<p>TYPICAL JHU RD REJECT:</p>
<p>Top 5%, 670 V 730 M</p>
<p>likely major: Biology</p>
<p>has a lot of community service but little or no leadership; no sports
volunteered in a hospital (foolishly thinks JHU admission officers love to hear this); boring essay; mediocre recs… (white or asian)</p>
<p>…</p>
<p>LIKELY JHU RD ADMIT:</p>
<p>Top 10%, 750 V 650 M</p>
<p>likely major: Anthropology or History</p>
<p>class president and other leadership positions; musical talent (sent in piano tape & is considering taking classes at Peabody); star in HS play; very creative/interesting essay; terrific recs… (any race)</p>
<p>…</p>
<p>LIKELY JHU RD ADMIT:</p>
<p>Top 3%, 670 V 730 M</p>
<p>likely major: Mechanical or Electrical Engineering</p>
<p>captain of soccer and baseball teams in HS and expresses a desire to play Div III sports at Hopkins; in HS chorus and would like to join an a capella singing group at JHU; very funny essay, great recs… (any race)</p>
<p>Look…just stop posting. Your posts go without any factual support and the applicants you described are not likely or unlikely. Classmates here are alot more impressive than the three profiles you have posted in terms of high school ECs and scores here. PS, most RD admits have above a 1400</p>
<p>I know the average admit last year had a 1440 and the average enrolled freshman had a 1400. I simply stated profiles for 2 “likely” admits and a typical reject. I know JHU rejects many students like the first example I mentioned- and also rejects many with considerably stronger credentials. I was just demonstrating JHU’s desire for academic diversity within the student body and stressing the importance of the potential to contribute to campus life.</p>
<p>You cannot make generalized statements like you did above. I know JHU rejects that are like your admitted profiles. Yet that doesnt chance anything. In the end those with good test scores,good grades, good ECs (even volunteering for premeds), and most importantly good character will be the ones that make it in.</p>
<p>did you actually read the recommendations and essays of these people who you think are outstanding but did not get in? I hinted that the essays/recs of these likely admits stood out in some positive way- at least until the final decision is made. JHU did reject 1600 SAT people last year and looks way beyond SATs. Sure a high Verbal score is quite important for a humanities focused white or asian student who is not an athlete or legacy… but his math score is less important. You can graduate from JHU A&S without ever having to do a math problem.</p>
<p>No I didn’t but I know you didnt either. The fact is since JHU rejects 1600 SAT scores means the admissions process is very arbitrary and cannot be generalized or simplied as you have done so in your posts.</p>
<p>The admissions process is really not random at all, if you know what JHU is looking for. On their computers, as they admit students, they are keeping track of SAT scores, academic distribution requirements, male:female ratios, minority counts, geographic diversity, legacy status… they practically have it down to a science. If you apply RD, and you’re white or asian, you’re in an ultra competitive pool, and what really matters is how you can contribute to the Hopkins community. Most of those 1600 SAT people who were rejected, were rejected for obvious reasons (i.e., didn’t express enough interest in JHU in their application & therefore weren’t likely to enroll, had weak ECs and much less impressive grades, etc.). Some arrogant people think their SATs and GPA speak for themselves, but they don’t.</p>
<p>The fact of the matter is you don’t know what they are looking for as you are not an adcom. You in your prior posts have greatly exaggerated the admissions effects of various majors.</p>
<p>Exactly what is the point of this thread? Admissions is not clearcut…otherwise there would be no deferrals, for example. There are happy mediums, you know. Not everyone is a “boring” and “mediocre” biology student or a “creative” and “interesting” humanities student. Almost everyone admitted to JHU is creative and interesting (yes, even pre-meds). Pre-meds can have other interests (including anthropology or history) as well; that’s the nice thing about JHU. Pre-med is not quite as dominant as people think; only 25% go to medical school, after all (despite a 95% admittance rate). Law school is at least as big (another 25%). :)</p>
<p>IN REPLY TO: volunteered in a hospital (foolishly thinks JHU admission officers love to hear this)</p>
<p>ABSOLUTELTY NOT!!! ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS AT JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL!!!</p>
<p>WOW! When I read that I was shocked. The people who got accepted into BME, many many of them got in because they were volunteering at hospitals, and doing research for doctors. </p>
<p>That is the absolute best thing that will help you into Johns Hopkins!!!</p>
<p>I came this fall, and so many upperclassmen I talked to had been doing research and volunteering at hospitals for many years now, and they are the ones who are doing the coolest internships right now.</p>
<p>And actually, I was planning to defer my freshman year. I live by the city, and my parents were able to know some people who work at the medical school and homewood who told me that if I were to volunteer at the hospital and work with medical researchers, I would VERY SURLEY be able to get into BME the next year. </p>
<p>(BTW i did not defer, and im doing Biomolecular…which I actually like very much and do not think I will transfer to BME)</p>
<p>Ritchieboy…are you trying to provide false information in the hopes of leading the competition astray?</p>
<p>ritchie…my brother goes to jhu and he matches your “type that jhu doesn’t want” almost perfectly… great analysis though</p>