chance me! + colleges with good premed/dental programs?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm a junior now and I'm looking into colleges right now .... </p>

<p>I really want to get a rough idea of what are my chances/ if the schools that i'm interested in really match up to what i want </p>

<p>I want a school that's in a relatively large metropolitan setting (I grew up in seoul, which is packed with 10 million ppl)
But, I really don't want to be just a number in my class/ I hate places where the TAs teach everything....at the same time, I don't want to go to a school that's so small that everyone is just caught up in this bubble
I want a school that has a strong biology program/ sends a lot of students to dental schools (yes, I want to be a dentist) </p>

<p>so far, I've considered for 7yr dental accelerated programs: upenn (my dream),boston u, nyu, villanova, muhlenberg, case-western , lehigh, u of pacific </p>

<p>And for just normal colleges: brown, jhopkins, rice, northwestern </p>

<p>here are my stats so you can get a rough idea </p>

<p>school: private (very competitive. highest sat average among all-girls high schools)
ethnicity/ nationality: Korean. no citizenship/ green card. on F1 student visa...I'm a boarding student </p>

<p>SAT- 800 verbal 750 math 760 writing 11 essay </p>

<p>GPA: cumulative - 3.88/ 4.3(A+)
freshman- 3.8
sophomore - 3. 96
junior - 3. 88 </p>

<p>*our school does not rank/ weigh the honor courses.... </p>

<p>courses:
freshman-English B+
alg2/precal accelerated A-
Chinese III A
Physics A
World History A-</p>

<p>sophomore- English A-
Government (semester) A-
History of Art and Music A+
Calculus (pre-AP) A
AP Chinese A
AP Chem A</p>

<p>Junior(so far...) - regular English A-
APUSH A
AP Bio A-
Microbiology (Semester/ goes beyond AP level) A-
Adv. Genetics (again, goes beyond AP level) ???
AP Calc BC A </p>

<p>Senior (what I'm planning to take) - regular English/ AP Econ/ AP Physics C/multivariable calculus+differential equations/ AP studio art/ computer science (semester.... graduation requirement)/ 20th century art (semester) </p>

<p>APs- took AP chem, AP chinese got 5s,
planning to take AP bio, APUSH, calc bc, stats, maybe english language</p>

<p>Subjects- 800 math IIc
790 chem
790 chinese </p>

<p>extra curriculars-
tutoring/ mentoring comm serv since 9th grade (300+ hrs)
flute - state honor band, won some competitions, vp of a comm serv chamber music club
math- qualified for AIME, won some local competitions, math club VP
science - won for chem in a regional olympiad tournament... preparing for a bio event/ school lab assistant
studio art- taking classes at school </p>

<p>Also, I applied to some summer research programs (clark and roswell park cancer institute)... if there's anyone who've been to any of those programs, plz plz tell me how they are </p>

<p>if you chance me, i'll chance you back! :)</p>

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<p>Do you realize that intls rarely get accepted to US med or dental schools? Those schools are to prepare American doctors. Many of these schools will not admit ANY intls. Some might accept one or two and not every year.</p>

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<p>hey! so, as an international student, you’re at a slight disadvantage. But, you should still apply to the places you want to apply to and be as passionate as possible. These colleges really look for individuals that jump out of the mainstream 4.0/2400 sat score pool-maybe you are one! Chancing is difficult to do but, you are a strong candidate. That doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll get rejected or accepted but…my friend had the same number stats as you and was rejected ED. she even made it to their summer programs as well as cornell’s! So look for things that describe who YOU are, and work on them so that you stand out!</p>

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<p>*my friend was rejected from
Upenn</p>

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<p>@mom2collegekids</p>

<p>med schools rarely accept internationals, but DENTAL schools definitely do.
I know 10 intl students in 7yr dental programs/ dental schools who are not from english-speaking countries (not Canada or Australia)</p>