***OFFICIAL JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CLASS OF 2019 RD RESULTS***

[ b]Decision: Accepted

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (770 CR, 770 Math, 760 W) (2270 single sitting)
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: 740 Bio E, 740 Lit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Not given to me by school. Probably 3.8-9? Weighted 4.33.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Most rigorous available to me
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Award for Wordmasters lol, Girl Scout Gold Award, National Merit Finalist

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Soccer (9,10)
Girl Scouts (9,10,11,12) - Gold Award, highest possible achievement
Community Service Club (9,10,11,12) - Chairperson
Mock Trial (9,10,11,12) - 3rd at state two years in a row
Spanish Club (9,10,11,12) - Vice President
Model UN (10,11,12) - Some awards
Model Congress (11,12)
Debate - (11,12)
Yearbook - (10,11,12)
FBLA - Co-founder, VP (12)
Non-profit organization (not getting specific because it makes me identifiable) - founder, pres (12)
Other non-profit (lol) - peer mentor (11,12)

Job/Work Experience:

Volunteer/Community service:
Created a penpal program to connect disadvantaged students in my ethnic homeland with students at my school.
Volunteered as a peer mentor to a girl living in the aforementioned homeland

Summer Activities:
Internship at arguably the best cancer institute in the US. Did research, co-author on abstract. Pretty cool experience.

Essays (rating 1-10, details): Common App: 8/10. Idk, it was well written, but I wasn’t a huge fan of it. It was almost too deep haha. I wrote about my cultural identity, and how I want to build bridges (metaphorically, of course - I ain’t no engineer :D).

Supplement: 8-9/10 Cute essay, but tbh I spent like half of it telling a cute story about myself [used this as the skeleton for a few different schools’ essays] :wink: I only really mentioned two specific things about JHU (research & the major I want to do). Most of it was about me, research I’ve done, and my love for advocacy.

Counselor: 7/10 just because I have no idea
English teacher: 9/10 she told me it was very very strong
History teacher: at least 7-8/10, but I’m not really sure

Interview: Didn’t get one

Applied for Financial Aid?: Well, I hit yes on common app, but then never turned anything other than FAFSA in, so…
Intended Major: International Studies/Public Health Studies
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: South Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: >200k (I’m not getting any need based fin aid)
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc): None

Reflection: Yesterday, I would’ve sworn that I didn’t actually wanna go to JHU… now that I’ve been accepted, I’m totaly reconsidering. I’m excited to visit sometime soon :slight_smile: Not sure about actually going though, because I’m thinking pre-med, and I know pre-med is insane at JHU.

Strengths: SAT (although in this thread, it looks like I’m relatively low lol), rank, course load rigor
Weaknesses: Common App Essay? I’m not really sure. Subject tests could have been better. Lol is being Asian a weakness?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:No clue, honestly. I’m just thankful, especially after my Duke rejection yesterday :stuck_out_tongue:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Accepted: Swarthmore, Vanderbilt, Temple, Rutgers, NJIT, Drexel, Northeastern
Deferred: Yale
Rejected: Duke
Waiting on: the entire Ivy League hahaha