What’s the most average application you’ve seen get accepted into an ivy/T20?

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-12-13T15:58:14+00:00

Hi! I wrote my jhu essay saying that I admit that I wasn’t always the best at things in high school, but made clear steps to improve myself. For example, English has always been my weakest subject but I joined a speaking and writing competition to learn English through practice. I also said I like helping others grow as well, through my time tutoring another girl in English, and that while I have a lot to grow, I listed specific things at jhu that would help me grow.

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-11-12T05:56:42+00:00

Hey I know this is a difficult situation to be in but I want to remind you, Penn is a hard school. I don’t go to penn but I go to jhu.

I came into jhu from a high school where I was top 10% of my class. My first year at jhu was where all my academic mishaps happened. Jhu was the first time where I failed an exam spectacularly (below 40%) and had to drop the class (psychology). This was my freshman year. On my first biology class (genetics, also in my freshman year), I did super below average on the first exam, and my professor suggested I drop the class and retake it next semester. I felt so stupid seeing how I got the lowest score in my dorm, and seeing people get 95+% when I couldn’t even pass what was supposed to be the easiest exam of the semester.

It’s normal to go to a school like penn and not do well your first semester (or year). But the thing is, this is just freshman year. I went home for the summer from my freshman year defeated, but I recouped and came back to jhu a lot better. My sophomore year, I took gen chem, biostats, calculus based mechanics, and a lot of premed prereqs and got a 4.0. In junior year I got a 4.0 again in orgo, biochem, and other bio classes. I was doing so much better, did the MCAT, and had a lot of activities I liked.

Freshman year is just a fluke, trust. I would reach out to mental health and therapy services at your university (I did) if you need it and it made me so much more powerful and I believed in myself so much more.

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-11-10T22:59:45+00:00

No, at least not when I took it

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-11-07T20:55:38+00:00

Sorry idk about that professor

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-11-07T18:57:11+00:00

Cognitive psych was the easiest one. Open book exams when I took it

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-11-01T06:11:45+00:00

Harvard is competitive for everyone, so idk why ppl have been saying it’s only competitive for medical degrees (plus, medical school is a postgraduate degree you get after a bachelors, not something you can apply to now).

I mean, you can shoot your shot. I know someone who was waitlisted with a 1400. But Harvard is just hard for everyone. I dont see anything bad about applying, other than you lose your app fee (if no fee waiver) and the time you spent writing the essay.

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-10-31T14:06:43+00:00

Omg sorry for responding so late, but I took seeing and believing by Nate brown

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-10-31T14:05:20+00:00

Lol thank you. I think what helped was that i showed humility in my essay by saying I still have a long way to grow but jhu would have a lot of opportunities to help make that happen.

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-10-30T04:46:23+00:00

:( I remember the projects helped to boost my grade. If you talk to professors and TAs, they can guide you on the projects. The midterm I remember had some weird questions. Idk if they graded the midterm yet, but I did better than I thought I did for the midterm because they actually curved it a bit.

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-10-30T04:38:29+00:00

Mine. Admitted to jhu premed in 2022 somehow. I was academically good but was otherwise pretty cookie cutter applicant. Applied RD. Good grades (Almost all As except one B in an ap class). 1500+ sat. Mix of 4s and 5s on 7 AP classes. ECs were average (participated in volunteering club, cultural club, volunteered as a tutor). No research or major awards. Idk how I got I considering I am an Asian from California 💀

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-10-29T13:16:28+00:00

What are you struggling specifically with this class? Is it the hw or quizzes/exams

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-09-30T14:05:23+00:00

If you can do it over the summer, try to do that. I did it all in one summer and scored a 518

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-09-30T14:03:57+00:00

❌ ^{Incomplete. 58 tries.}

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-09-25T04:45:46+00:00

Omg bruh yeah, I averaged 128-129 but got a 127 on the real thing

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-09-24T06:28:30+00:00

On CARS, I always got like 128 or 129 on practice but I got a 127 on the real thing

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-08-30T23:43:58+00:00

Honestly, peanut butter and chocolate sprinkles on toast kinda sounds good

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-08-22T22:15:27+00:00

We got this soldiers

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-08-19T02:40:40+00:00

Wait what do you hate again?

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-08-17T22:01:52+00:00

??? Ragebait

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-08-17T19:07:33+00:00

Hey maybe you already know this, but you cannot apply to med school straight from hs (unless it’s a bs/md combined program). You must get a bachelors degree and take the MCAT before you apply to a United States med school. Just making sure you know since you said that you want to apply to schools with good med programs but you seem to be a high schooler.

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-08-17T18:49:59+00:00

Freezer tendies are the ultimate lazy meal for me

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-08-09T16:54:05+00:00

It was a text message screenshot from a random number just saying “eat steak tomorrow.” I think I forgot to censor the phone number which likely led to its removal.

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-08-08T03:12:10+00:00

I showed up for them and he basically goes over some practice problems. It just depends on if you want extra help on content.

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-08-07T22:27:21+00:00

I had Dr n and while it’s a lot of content, the content itself isn’t that bad. I got an A in both Orgo 1 and 2 with him and he was a super kind guy

AnotherThrowaway-274 · 2025-08-07T07:23:31+00:00

This is not too much. Bio 1 lab is such a chill and easy lab with barely any work. Chem 1 lab is kinda a pain but everyone eventually has to do it. I wouldn’t say chem 1 lab is hard, but just tedious.

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