<p>Stanford is definetly a dream school to go to. I have always wanted to become a doctor and i know that no matter what college i go to i will fight to get into medical school one way or another, but I want to go to Stanford because i hear they have a great pre med program.
I can explain my gpa, if i took all onlevel classes i would definelty have a 4.0 or a 3.9 at the least because id always taken onlevel until i got to highschool.
IM an upcoming Junior and have this far only taken 1 ap (world).
My schedual next year consists of
Ap lang
AP Biology
AP US History
Spanish 4 Honors
Physics
On level math
Itll be a busy year, and ill be taking even more ap's for classes im really passionate about senior year. All in all i will have taken around 7-8 AP classes.
I do pretty well in them and learn the material so im not too concerned with the course load. However my grades arent where i want them to be.
I also speak fluent Chinese and will be doing an internship while studying Manderin in Beijing next summer because im half Chinese and have been blessed enough to explore the culture.
(ps besides this i have plenty of extracurriculers and volunteer hours)
my SAT score is at a 2010.
Do ya'll think i might have a shot if i pick my grades up>?????</p>
<p>You don’t need to go to Stanford to become a doctor. Lots of schools have great pre-med programs.</p>
<p>Stanford rejects 19 out of 20 applicants, and your stats are below the average of admitted students. Admitted students w below avg stats typically have a strong hook, e.g. URM, recruited athlete, development case. “Unhooked” admitted students typically have the above avg stats.</p>
<p>2010, 3.5 GPA — Most likely not. Just being honest.</p>
<p>Pick your grades up, retake the SAT, and work hard on your essays over the summer. You never know what might happen!</p>
<p>No.</p>
<p>You are unhooked. You are not getting in with those scores and grades. And you would never get the grades you need for med school once you got there against the types of students they do let in. Look elsewhere.</p>
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@guccigirl: if the OP get’s straight As all of junior year and first semester of senior year, what will be her/his cumulative GPA? </p>
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Stanford recalculates without freshman year, so assuming the 3.5 was consistent in both freshman and sophomore year, then the overall GPA would be ~3.8. 3.8 with a strong upward trend and straight A’s in the most relevant classes to performance at Stanford certainly sounds competitive to me. However, 3.5 students rarely suddenly become 4.0 students, particularly when the later classes are more challenging. And if grades do not improve, 3.5/2010 applicants have a very low acceptance rate (0% acceptance rate among Parchment members). </p>
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When I attended Stanford several years ago, I had a similar UW HS GPA and a lower combined SAT score, yet I did better than most in the pre-med classes, particularly chemistry. Med school applicants who do not get grades towards the top of their class at Stanford have a high rate of attending med school. For example, among MD Applicant members who attended Stanford for their undergrad, the average GPA of students admitted to med school was actually lower than the average GPA of the overall Stanford class. When searching for specific GPA ranges, there was not a great difference in acceptance rate between applicants with high and low GPAs. The acceptance rates by GPA for members who did their undergrad at Stanford is below.</p>
<p>3.75 to 4.0+ - 82%
3.5 to 3.75 - 85%
3.25 to 3.5 - 70%
3.0 to 3.25 - 80% (small sample size)
Below 3.0 - 100% (2 out of 2, at least of one of which applied/re-applied following a long gap after graduation that included grad classes at another college)</p>
<p>There are some issues with self-selection bias and incomplete self-reported data, but the point is the results do not suggest you need to have grades at the top of your class at Stanford to be admitted to med school (or that top grades guarantee admission). These results also fit with my personal experiences among students I know who applied to med school.</p>