<p>Hi everybody,
I'm currently a sophomore in high school and I know it's pretty early to be thinking about applications, but I just want to see if I'm on the right track to getting into a good 7/8 BS/MD program (Jefferson, USF, Univ. of FL, UMDNJ, Washington Univ., Northwestern, Brown - yup that's a reach) Oh, and I'm an Asian female.</p>
<p>Grades:
Freshman Year - 3 honors classes, UW: 3.92 W: 4.29
Sophomore Year - 3 honors classes, 1 AP UW: 3.95/4.0 (as of now) W: 4.5 ish
Junior Year - 6 APs Senior Year - 5/6 APs
PSAT score: 200 (self studying)
My high school doesn't do class ranking (thank god)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
School Varsity Volleyball team
member of highest school orchestra since freshman year (toured Europe)
Regional Club volleyball (will probably stop next year to resume in senior year)
member of the UNICEF club (hopefully officer later)
50 hours of community service (as of now)
volunteer at children's specialized hospital </p>
<p>Accomplishments:
completed Grade 8 ABRSM (piano thing)
won silver category at Golden Key festival
publication in a local community college arts magazine</p>
<p>So what do you guys think? Do you think I have a chance at any of these colleges? Thanks for reading this by the way!</p>
<p>You seem to be on the right track for BSMD programs in general, but for Brown and Northwestern, I think what will be successful (not an admissions officer but im speculating on what got me into both) is having a unique side of your personality that you develop. Everybody applying to these programs will have volunteered at the hospital if they’re a serious applicant. Many will have all the same activities, so find your true passion and pursue that in a way that admissions officers will be able to see your personality in two years</p>
<p>@msng09145 </p>
<p>I’m really confused. </p>
<p>In your “chance me for good premed program?” post you said you were currently a “unicef club officer (maybe president senior year)” but in this post, you say you are “member of the UNICEF club (hopefully officer later)”. Which is it?</p>
<p>That aside, you definitely need to raise your SAT score to above 2100. For most bs/md programs, there’s a minimum SAT or ACT score you need. I think for SAT scores, it’s usually around 2230+, depending on the program. Not sure about ACT.</p>
<p>To get into bs/md from what I’ve heard gpa and sat just need to meet minimum but you need lots (more) volunteering hours and you need to try to get medical related research and other medical EC’s to be truly competitive to the top programs of this sort. So you really aren’t on the right track, try to get medical research and more volunteering hours.</p>
<p>@browneyedgirl13 sorry about the confusion! i recently got promoted to an officer for next year haha 
@theanaconda thanks for advice! i think I’m going to apply for a volunteering spot at this hospital next year in addition to the children’s hospital and I’m going to do this summer volunteer program at this cancer center down in florida. do you have any good research opportunities? i have no clue :(</p>
<p>@msng09145 Nope, from what I’ve seen most get it from connections 
. There are probably some you can apply for as a junior but it’s hard to get into those without prior research experience (quite a conundrum). Maybe contact a university professor, that is likely your best bet.</p>
<p>More volunteering hours is great though.</p>