Do you believe I can get into Johns Hopkins university?

Image by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District
Familiar faces vie for table tennis glory

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and URS Corporation have held ping pong leagues for several years and ultimately hold a championship tournament on the seventh-floor patio of their downtown Los Angeles office building.

This year’s Pingpong Extravaganza men’s championship was held July 26, featuring a chili dog lunch to raise funds for and promote membership in the District-sponsored Toastmasters club.

“Another great year,” said Ed Louie, member of Essayons Toastmasters Club 988 and One-Alarm Chili chef. “We had some scheduling issues, so only the men’s final was held today.”

In the men’s division, it was an all-District final as ACE-IT contractor Bee Cha won three sets to one against David Coltharp of the asset management division.

Corps vs. Corps lined up as the women took the table on July 31. Perennial finalist and 2006 champion Rosa Ramirez, programs and project management division lost a hard fought battle to Roxanne Vidaurre, engineering division.

This fun rivalry got its start when Ed Louie attended a Toastmasters meeting in URS’ conference room and noticed a ping pong table in the patio area. A URS Toastmasters member asked him if he would like a quick game after the meeting. After the match, the two decided it would be fun if the district and URS challenge each other to a friendly ping pong match. From that point in 2006 to present, it’s two wins for URS men and five wins for the Corps men. For the women, its four wins for URS and two wins for the Corps women. The Corps is looking for future men and women players to join.

“If this year is any indication, the men and women of the Los Angeles District and URS Corporation will continue this friendly challenge, and I may have to add another ‘alarm’ to my chili,” added Louie.

Question by head in the clouds: Do you believe I can get into Johns Hopkins university?
I may be able to get into? Since I’m gonna be applying soon.
Well, here are my stats:

I have a 3.71 unweighted GPA, 4.32 weighted.
My SAT score is 2250.
And I’ve gotten 790 on all SAT II subject tests taken (surprisingly, lol).

Extracurriculars:
Environmental club, charity club, debate team (won a few tournaments) national honor society, science honor society, math honor society.
VP of national honor society.
dancing for 10 years, singing for 10 years. have danced on stage and sung many times. I’ve also had lead roles in plays.
I was part of a biology exploring program, and we’ve won major national contests.
I was also a finalist for a vocab bee, went to nationals. I submitted an article to teen ink magazine, and it was published in the magazine. I also published one scientific paper.
I organized a dance program which raised $ 1000. We taught dance to little kids.
I’ve volunteered at a science museum, a hospital, a religious organization, and a bank.
I was an intern at NIH.
Well, I want to study engineering, I think.
Well, by the end of sophomore year, my GPA kinda sucked…it was a 3.61. But junior year, I realized I have to work harder, and I got a 3.77–I got straight A’s. Will they take this into consideration?
And yeah, I meant 3.77, not 3.71. sorry O_o

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