Graduate school admission factors

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<p>If this belongs in a different section, sorry - I assumed that the admissions forums are for initially applying to college, and there are no general graduate forums.</p>

<p>Anyway, to make a long story short, I didn’t really do much of anything in high school 9-10th grade. I’m a junior now, and although I’ll do some things (probably end up with ~100-200 hours of ECs, do Summer Ventures (a 4-week summer program oriented towards math and science students), and no sports on the account of the fact that I weighed 250lbs until the 10th grade, and now that I weigh 175 its been so long since I played sports I’m not really good at anything), I’m fairly certain I can’t get into any of the “elite” universities, and plan on attending a college like UNC-Chapel Hill (in-state). </p>

<p>But I disgress. My question is, what do colleges take into consideration when applying for graduate school? If I did well enough in my undergraduate years, how hard would it be to get into a graduate school such as Johns Hopkins or Duke (both obviously longshots)? Thanks.</p>

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<p>ohnoes…don’t sell yourself short. You can’t really call graduate schools longshots since you’re a junior in high school. </p>

<p>Anyway what kind of grad school are we talking about? Different grad schools have different preferences. But good grades, etc. are always appreciated. If you’re going for a Ph. D-have a lot of interest in the subject and do a lot of research.</p>