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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op writes, "We all were convinced that DD had it in the bag - Worst of all is that many of her classmates w/ lower stats and worse ECs have gotten into a few of these schools."

This is why so many people are finding OP insufferable. She is so critical of other students with "worse ECs". I bet those are the kids who were on students council, drama, yearbook, marching band, school sports so they didn't have as many weighted/honors/AP classes. Maybe they were taking care of a sibling or having to have paid employment. Being president of the honor club is not student leadership. Her child didn't do anything to make her school a better place. Her whole application seems like she went along checking boxes to try to get into top ranked colleges.

And OP says they make between 200-400k but doesn't answer if they need financial aid. Since she didn't apply ED 1 to JHU most likely they aren't a FULL PAY family. Now add that she applied to the MOST competitive major at JHU- biomedical engineering. It's the number 1 rated program in the country. That acceptance rate a few years ago was probably only 1-2 percent. They only take 100-120 students and it is hard to transfer in.

Now add that the NIH is being cut so JHU is supposedly not taking nearly the same amount of grad student. More reason to take ED 1 FULL PAY students.

So OP not "worst of all" is not that many of her classmates with lower stats got in. It is that you are to shallow to think - wow, that is great at least one of my child's classmates got in so I am going to wish them the all the best.  [/quote]

This is an idiotic take.  First, Hopkins is need blind.  Second, no one at Hopkins, least of all those in admissions had any clue that Trump would cut research in the way he has back in December.[/quote]

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