Chance for Rice/Baylor and PLME

Pre-Med & Medical School Multiple Degree Programs
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<p>Hi,
I'm an International student from South Asia and i am thinking of applying to Brown for the PLME ED. Other Schools i am looking at are Princeton, JHU, Northwestern, Duke, Bowdoin, Tufts, Harvard , Williams, UPenn and Rice. I want to do a Pre-Med and then go onto Med School if i dnt get through the PLME. Major in Economics and International Relations but with Pre-Med Req. </p>

<p>My Stats:
SAT1 - October 2010
CR - 780 99%
M - 740 97%
W-620 84% :(
SAT2
Math 2 - 730
Chemistry - 800
Biology M - 790</p>

<p>ECs
Trivia - participated and won at the International Level, President of the Club</p>

<p>Astronomy - President Of the Club, research</p>

<p>Drama - Plays in School seen by over 6000 people</p>

<p>Music - Guitarist for the School Band , self taught , also play the bass and drums sometimes</p>

<p>Marching Band - Commander and i play the Bugle</p>

<p>Journalism - Junior Editor of the Magazine</p>

<p>Computer Club - Vice President, Big Budget , organized a national level event
Rated the best student of the School in all aspects, won a special award which is rarely given to anyone in school.</p>

<p>Social Service </p>

<p>Medical:
Plenty of Volunteer Work in hospitals and with Doctors
Medical awareness camps
Blood bank
Special Coaching for med school in my country </p>

<p>Sports:
Basketball , Swimming(National Level) , Snooker , Golf and Squash</p>

<p>Essays :
My teachers loved it and so did one of my cousins who went to Harvard.</p>

<p>Recs:
Pretty good i guess</p>

<p>I want an honest answer people. What are my chances?</p>

<p>Im really scared bout my writing score i am thinking of taking the SATs again..... wanted your opinion on that too.</p>

<p>I sent in my PLME ED app on the 1st</p>

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<p>Bump!!!</p>

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<p>I’ve read on CC that many colleges don’t even look at the writing score. My son’s was not very good either, and he was accepted at some of the schools you mention. </p>

<p>He’s an URM, however, and I’ve read here that Asians are ORM (Over Represented Minorities,) and that might make it much harder for you, especially if you’re an international student; international asian students I believe are almost expected to be WOWs (Walk on Water,) especially if they are going to require financial aid.</p>

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<p>Thank You!! Lets see what happens!</p>

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<p>Bump!!!</p>

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<p>bump!!!</p>

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<p>Bump!!!</p>

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<p>Hi.
Whatever I say, I am saying my true and honest opinion:
“I’m an International student from South Asia”
Weakens your APP</p>

<p>My Stats:
SAT1 - October 2010
CR - 780 99%
M - 740 97%
W-620 84%
-Automatic Rejection right here. sorry.</p>

<p>SAT2
Math 2 - 730
Chemistry - 800
Biology M - 790
-Great scores, but they are bogged by that SAT</p>

<p>ECs
-PLME doesn’t care for ANY of your ECs</p>

<p>Social Service </p>

<p>Medical:
Plenty of Volunteer Work in hospitals and with Doctors

  • You and the other 100,000 Asians applying for BS/MDs</p>

<p>Medical awareness camps
-See above comment
Blood bank
-Above
Special Coaching for med school in my country
-haha</p>

<p>Sports:
PLME doesn’t care</p>

<p>Essays :
Really depends.</p>

<p>Recs:
“i guess”? not enough for PLME</p>

<p>Diagnosis: A higher SAT score may help you, but a complete lack of ECs really puts you in a bad position.</p>

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<p>^That SAT score is definitely not an automatic rejection.</p>

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<p>@ravi - first of all i think its illegal to see your recs and see if u like them … ive tried to be honest … and complete lack of EC’s?? … I think i listed out a lot of them… the ones that matter to me … i have more if u think i need to put those too like math club and electronics club … so should i? … another think is that the PLME gets around 2000 apps not 100,000 … Fyi there are 350,000 people living in the USA today and i dont think that 1/3rd of them would be applying to the BSMDs in my year … Please help me with some constructive criticism and not laugh at me </p>

<p>@BSMD11 - U think so? i feel thats the weakest part of my app … :frowning: … Could u chance me on the whole? thank you</p>

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<p>*thing is that</p>

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<p>*350,000,000 i ment and 1/30th</p>

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<p>first of all i think its illegal to see your recs and see if u like them

  • I know, that is why this is very subjective.</p>

<p>I think i listed out a lot of them… the ones that matter to me

  • Just trying to help.</p>

<p>I’m sorry, as I said, I was trying to give you something you could use. I think you have a fair shot at some of the lower IVYs, but PLME, for you, would be trying to find you(a grain of sand) hidden somewhere on the world’s beaches.</p>

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<p>^Actually, it is legal to see your recs, as long as you check the box (on most apps) saying that you do not waive your right to not look at the recs. Maybe you should read the info in the app before you sign :)</p>

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<p>:):):):):):):):)</p>

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<p>Why the happiness? Did you get in?</p>

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<p>He got deferred…So I’m not really sure why he’s happy. I guess it’s better than rejection? OP has little chances, since their ECs are so commonplace and SATs pretty much suck. Still, OP has also proven that they won’t listen to chances even when they ask for “honest chances, people”…some people will never change…</p>

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<p>Did you get into Brown, OP?</p>

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<p>Yes i got deferred and im happy since i was written off as a sure rejection by Mr Chemwz … Though i dont know what happened to him for ED. the Happiness was for that comment above because i was really scared about my SAT writing score but i didnt get automatically rejected!
@chemwz - i know you have something against me man. I know that you think that i suck i should say thank you for that too right? So thanks a ton and thanks for all the comments on my threads but keep your lovely opinions to your self in the future. I would prefer if you would let others have their own say and not answer questions directed to me</p>