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03-28-2008, 06:22 PM
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#31 | | New Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Threads: 0
Posts: 4
| ACCEPTEEEDD! - International Studies Program.
OMG. SOO excited. Good Luck everyone!!! | 
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03-28-2008, 06:22 PM
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#32 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Threads: 9
Posts: 278
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Accepted
Stats:- SAT: 760 M, 730 CR, 740 W
- SAT II: 770 Chem, 710 Math2, 720 Lit
- ACT: n/a
- GPA: 4.2ish
- Rank: 1/250
- Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB) Euro 5, Eng Lit 4, PSAT 212
Subjective- Essays: really good
- Teacher Recs: 1 amazing, 1 good
- Counselor Rec: good
- Supplementary Material: none
- Hook: girl engineer (not really a hook but whatever)
Personal- Location: CT
- High School Type: public
- Ethnicity: white
- Gender: female
- Applied for Financial Aid: yes but I think Hopkins is need blind so it doesn't matter
Other- Extracurriculars: intense swimming, student gov, lots of community service clubs
- Awards: don't feel like listing
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:I hope the financial aid is good I tried to check it but I didn't know my ISIS ID and Congratulations to everyone!
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03-28-2008, 06:24 PM
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#33 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Threads: 81
Posts: 207
| accepted to BME? congratulations! | |
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03-28-2008, 06:27 PM
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#34 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Threads: 5
Posts: 56
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Rejected
Stats:- SAT: 800m 770cr 710w
- SAT II: 780m2 800chem 770bio 760physics
- GPA:3.5uw
- Rank
 retty low - Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB) 5 ap chem
[ b]Subjective[/b] - Essays: ok
- Teacher Recs: i thought they were pretty good but im having second thoughts
- Counselor Rec:
Personal- Location:nj
- High School Type:magnet
- Ethnicity:white
- Gender: m
- Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no)
[ b]Other[/b] - Extracurriculars: varsity lax
- Awards:uspho quarterfinalist
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: ughhhhhhh
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03-28-2008, 06:36 PM
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#35 | | Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Threads: 33
Posts: 429
| Well, when I applied to competitive schools (including Hopkins), I knew that my rank was very low (top 20%), especially for a non-competitive school, but looking at these chances threads it seems to be one of the top factors. I also was hoping on the upward trend, but, nah. That makes sense though since all the accepted applicants didn't need an upward trend - they were amazing from the get-go. | |
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03-28-2008, 06:40 PM
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#36 | | Member
Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ohio --> Rice '12! Gender: Female
Threads: 25
Posts: 364
| Accepted!
White female
2300 SAT
good essays, recs, etc
terrible AP scores
3.9 UW, 4.3 W
top 5% | |
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03-28-2008, 06:41 PM
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#37 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Threads: 14
Posts: 125
| accepted!!
but the financial aid stinks. | |
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03-28-2008, 06:46 PM
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#38 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: PA
Threads: 5
Posts: 54
| Accepted
Stats:
* SAT: 730 M, 650 CR, 570 W (not good at writing quickly)
* SAT II: Rather not talk about these, basically took them before learning the subject
* ACT: n/a
* GPA: 3.9
* Rank: 59/337
* Other Tests: 4s and 5s on my AP exams
Subjective
* Essays: Amazing
* Teacher Recs: amazing
* Counselor Rec: great
* Supplementary Material:
* Hook: None really
Personal
* Location: PA
* High School Type: public
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
* Applied for Financial Aid: yes, got a good deal of money
* Extracurriculars: swimming, water polo, track and field, debate, boy scout
* Awards: not many
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I really do not know how I got accepted but I guess someone in admissions liked who I was. | |
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03-28-2008, 06:49 PM
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#39 | | New Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Threads: 0
Posts: 5
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Rejected
Stats:- SAT: 800-M 750-CR 800- W
- SAT II: 790- Math2, 720 US History, 710 Chemistry
- ACT:
- GPA: 3.55 UW
- Rank: Top 20%
- Other Tests: APs= US History-5 Lang Comp-4
Subjective- Essays: Really good Common App essay, major essay was very well liked by some, disliked by others
- Teacher Recs: I was one of the best students in her class, so Im hoping it was good.
- Counselor Rec: New counselor this year, doesnt know me, cant say.
- Location: NJ
- High School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: Male
- Applied for Financial Aid: No
Other
[*]Extracurriculars: Very well involved in several clubs, officer of national art honor society at school, volunteer leader at hospital, overall pretty good.
Life Sucks
I also applied ED and was deferred then. Back then i had a 2290, improved 60 pts since then and had all As and one B+ on midyears. | |
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03-28-2008, 06:49 PM
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#40 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Threads: 0
Posts: 92
| Rejected... | |
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03-28-2008, 06:50 PM
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#41 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Threads: 42
Posts: 994
| Decision: Accepted
Stats:
* SAT/ACT: 2370 (800 CR/ 800W/ 770M)
* SAT IIs: 800/800/800
* GPA: 4.0 UW, above 4.5 weighted.
* Rank: top 10% for sure. School doesn't rank, though.
* APs: Calc B/C: 5, Bio: 5, French Language: 5
* Course load: most difficult
* Other stats: Qualified for AIME
Subjective:
* Essays: I thought they were pretty good?
* Teacher Recs: One was really good, didn't read the other.
* Counselor Rec: Nice but not amazing.
* Interview: None.
* Major EC's: black belt, President of something, co-president of something, treasurer of two things, co-captain of waterpolo. 2 years varsity waterpolo & 2 years JV, 4 years JV swimming.
* Work experience: business internship, and various tutoring
* Hook (if any): none
Location/Person:
* State or Country: CA
* School Type: Pretty competitive public
* Ethnicity: white
* Gender: female
* Income Bracket: middle/low
* Financial aid?: yes
* Intended Major: biological sciences | |
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03-28-2008, 06:51 PM
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#42 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Threads: 7
Posts: 93
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Rejected
Stats:- SAT: 1390/2040
- SAT II: 690, 750
- ACT:
- GPA: No GPA at our school
- Rank: No ranking
- Other Tests: (AMC, AP, IB) Full diploma IB
Subjective- Essays: I liked them - my Hopkins supplement was a bit cheesy though.
- Teacher Recs: One was ehhh, one was good
- Counselor Rec: Didn't read
- Supplementary Material: (research abstracts, music recordings, art slides) Creative writing
- Hook: (recruited athlete, cured cancer- only major ones that actually would have made a difference, please) Big writer-type, won a couple contests, writer for a local magazine
Personal- Location: Canada
- High School Type: Competitive
- Ethnicity: Asian
- Gender: Female
- Applied for Financial Aid: (just yes or no)No
Other- Extracurriculars: Hockey (not recruited), volunteering, journalism, photography, writing
- Awards: One photography, a bunch of writing
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Eh, I would've been shocked if I was accepted, my marks/standardized scoring definitely aren't JHU-good. Good luck all waitlistees, hoorah for accepteds, and fellow rejectees...guess we'll have to take over the world without Johnny
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03-28-2008, 06:54 PM
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#43 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Threads: 122
Posts: 1,372
| Waitlist Stats:- SAT: 2250 combined, 2230 single
- SAT II: 800 Math II, 790 Chem, 770 Bio M
- ACT: N/A
- GPA: 3.85 out of 4, 4.6 out of 5
- Rank: School doesn't rank
- Other Tests: 5 on AP World, Chem, Bio
Subjective- Essays: Decent
- Teacher Recs: Didn't see them. Decent.
- Counselor Rec: Decent. Probably good since my counselor knows about my activities.
- Supplementary Material: None. I should've sent an abstract. Too late for that.
- Hook: (recruited athlete, cured cancer- only major ones that actually would have made a difference, please)
Personal- Location: Maryland
- High School Type: Public, highly competitive. In top 100 all the time.
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
- Gender: M
- Applied for Financial Aid: Don't remember.
Other- Extracurriculars: 1 year volunteer at hospital, intern at NIH under HHMI/MCPS program, vice-pres of chem club, honors societies
- Awards: AP Scholar, tons of local physics and chem awards, USABO semifinalist
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
I applied for BME. I was quite surprised at the decision of a waitlist. At the very least, I thought I would've gotten accepted to JHU for a major other than BME.
Should I send them my abstract for my research? | |
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03-28-2008, 06:54 PM
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#44 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Michigan
Threads: 11
Posts: 104
| Accepted to both JHU and Northwestern. But, can't afford both. Someone can have my seats. 
Stats:
ACT: 34
GPA: 4.13
AP: 8 APs including 4 this yr. 2 5s and 2 4s.
Rank: 1/423
EC: Just normal stuff
Research: One summer research on Genetics Engineering at a prestigous lab.
Essays: Normal
Recs: I assume they are good.
Bottom line, I am too poor to attend these schools. A lucky rich kid on waitlist can take my place.
Will attend a state school called Univ of Michigan instead. | |
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03-28-2008, 07:03 PM
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#45 | | Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Threads: 29
Posts: 307
| Rejected
2160
NMF
3.8
sweet. | |
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