<p>If I want to do research and eventually get a MD-PhD, should I go to CC or SEAS? Also, which one am I more likely to get into with these stats? Thank you! :)</p>
<p>Sex: Female
Race: Asian
Ethnicity: Chinese
Major: undecided
Career goal: physician-scientist
High School: public school in Pennsylvania</p>
<p>GPA: 4.9231, will go up to 4.9474 next year
Class Rank: 4/814 (This because 3 people are tied for 1st with a 5.0. However, if I graduate with this year's class, I will be 1st.)</p>
<p>SAT: will take in November, should be at least 2300
SAT II: US History (770), Math II (800), Chinese (770), will take Chemistry</p>
<p>APs
Sophomore: AP US History, AP Calc AB, AP Psych, AP Stat (all 5s, no one else at my school has ever taken more than 3 AP classes sophomore year)
Junior: AP US Gov, AP Econ, AP Chem, AP Calc BC</p>
<p>ECs
NHS, Mu Alpha Theta math tutor, Math League student representative (2nd place at Bloomsburg Competition, 3rd place at Lehigh Compeition), Soci</p>
<p>The higher acceptance rate at SEAS is primarly because applicants tend to be self-selective. Students at SEAS actually tend to have higher SAT scores than students at CC, so it’s kind of hard to say whether it’s easier to get into SEAS or CC.</p>
<p>However, SEAS doesn’t have a swimming test requirement, so I guess that would be a plus for me, haha! :)</p>
<p>I meant that overall (not just SAT scores), applicants to SEAS tend to be stronger. Some people say it’s harder to get into SEAS, and some say it’s easier.</p>
<p>Take a look at the majors offered by each College; you’ll see that they’re vastly different (save for things like applied math). See which school’s course offerings interest you more, and apply.</p>
<p>Okay, if I change my major to math (for Columbia College, not SEAS because I don’t like engineering), considering I have skipped a level of math every year, I’m getting a recommendation from a math professor at Lehigh, and am currently taking Calculus 3. In addition, I’m probably going to be taking Linear Algebra this summer. Would this improve my chances in any way?</p>
<p>Also, for career interests, would it help me to put down scientific research or academia, even though I am Asian? Or would it be the most beneficial to just put down undecided for everything?</p>
<p>Be honest on your application. Your goal is to be a physician-scientist, so that’s what you should put. There’s no point in saying you’re undecided when you’re not, especially when it’s already clear from your ECs where your interests lie. </p>
<p>The recommendation from the Lehigh professor will only be helpful if it says something substantive about you that’s not found in your other LORs. If you’re going to be submitting supplemental recs, I think a rec from your research PI would have more weight than one from a professor you just took a class with.</p>