kidchicago

I will make this brief.

full IB diploma candidate

GPA: 3.44 uw (due to bad frosh year; straight A's junior and 1st sem sen year)
Rank: School does not rank. very competitive

SAT: 2270 (M: 700, CR: 770, W:800)
SATII: MathII: 790, USH:780, Bio:750

AP: CalAB: 5, Bio: 5, Euro:5, US: 4, Chem:4. IB Philosophy: 6, Math SL: 6

EC: President of 2 clubs, involved in some other ones. Captain of Varsity Tennis team. Academic Decathlon. (lots of medals, awards)

Recs: One should be good, other should be okay
Essays: Expected to be really good.

schismmanifesto

GPA=bad, chances look bad even with great SAT score

kutibah

Johns Hopkins only takes into account Sophomore and Senior year for GPA calculation...

jovenes132

I don't know where you heard the Sophomore and Senior year only thing...why would they skip Junior year? Arguably the most important year of all?

And that "recalculated GPA" is only for the rankings. Johns Hopkins looks at all years.

kutibah

Oops. I meant Sophomore and Junior year...didn't realize what I typed haha.

And yes, they look at all years, but only use Sophomore and Junior to calculate GPA.

flybyzephyr

where did you see that kutibah? that'd make me happy

kutibah

http://z14.invisionfree.com/Hopkins_...post&p=9253089

flybyzephyr

awesome makes me a little more confident in my ED app.

thanks, kutibah!