Accelerated/Combined Med Programs

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

<p>Hey, I'm a High School Junior and I want to become a surgeon more than anything. I've been looking at a few 7-8 year med programs and I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could give me some feedback of what my chances are.</p>

<p>My goal is to get into the 7-year program at GW, but I'm also going to apply to the Northwesten, Boston U, Tufts, and Rutgers-UMDNJ ones. Here's my transcript as of right now: </p>

<p>High School: A very small public school in New Jersey. I only have 36 people in my grade and around 150 in the whole school.
GPA: 3.6 Unweighted
Class Rank: 9 of 36 as of June 2010, probably will go up as will my GPA.</p>

<p>Current Classes
Chemistry with lab Hnrs
Pre-Calc Hnrs
English Hnrs
Us. Hist II Hnrs
C/M Engineering ('Career Major')
Spanish III Hnrs
Intro to Psych at Middlesex County College
Health (Human Anatomy and Physiology)
Took the Polish Regeant Exam in Columbia U, received near perfect
<em>Since my school is so small, it does not have any AP classes</em></p>

<p>Tests
SAT: 1800 (first time ever without any classes or prep, will retake in May)
ACT: taking in April
SAT II: taking Math I, Math II, and Chem in June</p>

<p>Distinctions/Awards
Most Passionate Debater - New Jersey Biosciences Forum
1st Place Debate and Discussion - New Jersey Biosciences Forum
1st Place Regional Singing Competition among Polish Schools
President's Education Award for Excelence 2010
National Spanish Exam
GreenTech Expo
(A few more, but I cannot remember off the top of my head right now)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
Red Cross Club (Secretary)
Science Club
Newspaper Club (Editor)
Yearbook (Writer)
Spanish Honors Society
AMC Math Contestant
Polish Supplementary School
Peer Mediator
F.B.L.A
Model U.N
Debate Club
Vocal Ensemble
Book Club</p>

<p>Work & Volunteering
EMS Cadet (V)
Private Math Tutor (increased grade of my tutoree by two whole letters) (W)
Chem and Spanish Tutor in school (V)
Cater-Water at Banquet Hall (W)
Library Volunteer since 2009 (V)
Summer Camp Counselor (W)
Teacher's Assistant (V)
Hospital Volunteer (V)</p>

<p>Internships
4-week research internship in biochemistry
Applying to multiple summer internships as well</p>

<p>Other
Piano (5 years and still playing)
Violin (4 years)
Singing - Soprano (12 years)
Multilingual (fluent in Polish, English, and limited Spanish)
My first language was Polish
White Female
1st generation American </p>

<p>THANK YOU!</p>

2

<p>The admit rate forGW combined BA /med is very low. <5%.</p>

3

<p>^as is the case for most bs/md programs.</p>

4

<p>so, do I have a maybe, or is it a ‘not gonna happen ever’ thing?</p>

5

<p>Sorry, probably not. They get about 700 apps for about 25 spots.</p>

<p>Btw, don 't bother taking both math 1and2 SATIIs. Most schools don’t want to see that. Schools that ask for 3 subject tests want them in different subjects.</p>

6

<p>Here’s the deal: I can’t give you an adequate chance because I don’t know your final SAT score or your weighted GPA. Right NOW though, you can’t even apply for some programs because you don’t have the minimum SAT score needed to apply (Rutgers-UMDNJ for example). Try looking around the Multiple Degree Programs sub-forum… that is pretty much devoted to the medical programs.</p>