Chances for JHU?

CompulsiveGamer
Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:03:38 +0000

Hello there, I was wondering what would my chances be for John’s Hopkins University.

SAT - 2230 (700r, 770m, 760w)
GPA- 3.62/4 UW, 4.54/5 W
36/780 class rank
SAT II - 800 MathII, 780 Chemistry, 770 US History

Awards: AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Semi-finalist, Multiple small awards from my school (only come from school, not too big, though I have ~7-10 of them)

EC’s:
In school:
Mathletics (9-12, captain from 11 onwards, took 1st all but 11th, took 2nd for that year, 12th is virtually guaranteed 1st since he have enough points to literally not show up to the final meet and still win)
Young Engineers (10-12, treasurer from 11 onwards, cut 10th, came in 4th 11th, 12th projected to be 2nd, maybe even 1st if the 1st team implodes on E&M as they did last year)
Programming Club (11-12, co-founder, current VP, working to get a nationally viable Algebra 1 teaching program, expected to be complete by late April)
As to sports, I don’t have any in-school, but I do compete in NASTAR for skiing, and I just missed states twice, in 10th and 11th (12th I couldn’t compete due to family crisis)

Essay: Wrote about having lost my grandfather and his want for me to continue in Math for the first one, everyone who read it said it should be left as is in terms of quality; talked about my ability in Chess and my want to be on the team in the second.
Recs: teachers all loved me, and counselor I felt might have raved about my ability a bit.

Other: I participated in the founding of a cultural exchange program in which I was a treasurer (between US and China), and got an intern under my Uncle in a business in China. I’m also a Male Chinese (this will hurt me, how much is the question).

So, how do I stand?