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<p>Class Rank: N/A
GPA: 98/100 (3.8/4.00)
SAT:
Total - 2300/2400
M - 740/800
CR - 760/800
W - 800/800</p>
<p>ACT: Cumulative: 36
Breakdown - M:36, E:35, R:36, W:36</p>
<p>SAT II:
Math 2: 800
Chemistry: 700
Biology: 720</p>
<p>AP Classes:
Freshman:
World History: 5</p>
<p>Sophomore:
European History: 4
Psychology: 4</p>
<p>Junior:
Physics B: 3
U.S. History and Government: 3
English Language and Composition: 5
Environmental Science: 5</p>
<p>Senior:
Biology
Calculus BC
Art History
Macro-Economics
Micro-Economics
U.S. Government and Politics
English Literature and Composition</p>
<p>Honors/Awards:
-
Presidential Scholar Candidate -
National A.P. Scholar with Distinction -
National Merit Finalist -
National Honor Society</p>
<p>Major Extracurriculars:
Forensics Speech and Debate – Student Congress
- Competed on state and national level
- Captain during senior year
Fencing – Sabre - Nationally Rated
- Division 1A All County Finalist
Model Congress -
Honorable Mention at Yale MC -
Honorable Mention/Golden Gavel at Penn MC
Christian Club
-
Leader, helped organize Hoops of Hope, a charity event that helps children who have been affected by HIV/AIDS </p>
<p>Community Service:
- 150+ hours at Hospice Care Network
- ~80 hours at Nassau University Medical Center, in ER and MICU
- One week (about 40 hours) in New Orleans for Habitat for Humanity </p>
<p>Research Experience:
- Effect of Storage Time on Acetogenin Concentrations in Asimina triloba Bark
- An Analysis of the Criterion and Trends for Newly Added Words to the Oxford English Dictionary in the Last Ten Years
- Worked in a NYU lab studying the effect of spindle mitotic checkpoint proteins (such as BubRI) and their possible use for cancer treatment</p>
<p>*Note – I did not use any of these projects in any research competitions</p>
<p>Applied to the following BS/MD programs:</p>
<ol>
<li> Brown PLME - Rejected</li>
<li> Northwestern HPME - Rejected</li>
<li> PSU/Jefferson – Rejected</li>
<li> University of Pittsburgh - Rejected</li>
<li> Boston University - Rejected</li>
<li> University of Rochester - Rejected </li>
<li> The College of New Jersey - Rejected</li>
<li> University of Connecticut - Rejected</li>
<li> Stony Brook – Rejected from Scholars in Medicine, accepted to Honors College</li>
<li>Drexel/Drexel – Rejected</li>
<li>Lehigh/Drexel – Rejected </li>
<li> Villanova/Drexel – Interviewed – Rejected</li>
<li>Brooklyn College/SUNY Downstate – Interviewed – Rejected</li>
<li>RPI/AMC – Interviewed - Accepted</li>
</ol>
<p>Other schools:
- Fordham University - Accepted
- Cornell – Rejected
- Johns Hopkins – Rejected
- Harvard – Rejected</p>
<p>Decision: Not much to choose from, right? Joking aside, I’m incredibly happy with getting into even just one BA/MD program, and RPI was one of my top (their research based curriculum, the fact that it is a seven year program, and the lack of an MCAT requirement all were extremely appealing). </p>
<p>Reflection: Start early. Not just with ECs, research, or anything like that, but also with the applications themselves. There are so many essays to write and forms to fill out. I started my Common App in August, and had finished everything (including the BA/MD program supplements) by October 20th. Having everything in before the deadline relieves a lot of stress.<br>
Like everyone else has been saying, applying to these programs, no matter your stats, is generally a gamble. Different programs look for different things; don’t be discouraged if you think your transcript/resume is lacking.</p>
<p>I personally thought that my interview was what got me into RPI – I’m generally a pretty amiable and articulate person, and it helped that during the group interview and activity I tried to stand out by leading (but not too aggressively). </p>
<p>Good luck to all who are applying to these programs. It’s a long and difficult process, but hopefully you’ll end up happy (as I did). Feel free to ask me questions about anything.</p>
<p>GPA 3.73 (93.5) (Weighted on a 4.0 scale)
SAT: CR: 660 MATH: 720 WR: 700
ACT: 31 </p>
<p>AP Courses: World History, U.S History, Statistics, English Language, Biology, Literature </p>
<p>Honors Courses: Physics, Chemistry, Pre Calculus, Geometry, ALg2/Trig, Earth Science, English, Spanish </p>
<p>Extra Curricular: </p>
<p>English Honors Society (President)
History Honors Society (Board Member)
Spanish Honors Society
Technical Honors Society Candidate
National Merit Honorable Mention
Football (12 years and varsity captain)
Youth Against Cancer
Chinese Heritage Club
Debate Team
Basketball (3 years)
Baseball (1 year)
Lacrosse (2 Years and captain of freshman team)
Friends of Rachel (Anti-Bullying)</p>
<p>Volunteer and Work:
Worked at Walgreens
Babysit
Work at Law Office</p>
<p>Total of 600+ Volunteer hours including hospital, nursing home, midnight runs, soup kitchens bringing food and clothes to homeless shelters, running a Senior Citizens Prom at my school. </p>
<p>Doing a program this year in which I shadow doctors completing 500 clinical rotation hours, a 25 hour internship, and a 25 Page Medical Research Paper as well as complete an Anatomy and Physiology Course. </p>
<p>Applied Programs: </p>
<p>Uconn SPiM: Interviwed: Accepted
Usciences/Commonwealth Medical: Interviewed; waiting on letter in mid April
Siena/AMC: rejected
Union/AMC: rejected
Sophie Davis: rejected
Drexel/Drexel: rejected
Hofstra: rejected</p>
<p>Decision: Uconn SPiM Class of '17/'21 </p>
<p>I absolutely loved this program. The case base learning and the atmosphere and the way everything works in the program is amazing and they treat the program kids with such high regard at the school. I also loved Uconn as a school. The interview was tough. A lot of pressure. Juniors get involved. No matter what your parents say its NOT all about the grades. Getting a 4.0 and a 2300 is great but if your resume sucks youre not getting into one of these programs. Show your interest in medicine and get involved. Do research, internships, shadowing volunteering anything you can think of do it. Make sure your essays are great and KNOW why you want to be a doctor and why you want a program. If you dont know why, its not gonna happen because they can see right through you at an interview. Most of all be confident at the interviews dont hesitate and dont be scared they want someone who is poised and can speak in front of others in a coherent manner.</p>
<p>Rejected to NJMS with NJIT, Stevens, and Rutgers. Just waiting on Stony Brook ESFM and then we will make a decision and I’ll post my final results.</p>
<p>Accepted to Muhlenberg/Drexel! Now that all are in, decisions need to be made!</p>
<p>Class Rank: 24/650
Unweighted GPA: 4
Weighted GPA: 4.4777</p>
<p>SAT:
Total - 2210
M - 780
CR - 690
W - 740</p>
<p>ACT: Cumulative: 32 (did not send)</p>
<p>SAT II:
Math 2: 800
U.S History: 710
Biology M: 770</p>
<p>AP classes:
-Bio (4)
-Calc AB (5)
-U.S. History (5)
-Psych
-Econ (macro+micro)
-Chem
-Stats</p>
<p>Major Extracurriculars:
-Speech and Debate
-Jazz Band
-Bhangra
-Indian Sunday School
-National Honor Society (Vice President)
-Siemens Regional Semi Finalist 2011
-various other small things</p>
<p>Community Service:
-hospital volunteer for three summers</p>
<p>Research Experience:
-UPCI Summer Academy 8 week program</p>
<p>Applied to the following programs:</p>
<ol>
<li> University of Pittsburgh → No Interview → Selected (DENTAL)</li>
<li> Drexel/Drexel → Interviewed → rejected (MED)</li>
<li> Wash U in St. Louis → Not Selected for Interview (MED)</li>
<li> Rochester REMS → Not Selected for Interview (MED)</li>
<li> VCU → Not Selected for Interview (DENTAL)</li>
<li> NYU → No Interview → Selected (DENTAL)</li>
<li> SUNY Buffalo → Interviewed → Selected (DENTAL)</li>
<li> Villanova/UPenn → No Interview → Rejected (DENTAL)</li>
</ol>
<p>Other schools:
-Accepted: Northeastern, Rutgers, Temple, Michigan, VCU (undergrad), Villanova (undergrad), Drexel (undergrad)
-Waitlisted: WashU, Northwestern, Rochester
-Rejected: Columbia, UNC, USC</p>
<p>Decision:
See below</p>
<p>Reflection:</p>
<p>So I actually haven’t made a decision yet. My choices are between Pitt, Buffalo, and NYU. I wanted to get some peoples opinions. Pitt wants a 3.8 gpa and 22 DAT but Buffalo and NYU want a 3.5 gpa and 19 DAT. Pitt I would have to go 8 years vs 7 at buffalo/nyu but i get to major in anything I want vs bio at buffalo/nyu. Location of NYU/Pitt are definitely better than Buffalo (too isolated) but the cost of NYU is extreme compared to Pitt and Buffalo. Any opinions are welcome! PM me if you want more info or just want to talk about but not on this thread. Thanks!</p>
<p>i dont know about dental, but i heard a couple of days back that this year out of 10 students in the GAP program that should have matriculated to med school, only 5 went in and 5 were kicked out because of GPA.
Go with a safer bet of the choices u have.</p>
<p>Class Rank: Top 10/562
GPA: 102</p>
<p>SAT: 2320 (800 Math, 750 CR, 770 Writing)
PSAT: 224 (National Merit Finalist)</p>
<p>SAT II:
Chemistry: 790
Math Level 2: 780
Chinese: 780</p>
<p>APs:
Chemistry: 5
English Lang. and Comp: 5
Biology
Calculus BC
Statistics
English Lit.
US History 1</p>
<p>Notable ECs: President of Tri-M Music Honor Society, Captain of Varsity tennis (All Conference 1st Team, All SJ 1st Team), Officer of Science Olympiad team, Officer of Cultural Diversity Club, National Merit Finalist, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Concertmaster of school orchestra, Tennis instructor, member of various orchestras</p>
<p>Community service: ~200 hours at Voorhees Pediatric Facility</p>
<p>Research experience: ~200 hours at Jefferson Medical College</p>
<p>Shadowing experience: 2 weeks with a family doctor; 2 days with an interventional cardiologist</p>
<p>Applied programs:</p>
<ol>
<li>Drexel/Drexel - Interview - ACCEPTED</li>
<li>Villanova/Drexel - Interview - ACCEPTED</li>
<li>Lehigh/Drexel - No interview - Rejected</li>
<li>NJIT/NJMS - Interview - ACCEPTED</li>
<li>TCNJ/NJMS - Interview - ACCEPTED</li>
<li>Rutgers/NJMS - Interview - Rejected</li>
<li>UPitt/UPitt - No interview - Rejected</li>
<li>GWU/GWU - No interview - Rejected</li>
<li>URochester REMS - No interview - Rejected</li>
<li>Boston University - No interview - Rejected</li>
</ol>
<p>Other schools:
UPenn (accepted), Duke (rejected)</p>
<p>Decision: TCNJ/NJMS. For me, it was between TCNJ/NJMS and Drexel/Drexel. I got full tuition to Drexel, but NJMS is less expensive than Drexel Med since I’m in state, so money-wise the two were similar. Ultimately I went with TCNJ/NJMS since TCNJ is a better school than Drexel and there is no minimum MCAT score requirement for the NJMS programs. Also I like the campus/atmosphere of NJMS more than Drexel Med.</p>
<p>Reflection: These programs are definitely way harder to get into than most people think. Even if you have great academics and ECs, you’re still no guarantee. Medical experiences are vital, especially hospital volunteering, and research and shadowing experiences would be a huge plus. But most importantly, you must possess a passion and love for medicine and being a doctor, and you must show that through your essays and interviews. Start early with your applications because these programs require many additional essays, so definitely be prepared to do a lot of work. Interviews are very important but not too stressful. As long as you know why YOU want to go into medicine and you just have some general medical knowledge, interviews should be a breeze. Overall, the process takes time and lots of hard work and dedication, but as long as you’re passionate and focused, in the end it should all pay off, as it did for me =)</p>
<p>Good luck to anyone who is applying to these programs next year, and good luck to everyone in general. We’ll all be fantastic doctors of the future!</p>
<p>doctor18, if I’m allowed to ask quick one, saw your 200hrs research at Jefferson Medical, why didn’t you apply there?</p>
<p>@doctor18:
How did you find out about your TCNJ/UMDNJ decisions?</p>
<p>@pcb1604, yeah u can ask as many questions as you’d like! I didnt apply there because it’s program with penn state is 6 years and i felt that is way too short of a time span. no need to rush THAT much!</p>
<p>@hcarmingkarma, Dr. Shevlin called me monday night</p>
<p>I was accepted to Stony Brook’s Engineering Scholars for Medicine Program!!! Hell yeah!!!</p>
<p>congratulations. is that open only for students in NY?</p>
<p>@bombingrange: well done!! Good luck to you-a much better undergraduate experience for you now!</p>
<p>@HPEMOM no, but most end up coming from NY. It seems like Shoumik95 and I were the only ones not from Long Island.</p>
<p>@Arborvitae yes, Stony Brook undergrad, especially engineering, is pretty good. When you say better, what program are you comparing SB to?</p>
<p>@bombingrange. I know you were thinking of the Brooklyn program since they offered you the most money, but many people on cc said the UG campus is not so nice. I remember seeing the Stony Brook campus with my D and liked it, but we heard of the very few spots that program has and that they prefer NYS residents for them. Now you have your choice of city vs. suburban campus! Nice to have choices right?! :-)</p>
<p>@Arborvitae yes it is absolutely nice to have choices, especially for combined medical programs. Stony Brook and Brooklyn are comparable in cost (both a fantastic value).</p>
<p>Congratulations on all the acceptances! What a blessing to have choices. Can you all please share stats after you make decisions?</p>
<p>Congrats to all that got in. Any one make final decisions? Stats?</p>
<p>I’ll post here soon, most people are still on the Interview thread.</p>