JHU ED Class of 2024 Results ONLY Thread

Zdawg10101
Mon, 16 Dec 2019 00:17:20 +0000

ACT (34, N/A, 35, 32, 36, 33):

Weighted GPA (out of 5.0 *AP Weight: +1 Honors: +0.5): 4.422

Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98

Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A

AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (4), AP Calc BC (3), AP Calc AB Subscore (4), AP Comp Sci A (3), AP Physics 1 (2), AP Lang (4) *Note I forgot to include all of my AP scores so that wasn’t considered. Got A’s in all of them except for an A- in Physics.

IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A

Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP US Gov, AP Biology, AP Stats, Post-AP Comp Sci, Multivar Calc/Linear Algebra, Adv. Comp (writing elective)

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 7th Place Nationals 2019: Future Tech Teacher (TSA), Nat. Certificate of Nomination (NCTE Achievement Awards for Writing), 2X Honorable Mention: Scholastic Regional Writing Awards, Governor’s School of Agriculture @ Virginia Tech Honors, President’s Volunteer Service Award: Silver (175+ hours), HOBY Leadership Award

Subjective:

*Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Technology Student Association (TSA): (10-12) Created a teacher portfolio and lesson plan to win 7th Place at Nationals out of 300 competitors and 2X State Finalist. About 1 hour a week. (Chapter Reporter)
Piano:(9-12) Play and compose regionally-featured music. 6X Nat. Guild Winner, 2nd Place Regionals: Music Composition (PTA Reflections). About 3 hours a week.
Tennis: (9-12) plays tennis for the school team. MVP and all district team. About 10 hours a week during the season. (Co-Captain)

Job/Work Experience:
Mathnasium:(11-12) I tutor kids ages 4-17 for about 12 hours a week and I love my job!

Volunteer/Community service:
Student Ambassador Program:(10-12) Welcomed 400+ students to school with new student tours, etc. Presented at Nat. Conference for activity. Also created new student brochures and distributed them to every high school in my county. 1,000 copies distributed. 2 hours a week. (Treasurer, Senior Advisor)
Writing Center:(11-12) Tutored 20+ kids in writing. Recruited 70 new tutors (increased # by 700%). Presented at the nat conference. About 6 hours a week. (Recruitment Chair, Tutor Manager)
Science Honor Society:(11-12) Organize school science fair for 120 projects and science fair mentoring for 50 underclassmen. About 1 hour a week. (President)

Summer Activities: Governor’s School of Agriculture @ Virginia Tech Honors: Selected as 1 of the top 100 agriculture students in VA to study and research agriculture with VA’s top ag experts. Summer after my sophomore year. UMD CS Internship: Code/classify 500 files by the type of data visualization they contained to create a machine learning algorithm. Summer of junior year.

Essays: Common App (9): It was a powerful piece about me accepting who I am as a disabled person (I have severe hearing loss). It made people cry and was used as an example for other classes. JHU Collaboration Supplemental (6-7): A quirky piece about how I transformed from a prickly cactus to a responsive chameleon as I learned to listen and adapt when I began tutoring writing.

Teacher Recommendations: Writing Elective (Writing Center) Teacher (8): Reading her letter made me cry. It highlighted my collaboration and people skills. Highlighted me as “one of the best ever” in terms of positivity and self-awareness. BC Calc Teacher (9): Used to be a college professor, so his letter was great! Highlighted me as one of his best students in the past 40 years in terms of “pure joy of learning”, so I took that as a good sign. Made me cry too.

Counselor Rec: Counselor (8): He had to use 8 point font to fit everything he wanted to say, so I guess it must’ve been good.

Other
State (if domestic applicant): Virginia
School Type: Public (2,000 kids total)
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 250,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Disability??

Why you think you were accepted/not accepted and general comments:
Strengths: Essays!! I believe my essays set me over the edge. They were heartfelt and really showed a different side. Potential Hook (Disability) and National achievements/presentations in four activities.
Weaknesses: Forgot to submit AP Scores and bad AP Scores in general, no SAT Subject Tests
Why you think you were accepted: I’m a relatively normal kid. I have accomplished stuff, but I haven’t founded nonprofits and won science fairs. I’ve just tried my best to be the best version of me as a friend and as a leader in my community, and I guess the admissions committee saw that in me and decided I would be a good fit for the Hopkins community.
Where else were you accepted/rejected/deferred: University of South Florida (accepted), George Mason (accepted)
Where else did you apply: UVA, Virginia Tech, Temple

Final Thoughts: I have been in denial for the past four months, expecting a rejection from JHU because I got intimidated by everyone’s stats on Reddit and College Confidential. I never believed I was outstanding enough for JHU, despite the fact that my teachers and friends all believed I would easily get in. When I opened that decision, I just bawled so hard because I was in disbelief and so happy. I’m so grateful that the admissions committee saw something in me and decided to admit me the class of 2024!