<p>Hi my name is Steven.
I'm a junior in high school in New York. I currently have an unweighted gpa of 85 and a weighted gpa of 89. My grades have improved since freshman year ehich i believe colleges like to see. By the end of my senior year I will have taken 5 credits of mathematics (three being algebra, geometry, and algebra 2/trig, one of them pre-calculus and one being AP Calculus AB). 6 science credits (biology, earth science honors, chemistry honors, physics, AP environmental science, and AP biology). 4 standard English classes. 5 credits in foreign languages (4 Spanish (Spanish 2, Spanish 3, Spanish 4, college Spanish) 1 American sign language) and one advanced Spanish class at Molly college Friday nights. 5 credits in social studies (global history honors, AP world history, AP US history, AP Human Geography, economics, AP US government and politics) and an independent study of AP Comparative government and politics. I also have 2.5 credits in music and art.
I belong to the World Language Honor Society, big buddies club (we tutor Spanish speaking children) and I will be the president of big buddies next year. I coordinated and planned a cell phone drop for a charity called stepping stones Nigeria and i plan on hosting a telethon for that charity at our school (still discussing those details). I worked at a summer camp in the city called the big apple games for 2 summers. I also have a summer job now at a hospital called Nassau University Medical Center. I am also going to NYC or Washington DC for the National Youth Leadership Forum on medicine for 10 days in the summer.
The reason for me throwing all this information at you is to see if I would have a chance at any of these schools. (I want to go for premed and major in biology or biochemistry, and minor in Spanish). And become a trauma surgeon (hopefully in Hawaii).
These are the schools...
1. Stonybrook
2. Columbia
3. NYIT
4. University of Hawai'i
5. Syracuse university
6. Queens college
7. Cornell
8. St. Johns
9. Siena college</p>
<p>Please respond :) thanks!
-Steven
P.S. Please don't tell me to live in the moment because that bothers me. If you have your way of doing things and don't agree with my way a appreciate it if you don't try to push them on me. Thanks!</p>
<p>Your ECs are very strong. Grades and subjects are average. Do you have an SAT score to mention? But for those colleges I’d say you have a strong chance at all those schools except Cornell and Columbia.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure you have a good shot at everything on that list except for Columbia and Cornell. Most of them should be safeties or low matches.</p>
<p>Why do you want to be a trauma surgeon in Hawaii though?</p>
<p>Columbia, Cornell, and Johns Hopkins typically admit applicants who got A’s (90 or better) in just about all of their courses in high school, and who typically took the honors, advanced, G/T, or AP level of courses when they were available. Since your weighted and unweighted GPA are fairly close, and neither is over 90, I’m guessing you probably don’t fit that profile. </p>
<p>Very commonly, those applicants are also able to support their applications with SAT scores exceeding or approaching 700 on each of the three sections.</p>
<p>And they only are able to admit a fraction of those applicants. You would need to present something very different and special on your application to be a competitive applicant at any of those schools.</p>
<p>I think it would be best for you to focus your efforts on schools which typically enroll applicants with grades and scores more like your own.</p>
<p>I feel as though I have a chance to get into at least Johns Hopkins, or even Cornell. Maybe I’m a fool but I believe that I have a lot to offer…</p>
<p>You do have a lot to offer and seem qualified at all the schools you’ve listed. But the reality is there will be multitudes of other applicants who will have better metrics submitted than yours. Given this, you should only view those applications (Columbia, Cornell & JHU) as “reach” applications and focus more on a body of schools where students with your stats get regularly admitted. Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>Pre-med is an advising regimen students considering Medical School put themselves into. They can be biology majors or theater majors or Latin majors. Being pre-med or planning on Medical School after graduation, in and of itself, won’t affect how you’re evaluated for college.</p>
<p>Medical schools are selective. College “pre-med” isn’t. Any one walking onto campus can declare themselves pre-med. Pre med is a course track. You take pre-reqs needed for med school and prepare for the MCATs. Any undergraduate can do this. Heck, you don’t need to even tell a single soul in your undergraduate years that you’re planning on med school. As long as you have the classes under your belt, have a solid GPA and top MCAT score, you are a viable med school applicant. Like I said: PRE-MED is an advising track.</p>
<p>Steven, first, change your userid. 2nd, listen the users above … your reaches are unlikely (Columbia, Cornell, Johns Hopkins) because of your grades, SAT scores and course rigor. Focus on schools that are target for your grades and SATs. You can look that up yourself on one of the many search engines. You posted this because you wanted some random high school student to tell you to go for it, but the reality of the experienced people that are responding to you is much more accurate.</p>
<p>No, I wanted experienced people to give me advice and help me to decide where to go, where to apply, and how to present myself to colleges. Thanks.</p>
<p>Okay, fair, then here’s a good one to investigate for a pre-med type approach: University of New England in Biddeford, Maine. Since you are not from Maine and your SATs and GPA are good but not Ivy level, this school will love you and very possibly throw merit money at you. You are a good mix of courses, including AP, so there are others like this school that might also match other preferences you have like location.</p>