Chances RD?

Colleges & Universities Johns Hopkins University
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<p>Hi, I’m applying to JHU Regular Decision and also applying for the Woodrow Wilson Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program. Can anyone evaluate my chances for getting into the school and also for the Fellowship?</p>

<p>Race/Gender: Chinese/female
Location: Long Island, NY
Prospective Major: behaviorial biology
GPA: 96.5UW, 98.0W
Class rank: Top 20 of 348
SAT: 800M/750V
SAT IIs: 740 Writing, 790 Chemistry, 770 Math IC, 750 Math IIC
APs: 5’s on Euro, US History, Chem, Stat, Psych, Eng Lang
Currently taking: AP US Government and Politics, Calc BC, Bio, Physics B, Eng Lit, Spanish Lang</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
We the People Constitution Team (12)
Mathletes (10-12)
Science Olympiads (10-12)
Free the Children (11-12; secretary, project coordinator; bought and sent llamas to impoverished villages in Chile)
Amnesty International (10-12)
Spanish Honor Society (10-12)
National Honor Society (11-12)
Viola (10 years)
Orchestra (9-10, 12) </p>

<p>Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth (Summer 1998 - Summer 2002)
Science research at University of Iowa’s Secondary Student Training Program (Summer 2003)
Science research at Michigan State University’s High School Honors Science Program (Summer 2004) - Co-author of paper in process of being submitted for publication.
Entered Siemens-Westinghouse Competition, Intel Science Talent Search.</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
AP Scholar with Distinction (12)
National Merit Semifinalist (12)
Suffolk County Mathletes Top Scorer 5th Place (11)
Suffolk County All-Star Team - participated in ARML (11)
St. Michael’s College Book Award for Service and Scholarship (11)
National Spanish Exam – Level IV - 3rd Place in Suffolk County (11)
National Latin Exam – Introductory Level – First Place in District (11)
SCMEA (Suffolk County Music Educators’ Association) String Festival - Viola (9-10)
LISFA (Long Island String Festival Association) - Viola (9)</p>

<p>Volunteer Work:
Local Soup Kitchen (since 7th grade)
Hospital (11-12)
Tutoring (12)
Lots of random volunteer work (helping teachers, ushering, etc.)</p>

<p>Common app essay: great, very personal and heartfelt
Supp. essay: not written yet but will be good
Teacher recs: No idea, probably very good.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>stop frettin’ ur in…</p>

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<p>VERY impressive stats. I would be shocked if u didnt get in, goodluck</p>

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<p>Do I have any chances at the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship?? I still haven’t done the essay for that and I’m wondering if I should even bother applying.</p>

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<p>good mother ****ing lord, you’re never going to get into jhu</p>

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<p>to the best of my knowledge, the WW is evaluated primarily on your previous experience and on the quality and insight of your proposal. Its pretty impossible for us to tell without seeing the WW application</p>

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<p>Just wondering, how long should the essay/proposal be? Abrandel, did you apply to WW?</p>

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<p>*** is WW?</p>

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<p>Woodrow Wilson Undergraduate Research Fellowship</p>

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<p>yes i did apply, though i don’t remember how long it was. Basically i summarized my experience (about 1 passage per lab i worked in, so three for the background) then i described my research proposal in another section that was hmmm…no idea. So total it was a couple of pages, no big deal, i think they will be reading for quality not quantity. if its 2 pages or 20 its not really going to make a difference, just dont ramble on endlessly…</p>

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<p>how many ppl get the WW each year? i heard its really competitive, so i didn’t bother writing the freakin essay/proposal whatever the hell it is. hopefully jhu gives out other merit $$$</p>

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<p>not very many people get it, i forget the number but i can look it up if you want. JHU does give out other kinds of merit aid though i think all of them are fairly competitive. WW is not aid though, you should realize, its a research grant</p>

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<p>get ne medals for sci olymps?</p>