Ba/Md vs. 7/8 year program

<p>Hi,
I am going to be a junior in a small private high school in st. louis, missouri. It offers some, but not all of the AP courses available at bigger high schools, but is still as challenging as any of them. I'm considering anything for pre med but being from st. louis i have a lot of DIFFERENT options. The most common path from someone in my position would be to attend pre med at SLU. Slu also has a med scholars program that finishes in 7 years and is much more competitive. I'm also considering UMKC's 6 year Ba/Md program. I've heard this is hell, but my primary care doctor went there and says shed do it over again and has offered a letter of recommendation (which is a big one cause she holds high position in the medical community in st. louis). I could also go to wash u but thats doubtful just because of the difficulty of admission. I have a 3.9 and some of my EC's are varsity basketball (all 4 years), student ambassadors, student mentor, NHS, tutor with NHS, volunteer weekly at local hospital, future professionals in medicine club, FBLA, and recieved a geography award. I will take AP us history and AP chem next year (as a junior) and havent yet decided my senior year schedule (could take AP bio, AP geography, AP psych etc.). I would like to know your opinions on my chances of getting into any of these programs or others and if you have any suggestions on what to take or any other EC's i could do (especially in the health field) i would really appreciate it. thanks</p>

<p>please let me know what you think!</p>