Chances for an atypical Asian girl ED

<p>Korean female
Competitive HS
ranked ~39/390
GPA 3.78 weighted, slump in sophomore year</p>

<p>Scores:
720 math/790 cr/780 writing</p>

<p>Classes Taken and Grades Received:
Freshman year:
Honors Geometry: B+/B+
Honors Biology: A-/B+
Honors English: A/A
Latin II: A/A
World History: A/A-
Honors Orchestra: A+/A+
Gym: A
Health: A+</p>

<p>Sophomore year:
Honors Algebra II: A-/A-
Honors Chemistry: B+/A-
Honors English: B/A
Honors Latin III: A-/A-
American History I: A/A+
Electives: C+/A
Gym: B+/A</p>

<p>Junior year
Honors Precalc: A/A-
AP Biology: A/A-
AP English Language: A/A
Honors Latin IV: A/A
AP US History: A/A
Gym: A
Health: A+</p>

<p>Senior year:
AP Stats
Honors Physics
AP English Lit
AP Latin Lit
AP Psych
Gym
Honors Euro</p>

<p>ECs:
Debate (9-12)
1 jv, 3 varsity years and 2 years varsity captain, 1 year jv captain, extremely competitive and single digits national ranking, defending champion, attended and won countless state/region/national tournaments, national qualified 4 years over, captain of school team, President of league, TOC qualified 3 years in a row, only debater in nation double-qualled to two Tournament of Champions, attended most prestigious camp in the country two summers, national finalist many times over, All-American, this is my PASSION and I plan to do competitive debate in college along with coaching HS</p>

<p>Politics (9-12)
intern for state Senator, campaigned for Kerry, Edwards, Dean, House rep and local offices, Secretary and co-founded of Young Democrats and member of state-level Young Democrats, GOTV initiatives, Rock the Vote, DNC volunteer</p>

<p>Music (9-12)
Honors Orchestra 9th grade, Districts, All-States, Principal Violist, Concerto soloist with full orchestral accompaniment, Viola 5 years, Violin 7 years, Piano 13 years, and I’ll be sending in a demo tape with Viola and Piano pieces</p>

<p>Tutoring (10-12)
I’ve tutored in math and Latin for 3 years, and I’m the co-founder and secretary of a school group that organizes tutoring for kids at school</p>

<p>Amnesty International (9-12)
Secretary (10) President (11-12), organized Women’s rights initiative for Belarusian women, Get on the Bus, wrote many letters to focus areas including Sudan, China, Tibet, India, Jamaica, outspoken protestor of human rights</p>

<p>Korean School (9-12)
Assistant teacher for Austistic kids at local Korean school</p>

<p>Tae Kwon Do (9-12)
Black belt, first degree</p>

<p>Random (9-12)
leader of church youth group, candy striper at local hospital, Boston Marathon volunteer, published in anthology of Korean-American writers, National Latin Exam 3 Gold medals, 2 silvers, Editor in Chief of satire magazine, student editor of Korean newspaper</p>

<p>I LOVE International Relations, and I’m looking for a school that has a strong program for IR/Middle Eastern Studies, while having a competitive Parliamentary Debate team. However, my GPA and class rank aren’t that great. In fact, they’re pretty bad. What are my chances for Hopkins ED/RD? </p>

<p>I’m not sure whether I want to apply ED at this point, but I know it would help a LOT esp. with my GPA. Any input and help would be MUCHLY appreciated!</p>

<p>I think you have a great, great, great chance as an ED. I mean, your stats are in a stable range. I suppose the ranking going up senior year wouldn’t hurt. But, once again, I must say that you have to distinguish yourself. I mean, you even admitted you’re a “typical asian girl”. Sorry, but no elite college wants that (which I’m sure you knew)! Don’t be typical. Be loud. Be weird. Be NOTICED.</p>

<p>Haha, she said was was an “atypical” Asian girl… meaning <em>not</em> typical. And I think she’s right. :)</p>

<p>u’ve definitely got a good shot. just make sure to write great essays and ur in</p>

<p>Does Hopkins typically have a higher yield for ED applicants? My friend told me that they accept 63% of ED aps, but that seemed unusually high</p>

<p>I heard 55%.</p>

<p>yes, JHU has a very high ED acceptance rate - 60%. You show them the love, and they respond! But, rumor has it the FinAid is mostly loans to ED apps, so don’t apply ED if you need FinAid.</p>

<p>The ED rate this year was 52%. The finaid process is the same for both processes. In fact, ED admits are at an advantage for some forms of aid, because they get the first crack at it.</p>

<p>thanks for the correction, silver. (I was just repeating what other parents have posted elsewhere, and that info maybe old.)</p>

<p>Ah! I totally didn’t see the attached a + typical. My bads! (thanks silver.) And, and, and . . . good luck (again). tehee.</p>