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03-29-2008, 11:12 AM
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#76 | | New Member
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York
Posts: 6
| Accepted!
Stats:
[ *]SAT: 2030
[ *]SAT II: Literature 720, Biology E 700, Math1 580 (!!)
[ *]ACT: none
[ *]GPA: 3.7
[ *]Rank: school doesn’t rank
[ *]Other Tests: AP English Language = 4
Subjective:
[ *]Essays: strong
[ *]Teacher Recs: probably pretty strong
[ *]Counselor Rec: extremely strong  i think
[ *]Supplementary Material: strong list of ECs attached to my Common Application...and I think I sent them my art portfolio
[ *]Hook: I’m a resident alien and was born in England. I’ve lived in England, Ireland, and the US.
Personal:
[ *]Location: near NYC
[ *]High School Type: very competitive public HS
[ *]Ethnicity: Caucasian
[ *]Gender: F
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: no
Other:
[ *]Extracurriculars: piano for 10 years, horseback riding for 6, attended two rigorous art summer schools, taught CPR to HS freshmen, commissioned to create an animation for a British organization, participated in various art shows...strong art portfolio…lots of creative things…
[ *]Awards: a few art and science awards from my HS
[ *]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:I’ve been offered a $25,500/year scholarship! So I guess I might be going to Hopkins…
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03-29-2008, 01:45 PM
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#77 | | New Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 6
| Waitlisted
Stats:
[ *]SAT: 2220 (V 700, M 730, W 790)
[ *]SAT II: Literature 730, U.S. History 720, Math 1 720
[ *]ACT: none
[ *]GPA: school doesn't GPA—A-/B+—6 AP's
[ *]Rank: school doesn’t rank
[ *]Other Tests: AP English Language = 5, AP Spanish Lang. = 4, U.S. History = 5
Subjective:
[ *]Essays: strong—community organizing focus
[ *]Teacher Recs: very strong
[ *]Counselor Rec: very strong + personal
[ *]Supplementary Material: political photography portfolio
[ *]Hook: National Hispanic Scholar Finalist + V.G extracurriculars (or at least that was what I was told!!)
Personal:
[ *]Location: outside Boston
[ *]High School Type: very competitive private HS
[ *]Ethnicity: Hispanic
[ *]Gender: M
[ *]Applied for Financial Aid: no
Other:
[ *]Extracurriculars: lots of political involvement/reporting/blogging/paid and unpaid campaign work
[ *]Awards: testing
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03-29-2008, 02:05 PM
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#78 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 152
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Accepted: Whiting (Maybe BME)
Stats:- SAT: 2230 (780M 690CR 760W)
- SAT II: 800 Chem, 800 IIC, 800 Physics, 710 Bio
- ACT: 34 composite, dont remember breakdown
- GPA: 3.75 uw
- Rank: n/a
- Other Tests: AMC 12 scores: 111 (2007), 112.5 (2006). AIME: 6 (2007) 4 (2006), AP's: Chem 5, Physics C Mech 5, Stat 5, Calc BC 5
Subjective- Essays: good
- Teacher Recs: good
- Counselor Rec: have no idea probably good
- Supplementary Material: none
- Hook: none
Personal- Location: NY
- High School Type: competitive public (sends like 40-50 kids to ivies each year)
- Ethnicity: korean
- Gender: Male
- Applied for Financial Aid: no
Other- Extracurriculars: Captain of Math Team, President of Asian Club, President of Liberty in North Korea, Korean Rep. of International Club
- Awards: Rensselaer Medal Award, Caltech Signature Award, 3rd Place High Scorer in math league
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: congrats to those who got in. theres a good chance that i will end up at JHU. depends on monday
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03-29-2008, 02:39 PM
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#79 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 66
| Decision: Accepted
SATs: 800 Verbal, 670 Math, 760 Writing: 2230.
SAT IIs: 800 Literature, 800 US History, 800 World History.
ACTs: 32.
Extracurriculars: Literary Magazine EIC, Newspaper Editor, Drama Club (Actor, more productions than anyone), Spanish Club, NHS, National Hispanic Honors Society.
Awards: National Merit Commendation, Fairfield University Book Award.
Community Service: I TA'd at a mostly bilingual preschool for years, clocking over 100 hours.
GPA: 3.9 weighted out of...4.5?
All honors/APs in humanities/languages. I got a C- in Chem Honors sophomore year. My school doesn't rank.
White, Jewish male from a small, affluent public HS in North Jersey. I got my recommendation from my AP English Language and AP English Lit teacher, and applied as an Art History major (History as second option.) My "Majors" essay talked about Giovanni Bellini's St. Francis in the Desert, and used it to summarize my theory about both the "internal" (ultimately non-translatable, literary, emotional, personal) and "external" (contextual, historical, comparative) aspects of an artwork, and then talked about the intrinsic importance of translation in the field of Art History. My Common App Essay was about the human venture for perfection, and about how the inability to attain that perfection creates art. It used Glastonbury Abbey, a ruined Gothic abbey in W. England, and Marcel Proust's Swann's Way to make that point.
I'm admittedly most likely not going to Johns Hopkins, though...since I already got into UChicago and am still waiting to hear from Yale. But it's a wonderful school.
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03-29-2008, 02:39 PM
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#80 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Glendale, WI
Posts: 589
| WAITLISTED
i probably won't put up stats | |
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03-29-2008, 04:32 PM
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#81 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Virginia, USA
Posts: 31
| Accepted
White male
VA Public School - Highly competitive
GPA: 4.0 UW/ 4.08 W (School only weights AP classes by .5)
SAT: 2170 (670 M, 750 CR, 750 W
SAT 2: Literature: 710, U.S. History: 710
ACT: 32
Rank: N/A
APs: World History - 5, English Comp - 5, US History
Good essays and recommendations
No supplementary materials
Ecs: 4 year varsity athlete, other various clubs and honors probably not even worth mentioning on the application... | |
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03-29-2008, 11:49 PM
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#83 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 8
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Accepted ! Yay, I am coming to JHU. I have been very happy since last night. Thank you very much JHU. So excited.
[*]Location: Albany, NY[*]High School Type  ublic[*]Ethnicity: Asian[*]Gender : male[*] Still so excited. More stats later., thank you, thank you, don't know what to say | |
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03-30-2008, 03:33 PM
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#84 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 16
| Accepted: Whiting (Electrical and Comp.)
Stats:
* SAT: 2290 (720M 780CR 770W
* SAT II: 760 IIC, 740 Physics, 750 US
* GPA: 4.64 current/4.3 cumulative (w), 3.9 or so uw
* Rank: n/a, but top 5% or higher
* Other Tests: AP's: Calc AB:5, Eng Lang: 5, US: 5, CompSci AB: ('08), Physics C: ('08), Eng Lit: ('08), Calc BC: ('08)
Subjective
* Essays: good
* Teacher Recs: one great, one good, and a great character reference
* Counselor Rec: good-great
* Supplementary Material: information about a community service project i help out with/run this year, and about a technology program im in at my school(complete responsibility for the entire computer system)
* Hook: none- white, middle class male...so even an anti-hook!
Personal
* Location: PA
* High School Type: private
* Ethnicity: Caucasian
* Gender: Male
* Applied for Financial Aid: yes
Other
* Extracurriculars: VP and Manager of Band, member of Competition Jazz Band, Concert Band, Pep Band; Domain Administrator of School's Computer Network and head of the Lab Manager program; Mathletes
* Awards: National Merit Finalist, member of National Honors Society
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Congratulations to all those who got in; to those who didn't: you'll find a college you love- even if Hopkins was your first choice, give the ones that accepted you a closer look, you'll definitely find something you didn't know and you may just fall in love with one of the schools you never really thought about!
That actually is happening to me now- Carnegie Mellon was my first choice, but i got waitlisted. I never really gave Hopkins a fair look since i was so psyched about CMU; but now im starting to get excited about it! | |
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03-30-2008, 03:57 PM
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#85 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 86
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Accepted!
Stats:- SAT:2330 (CR790/M800/WR740(11))
- SAT II:USH740 MATHII770 BIOm750
- GPA: 3.9~~/4.00
- Rank:3%.. I think
- Other Tests: AP USH 5 AP Bio AP European History AP Lit AP Calc AP Psych
Subjective- Essays: I guess it was okay. It was about being true to myself
- Teacher Recs: Hopefully they liked me...
- Counselor Rec: Hopefully she liked me too...
- Location: Switzerland
- High School Type: International School
- Ethnicity:Korean
- Gender:Female
- Applied for Financial Aid: no
Other- Extracurriculars: did what I loved!!!!!!!!
- Awards: only a few minor ones...
 - Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
Congrats to those accepted and good luck to everyone!!!!!! YOu are all AMAZING!!!! | |
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03-31-2008, 11:11 AM
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#86 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 1,932
| Accepted! Stats:- ACT: 33
- GPA: 3.9-4.0
- Rank: doesn't rank
- Other Tests: 4 AP's total by the end of this year (USH, Psych, Calc AB, and Bio)
Subjective:- Essays: Pictures (and some words) rather than typical essay format for the communities essay.
- Teacher Recs: didn't see
- Counselor Rec: didn't see
- Hook: new orleans?
Personal:- Location: LA
- High School Type: private all girls, non religious
- Ethnicity: white
- Gender: female
- Awards: a ton of local awards, some state level, and national merit (nothing all that impressive I guess)
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: can't brag until I get the packet and find out if I was accepted into BME...
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04-01-2008, 08:47 AM
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#87 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2
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Accepted
Stats:- SAT: 2040 (CR 720/M 610/W 710)
- SAT II: Literature 720, Math II 630 (whoops)
- ACT: 30
- GPA: weighted 4.5, unweighted 4.0
- Rank: my school pretends to not rank, but i'm in the top ten.
Subjective- Essays: badass. full of wit and sarcasm.
- Teacher Recs: mindblowing. i love my teachers, they reciprocate.
- Counselor Rec: solid. we're bffs.
- Supplementary Material: none, but i'm big on music so i'm hoping to be involved with something at peabody, assuming i go to jhu.
- Hook: i went to haiti last year to do volunteer work? don't know how important that is.
Personal- Location: northern virginia. joy.
- High School Type: private catholic
- Ethnicity: indian/filipino
- Gender: female
- Applied for Financial Aid: nope
Other- Extracurriculars: nhs executive board, wind ensemble, girl scouts, alliance for haiti, piano, crapload of volunteer work
- Awards: long list of slightly insignificant academic/volunteering awards
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
hell no. just glad it's over. super congrats to everyone who got in! to those who didn't, i hope you'll end up in a more glam city than baltimore. | |
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04-01-2008, 06:03 PM
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#88 | | New Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 1
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Accepted
Stats:- SAT: Reading 760 Math 710 Writing 660
- SAT II: Latin 710 Math 660 Physics 640
- ACT:34 Composite
- GPA: 4.03 Weighted
- Rank:
- Other Tests: Calc AB 5
Subjective- Essays: Pretty good
- Teacher Recs: Awesome
- Counselor Rec: Awesome
- Supplementary Material: None
- Hook: (Music, Ethnicity)
Personal- Location: Ridgewood, NJ
- High School Type: Public
- Ethnicity: Indian/Guyanese
- Gender: Female
- Applied for Financial Aid: (yes)
Other- Extracurriculars: Orchestra, JETS T-E-A-M-S, JETS NEDC, Volunteering, President of Latin Club, Science Team, Percussion Ensemble, Schubert Quartet
- Awards: National Merit Scholarship Finalist, National Latin Exam, Ridgewood Latin Honors Society, Qualifed for JHU CTY
- Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
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04-01-2008, 08:49 PM
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#89 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 5
| Accepted!
Stats:
* SAT: 2280 CR 750 M 800 W 730
* SAT II: US History 730 Math II 790 Bio (M) 700 <eeeek>
* ACT: didn't take it
* GPA: weighted 4.25
* Rank: after screwing up badly during freshman & sophomore year (work ethic sucked. all i wanted to do was hang with friends), i finally woke up the summer before junior year & worked my ass off. top 3.7% or something like that. so, 5%
* Other tests: AP: calc ab 5 us history 4 bio 5 stat 4
Subjective
* Essays: SOLID.
* Teacher Recs: awesome
* Counselor Rec: i don't really talk to my GC, but i think she liked me?
* Hook: NOTHING!
Personal
* Location: northern NJ
* High School Type: big public (about 1400 students)
* Ethnicity: a$ian
* Gender: female
* Applied for Financial Aid: dont qualify
Other
* Extracurriculars: NHS secretary, dance team capt, varsity cheer, wind ensemble, volunteering @ local nursing home, tutoring, piano, FBLA competitor, mainly dance
* Awards: national merit, ed bloustein (nj award), placed 4th at fbla states, Spanish national honor society, multiple dance competition awards, jhu cty, & the others are stupid.
* Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: i really lucked out. i'm so thankful!
Deciding between Tufts and Hopkins. Most likely, I'll end up at JHU! | |
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05-02-2008, 05:06 PM
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#90 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 135
| how come accepted kids tend to have lower sat scores than the rejected ones?? i saw a 2350 reject here! | |
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