth group (about a year and a half now)
I help out at my father's dry cleaning business whenever he needs me
I took a Calculus course at Northwestern University last summer and received a 96
I am a National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist

Unfortunately, that's it. Reading back over it and reading the "!!chance me!! ^___^" posts by other Asian kids that have 3.98 GPAs and overflowing lists of hundreds of extracurricular activities and their invaluable contributions to the community really depresses the **** out of me. My safety school that I'm applying to is Clemson, which is in South Carolina. It's a pretty good school, and I'm pretty sure I'll get accepted, so if all else fails, it'll all work out in the end. Thanks for replying if anyone takes the time to read any of this. I really appreciate it.