Accelerated Medical Programs

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi!
I am from India and I wanted to know-
1. I plant to apply to some accelerated medical programs and I'm going to write the ACT. Even though the programs that I plan to apply to consider ACT scores as well, will I be looked down upon if I upload my ACT scores?
2. I wanted to know what IB score is considered good for applying to such programs.
3. Also, do colleges offering such programs prefer breadth or depth in terms of medical internships?
4. If some one has got into any accelerated medical program, could they please mention some details such as Scores, GPA, EC's etc.
5. Any other advice that I could get?</p>

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<p>Also, I’m currently in 11th grade.</p>

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<p>Most accelerated med programs are reaches for anyone (and higher than HYPS for the best-ranked ones, like NWU HPME or Brown PLME) and therefore aim for 33+… and what GPA can get you into an accelerated medical program usually lands one a 38+ IB score.</p>

<p>For NWU HPME in particular, research increases their chances greatly, even more if one published, if only as a 9th author out of 10 (if I am not mistaken, the last author is often the sponsor of the research but I could be mistaking medical research literature for condensed matter literature). Finally, pay attention to citizenship (or for public Us, residency sometimes) requirements… perhaps Indian students just can’t apply to some BSc/MD programs.</p>

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<p>Thanks, Catria.
Some programs I’m interested in are Case, Drexel, UMIAMI, Florida State University.
I’m a US Citizen, so that’s not a matter of concern. Also, have you tried to apply to any accelerated med program?</p>

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<p>Although I haven’t tried to attend an accelerated med myself, I have chanced dozens of students vying for accelerated med spots at Drexel, U Miami, Case, NWU and Brown. </p>

<p>Where I live, though, accelerated med programs account not for a small fraction of total med school spots but for like 1/2 (Quebec) and university admissions are far less painful than it is in the US.</p>

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<p>These are my credentials-
Please tell me if I stand a chance-

  1. Very strong chance of getting a predictive IB score of 41+
  2. I plant to write the ACT in December. I have scored up to 32 while practicing. I’m pretty sure that I can’t get more than 33.
  3. I scored 10.0 in my 10th grade CBSE Examination.
    WORK EXPERIENCE:
    2013 summer - 2015:
    • I was a Project Intern at some Hospital which is rated as one of the top ten super speciality hospitals in India. I worked for the Social Work and Community Medicine department. I spent 200 hours in maintaining computer and handwritten records of patients, sorting out medicines, helping with fundraising, planning out the camps. I attended 20 medical camps to treat patients in rural districts in the outskirts of Bangalore. I have attended 1 paediatrics camp, 3 blood donation camps, 1 ophthalmology camp, 12 rural general medicine camps and 3 corporate camps.
    (I plan to watch some surgeries in my December holidays and even in summer I plan to work in really good some hospital/university in the US) </p>

<p>Non Academic Accomplishments:
• I joined the Sanskrit Course and I’m currently in the third level.I got distinction in the second level. These exams are internationally recognized and are prestigious. I write in Sanskrit and my poems have published in my school magazine. I have contributed to the Wikipedia Project of Sanskrit by editing 350 pages so far. I have learnt how to speak the language pretty fluently after attending several Sanskrit speaking Courses as well.
(I plan to edit many more and also write articles in Sanskrit for the project.)
• MUN/ Debate – I have won a couple of MUN’s and debate competitions.
• Drama – I attended 6 theatre workshops in this drama insitute.As part of two workshops I explored Koodiattam the Sanskrit theatre tradition of Kerala which has been declared as among the ‘Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity’ by UNESCO.
• Waste Management – As the Lane representative in-charge of 12 homes in my lane, I educated my neighbours on the waste segregation and management policy of the community, and I ensured that the segregation process was smooth. I spent 25 hours in attending official meetings and in helping formulate the waste segregation policy along with other team members.
•A donation drive to raise funds for sponsoring stationery items for 700 children of the workers of my residential community was conducted. I played a major role in collecting funds and fundraising, and also distributing some items on the main day.
• I work for an organisation that provides mid-day meals to students. I have fund raised the mid-day meal for about 100 kids for 1 year so far. I plan to play a more major role that I will do in my Christmas break.
•I have been learning Taekwondo since I was 6. I have a second degree black belt in Taekwondo, and I have participated in State level tournaments twice.</p>

<p>Some accelerated medical programs I wish to apply to are U Miami, Case, Florida State university, Drexel, st Louis university etc. Please tell me if I stand a chance or not…</p>

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<p>please ignore the IB predictive grade that I mentioned…</p>