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Colleges & Universities Johns Hopkins University
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<p>Demographics
State: New Jersey
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Asian
Income Bracket: Upper middle</p>

<p>Academics
GPA: 4.58 (Weighted) 3.89 (Unweighted)
SAT I: 800 (W) 750 (CR) 720 (M)
SAT II: 760 (US History) 730 (Chemistry) *Waiting on Math II scores</p>

<p>Extracurriculars

  • National History Day competitor - 1st regionals, 1st states, 11th nationals (8,10,11,12)
  • China Night Cultural Show - hip-hop director/head choreographer (9,10,11,12)
  • Founded my own dance crew - perform at local charity events, school events, birthday parties, even performed at 6 Flags Great Adventure (11,12)
  • Dance Team - dance team captain (11,12)
  • Founded my own hip-hop class at the library - teach middle school and high school students (12)
  • SAASA Show - choreographer, performer (12)
  • Yearbook Committee - section editor (9,10,11,12)
  • Piano - NJMTA seven-year trophy, passed grade 7 ABRSM piano exam and grade 5 ABRSM music theory exam (12 years)
  • Camp Counselor Assistant at community summer camp (2 summers)
  • TA at Chinese School (10,11)
  • National History Day Club (10,11,12)
  • Student Ambassador (10,11,12)
  • National Honor Society (12)
  • Math Honor Society (11,12)</p>

<p>^ don’t worry. this is like, two pages typed out and elaborated lol</p>

<p>Additional Awards/Recognition

  • Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition - my multimedia art piece was featured at an art show
  • Published in a literary magazine for high school students</p>
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<p>I’m applying Regular Decision</p>

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<p>yea good chance…nothing outstanding though.</p>

<p>whats National History Day?</p>

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<p>thanks for the help!</p>

<p>nhd -
students select a historical event/topic that relates to the national history day theme (it changes every year)
then students conduct extensive research for a year. this year i’m doing a study on bioethics in clinical research and the tuskegee syphilis experiment. i even dropped a class to do an independent study program so i had more time research :slight_smile:
there are three main categories: performance, documentary, exhibit (every student creates a project proving a thesis of some sort that has to do with the theme. i did an individual exhibit last year, a documentary the previous year, and an exhibit in 8th grade). theres the project portion and the interview portion (where a judge questions you about your project)
there are three levels - regionals, states, nationals
at nationals, everyone travels to the UMaryland for a 5-day (i think?) competition.</p>

<p>yup! its a great experience!</p>

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<p>Woops, I forgot.
Senior course load: AP Euro, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Bio, Intl Business & Cultures, Independent Study (History), & Phys Ed of course lol</p>

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<p>your sat & gpa are sooooooooooooooooo high
you can get into ( just about ) any top tier schools.</p>

<p>Not too worry! You’ll get into a great college.
Sometimes, it just depends on the overall strength of apps pool & # of apps that particular year, in some years that may be more ‘overachievers / superstars’ & some years there may be more well rounded students. You just never know.</p>

<p>you got fantastic grades / stats so you’ve got a shot!</p>

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<p>Do note that even though you participated in NHD in the eighth grade, you can’t put that on your common app. Your ECs are very focused and you show a lot of dedication. You seem more like a typical HYPS applicant (and a strong one at that) so you’re most likely in at Hopkins :p</p>

<p>Good luck! I’m off to panicking. Only 8 days before ED results. May God be with all ED applicants.</p>

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<p>thanks!
i actually just got rejected from columbia today (bummer, eh?) so thank you all for the positivity!
jhu all the way!! :D</p>

<p>honestly, im actually kinda glad i got rejected because i feel like jhu would be a better fit for me. i did very little research before EDing so iguess things work out for the best! :)</p>

<p>good luckto everyone!</p>