Applied vs. Accepted stats, Difficulty, and Scholarship stats for various programs?

Pre-Med & Medical School Multiple Degree Programs
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<p>I finished going through the giant directory of BA/MD programs. Right now I'm looking at applying to the following BA/MD programs. If you have any others that I should think about, please reply with suggestions:</p>

<p>University of Miami (Honors Program in Medicine)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Penn State (Accelerated Premedical Program)
University of Southern California
Boston University (Accelerated Liberal Arts/ Medical Education Combined Degree)
Miami University (Dual Admission Program with University of Cincinnati)
Stony Brook (Scholars for Medicine)
Temple University (Medical Scholars Program)
University of Connecticut (Combined Program in Medicine)
Saint Louis University (Medical Scholars Program)</p>

<p>Just for reference, here are my stats that I posted in a previous thread:</p>

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Race: Indian (US Citizen, born in the USA)
Gender: Male
Location: Illinois
School: Naperville Central
Class of 2009</p>

<p>GPA: 4.52 Weighted, 3.881 Unweighted (straight A's first semester senior year would bring me to 3.898). My school doesn't have class rank anymore. I do believe they maintain top 5% though, which I am pretty darn sure I'm in. The school will release what the highest GPA in the class is though, which is about a 4.64, give or take a tiny bit.</p>

<p>Test Scores:</p>

<p>PSAT: 213...National Merit Semi-Finalist cutoff was 213 last year in Illinois...but I'm not sure that I'll make it for this year</p>

<p>SAT: 2250 (CR: 800, Math: 730, Writing: 720). Only taken once, will probably retake since I can definitely get an 800 in math (off day I guess).</p>

<p>ACT: 34 (Grammar: 35, Math: 36, Reading: 33, Science: 33). Taken twice, will probably take again in September since I'm confident that I can get better scores in Reading and Science.</p>

<p>SAT IIs
-Math ii: 780
-Chemistry: 780
-US History: 720</p>

<p>AP Tests:
-AP Gov: 5
-AP Chem: 4
-AP Computer Science AB: 4 (this is the harder test btw...not that helps I guess)
-AP US History: 5</p>

<p>AP Classes taking next year: Lit, Lang, Psyche, Macro, Micro, Bio, BC Calc</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>ICDA/IHSA Congressional Debate (done Freshman, Sophomore and Junior year)
-2nd Place Best Legislation at an Invitational (Junior Year)
DECA (done Sophomore and Junior Year)
-5th place @ Regional, Travel & Tourism (Sophomore Year)
-2nd place @ Regional, Business Law & Ethics (Junior Year, didn't compete at State because of conflicts)
Business Professionals of America (did sophomore year, awards all Junior Year):
-2nd Place Web Application Team @ Regional
-4th Place Fundamentals of XHTML @ Regional
-2nd Place Web Application Team @ State
-1st Place Fundamentals of XHTML @ State
-Top 10 Fundamentals of XHTML @ Nationals (don't know exact place)
Math Team (did Sophomore and Junior year)
-4th Place Individuals Team at ICTM State
-7th Place 8 Person Team at ICTM State
Science Olympiad (did Sophomore and Junior year)
-1st Place Food Chemistry JV Regional (sophomore year)
-1st Place Five Star Science JV (sophomore year)
-1st Place Physics Lab (sophomore year)
-3rd Place Chem Lab (Junior Year)
-3rd Place Five Star (Junior Year)
-1st Place Robot Ramble (Junior Year)
Certamen (Sophomore year, disbanded Junior year)
National Honors Society
Going to do Mini-Medical School this year
Continuing all extra curricular activites next year</p>

<p>Volunteering:
8 hours @ library (Summer before Junior Year)
150+ Hours Hospital Volunteering in Hospital in town with a population of 6500 (Summers before Junior and Senior year)
8 1/2 hours misc stuff for NHS</p>

<p>Employment:
McDonalds (sob...)</p>

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<p>I would very much appreciate it if I could get some stats on these schools, as far as how many people apply and how many people get in. Also, could I get rankings of how difficult it is to get into these programs, 1 being the most difficult? If anyone knows about how many people get full and half tuition scholarships at these schools (if applicable), please post that too. FINALLY, if you got into any of these schools, could you please list some of your stats, like SAT, ACT, GPA, Class rank, Extra Curriculars, etc.</p>

<p>I don't have any research, which I suppose is a fair blow to my resume. I do have 150+ hours of hospital volunteering though. Any comments on specific schools's interests in research would be appreciated.</p>

<p>Much Thanks</p>

<p>-quadomatic</p>

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<p>is it true that you get acne by working at mcdonalds?</p>

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<p>not the reply I was hoping for...but I don't know. Maybe if you rubbed grease on your face or something...but i don't think people do that.</p>

<p>I didn't notice anyone working there having acne.</p>

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<p>um if you highlight your hospital experience and try to get some patient contact through the hospital (you could help nurses in the ER, etc), you have a great shot at all those programs.</p>

<p>or just ask a doctor you know if you could shadow him for a few days. that will really go a long way.</p>

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<p>Thx for the advice. I already finished doing my volunteering for the summer (8 hours a day for 2 weeks. don't live around there so I go there for 2 weeks a summer). I tried to get some patient contact. Hopefully that'll help some.</p>

<p>Any stats info? Anybody?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>My D. is at Miami in DAP (Dual Admission Program) - will be a Sophmore. You can PM me if you need details about this one. Suggestion - if you are applying in Ohio, might as well apply to Ohio State program if you make a cutoff for NMSF - it is a OSU program requirement (very unusual).</p>

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<p>So I found stats on these schools in other threads and from ppl:</p>

<p>UofMiami - 139 apply, 126 interview, 26 accepted
USC - 800 apply, 100 interview, 30 to 45 accepted
BU - 400 apply, 114 interview, 24 accepted
University of Cincinnati - 10 accepted from Miami, 13 accepted from UCincinnati</p>

<p>Any data on Out Of State applicants would be appreciated.</p>

<p>Still looking for stats on Virginia Commonwealth, Penn State, Stony Brook, Temple and UConn.</p>

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<p>I will be an incoming freshman at the VCU G-med program.. at our interview we were told that 250 qualified students applied from the class of 2008, which was more than they had ever gotten. so I'll break down the stats for you:</p>

<p>VCU had around 250 qualified applicants (you have to have certain GPA + SAT to be able to apply, with your stats you are obviously qualified, but check the site anyway)
60 people were invited for interviews
39 people were projected to be accepted (odd number, but it's what they told us at the interview)</p>

<p>the year before 180 applied and 36 were accepted (these are stats available on the site)</p>

<p>check the website for g-med, it has a lot of useful info including the requirements to stay in the program, and it is also where they will eventually upload the app <a href="https://www.pubapps.vcu.edu/honors/guaranteed/medicine/index.aspx%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://www.pubapps.vcu.edu/honors/guaranteed/medicine/index.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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Volunteering:
8 hours @ library (Summer before Junior Year)
8 1/2 hours misc stuff for NHS

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Please, do yourself a favor and don't include this on your resume. It's beginning (if not already) to look like a laundry list.</p>

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<p>I know Stony Brook and UConn heavily favor in-state applicants.</p>

<p>Also, USC told us that this year ~1,000 people applied. Also, with the Bacc/MD, if you make the program, you've got a really good shot at at least half tuition. If you make National Merit Finalist, USC automatically gives you half tuition, too.</p>

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<p>thechaagaaaz: thx for the info on VCU. Much appreciated.</p>

<p>ppenguin757: I see, I was wondering about that. Perhaps I should reconsider and look at some other schools to apply to instead of those 2? Any recommendations for other programs that aren't as adverse to out of state applicants that I would have a decent chance of getting into?</p>