Chance me: Case Western, U. Rochester, Northwestern, etc.

Pre-Med & Medical School Multiple Degree Programs
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<p>I was looking into BS(BA)/MD programs at some institutions, but I don't know whether i stand a chance. Please chance me for Case Western, University of Rochester, University of Pittsburgh, Northwestern, the Drexel set, Penn State/Jefferson, and the Albany set. If you have any suggestions on how I can improve my stats or other combined MD programs I can apply to, please let me know!</p>

<p>Stats
Indian, male, Northeast</p>

<p>GPA
-Unweighted
-4.0
-Weighted
-4.28(freshman), 4.35 (sophomore), 4.81 (junior)</p>

<p>Courses
-Have taken: AP US, AP Euro, AP Chem, AP Calc AB
-Will take: AP US Gov, Ap Bio, AP Calc BC, AP English
also: CHS Physics and CHS Stats (CHS = college in high school which offers credits from a local college in top 60 US News rankings)
-most difficult course load available</p>

<p>Rank
2/302 </p>

<p>Scores
-SAT
-superscore: 2370 (800 M, 770 CR, 800 W (10 essay))
-highest sitting: 2350 (780 M, 770 CR, 800 W (10 essay))</p>

<p>-SAT II
-US History - 700
-Math IIc - 780</p>

<p>also took Chemistry this weekend, expecting 750+</p>

<p>-AP Scores:
-US History - 3</p>

<p>yea i didnt do too great on that one, but i believe that euro, calc, and chem will be 4s and 5s</p>

<p>Extracirriculars
-Varsity Tennis* - 4 years (expecting to be Captain in 12th grade)
-Karate* - 2nd degree blackbelt (8 years)
-Impact India Foundation - Together with a friend, I collected almost $100,000 worth of medical supplies that hospitals refuse to use due to minor quality issues. This was donated to the Impact India Foundation which uses it to deliver medical care to poor tribal villages in India.
-Model UN* - 3 years (Head of my school's delegation in 11th grade)
-NYLF Medicine - camp type thing relating to medicine
-Volunteering<em>:- 180 hrs total
-Hospital Volunteer - 60 hrs
-Different Hospital Volunteer</em> - 60 hrs
-Science Center* - 60 hrs
-Biotechnology Apprenticeship
-Science Club - Treasurer
-Medical Explorer - Lectures on various medical aspects, hands on activities, 3hr/week (free program)
-Televised High School Quiz Show - 3 people in my school were chosen
-Science Bowl - Captain
-Quiz Bowl - Co-captain</p>

<p>Awards/Honors
-PSAT - 224 (probable semifinalist candidate)
-Chemistry Olympics - 2nd place (Western half of state + bordering counties)
-Calcusolve math competition - 2nd place in county
-High Honors* - 4 years
-Scholar Athlete* - 3 years</p>

<p>*Years listed is based on after the end of senior year and hours listed are estimates on activities I am scheduled to do.</p>

<p>Employment
Newspaper Company - Newspaper Carrier, 4 years, 1hr/week
Kmart - Toy Department Associate, 3 months, 8 hr/week</p>

<p>Please list your opinions of my chances for getting into Case Western, University of Rochester, University of Pittsburgh, Northwestern, the Drexel set, Penn State/Jefferson, and the Albany set combined MD programs.
Also, any suggestions for other programs I can apply to, things I can do over the summer, or just suggestions in general are greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p><em>jaw drop</em> you darn well stand a chance.</p>

<p>btw, is "Biotechnology Apprenticeship" research?</p>

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<p>there is never a way to have a certain chance for northwestern and case western; those are way too competitive. But for the others you listed you'll most likely get in.</p>

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<p>wow yeah you stand an awesome chance anywhere, but as illinois187 said, a lot of the programs get tons of good apps and a lot of the decision is really whether something just clicks with the admissions officers while they are reading your app.</p>

<p>I would also suggest Brown PLME, Rice/Baylor, BU SMED, and USC Bacc/MD.</p>

<p>A little bit of more research experience may help your app...and you should probably emphasize the India thing. I think, for me, my medically related experiences in India and the UK really helped me out in the admissions process.</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone for your thoughts and comments!</p>

<p>The Biotechnology Apprenticeship was actually not a research experience, it was more of a classroom type setup organized by my county in which a few kids went to a local university classroom and did various experiments on biotechnology, ie indentifying HIV in blood, messing around with genes, etc.</p>

<p>I am actually doing a research type thing in my next volunteer activity, so i suppose that will help, but I doubt that the specific research experience I will be doing will be anything special.</p>

<p>How much documentation would be appropriate for impact india? Right now all i have are a few inventory sheets and some pictures.</p>

<p>Thanks again for all the input!</p>

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<p>Definitely look into the programs that johnstoops mentioned, as well as other top universities.</p>

<p>BA/MD programs are pretty much a crap shoot after you've met certain criteria for scores, etc. So, you just have to apply and see.</p>

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<p>Overall you are set. However, try to break 200 service hours. No reason...you are close to getting that anyways.</p>

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<p>yea, im being conservative in my estimates of volunteer hours, there is a good chance that i may get more than 200 hrs by the end of the summer</p>

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<p>I agree with xcrunner. Don't limit yourself to just BS/MD programs, apply to some solid universities, too.</p>

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<p>i intend to, but with most of these programs you automatically apply to the undergrad when you apply to the BS/MD</p>