JHU ED Chance A Senior? Please!

Giveherwingsmom
Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:52:34 +0000

Our family is and has been a Hopkins Alumni family for years. I’m a mom, know the drill so thought I might help a little.

First, I’d suggest you go to the source directly: the Johns Hopkins Admission link and also review Hopkins Insider and Admission Daniel’s direct comments. Everything here is secondary, as Johns Hopkins considers each candidate separately so a “chance” here is not very valuable.

Your rank of 15% and ACT scores are great, as are your interesting and invested EC’s. I take it you have passion for neuroscience. Your essays and short responses should develop your passion and what you can bring to Johns Hopkins (perhaps based on what you already did in research). You might get a letter of recommendation from those with whom you worked, as they can honestly comment on your intelligence, teammanship and work ethic.

Review Johns Hopkins requirements for admissions and recommendations. For example, I believe three SAT Specials are recommended, so perhaps you might still take one this fall.

Consider if ED works the most for you: will working hard and striving to raise your GPA by mid year be a considered option for RD vs sticking with ED. You didn’t say what your interest is, and that too might be a consideration whether to do ED or RD.

I hope others might chime in, but I stick by just going to the Hopkins Insider Blog and reading. I suspect you’ll find similar questions there, addressed by the great admission team at Johns Hopkins.

Good luck to you.