by LaserEyess » Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:47 pm
I am currently a senior in high school thinking of applying to this program next year, as a freshman in college. I was accepted Early decision into Johns Hopkins University, with plans of majoring in Mechanical engineering and possibly double majoring Chemistry/Mechanical engineering. In high school I had a 3.76 unweighted GPA, and my SAT score is 2090 (730 reading, 670 writing, 690 math). I also took Math I and Math II subject tests and scored 780 on both.
I live in the Baltimore/D.C. Metropolitan area and around 20-40 minutes away from D.C. and Virginia depending on traffic. Both my parents have worked for the government with security clearances, and my mother currently works for NGA based in Bethesda I believe. My mother is looking into getting me an internship at NSA or her agency for the summer of 2010, as well as a security clearance.
I am very interested in weapons development, energy efficiency, materials research, chemical physics, and applied chemistry. A lot of the sponsoring facilities around the Washington Area as well as the Naval yards in Virginia support both my majors and have jobs in those areas of research.
I have no plans of changing my majors or my college of choice, no plans of getting anything less than a 4.0 my first semester, and really, really, really, really want an almost-full-ride-but-only-for-tuition scholarship WITH a good salary and a lot of job security right out of college. I understand that freshman are rarely chosen and cost the program a lot of money, but will having family friends who work in sponsoring agencies help me?
I am currently a senior in high school thinking of applying to this program next year, as a freshman in college. I was accepted Early decision into Johns Hopkins University, with plans of majoring in Mechanical engineering and possibly double majoring Chemistry/Mechanical engineering. In high school I had a 3.76 unweighted GPA, and my SAT score is 2090 (730 reading, 670 writing, 690 math). I also took Math I and Math II subject tests and scored 780 on both.
I live in the Baltimore/D.C. Metropolitan area and around 20-40 minutes away from D.C. and Virginia depending on traffic. Both my parents have worked for the government with security clearances, and my mother currently works for NGA based in Bethesda I believe. My mother is looking into getting me an internship at NSA or her agency for the summer of 2010, as well as a security clearance.
I am very interested in weapons development, energy efficiency, materials research, chemical physics, and applied chemistry. A lot of the sponsoring facilities around the Washington Area as well as the Naval yards in Virginia support both my majors and have jobs in those areas of research.
I have no plans of changing my majors or my college of choice, no plans of getting anything less than a 4.0 my first semester, and really, really, really, really want an almost-full-ride-but-only-for-tuition scholarship WITH a good salary and a lot of job security right out of college. I understand that freshman are rarely chosen and cost the program a lot of money, but will having family friends who work in sponsoring agencies help me?