Chance me for Everywhere (Please)?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Chances for:
Yale
Harvard
Stanford
Dartmouth
Brown
Duke
Wash U
Vanderbilt
Rice
Pomona
Tulane
George Washington U
USC</p>

<p>Hispanic Male
I'm interested in pursuing a career in medicine, probably in bariatrics.</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 34 (R:36,E:35,M:32,S:31) 12 Essay (First Time)
[<em>] SAT II: 760 USH,710 Lit, 680 BioM
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):Not ranked, no idea.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): USH(5) Psych(5) Eng. Lang (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics B, AP Bio, AP Lit, AP Spanish Lang., AP Econ, Gov.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):NHRP[/li][/ul]Subjective:[list]</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Cross Country-Four Years
Track and Field-Two Years
NHS-Three Years
Peer Mentor-Three Years
Self-Taught Guitar and Vihuela, Transcribed ~20 hours worth of my grandfather's traditional NM mariachi music for guitar, violin, vihuela and lyrics.</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience:Construction/Farm Labor 6 hours a week, ~35 weeks a year
Tutor various subjects</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service:Teen Court Attorney-One Year
Volunteer Work at Hospital-Three Years
Shadowing Physician- Three Years
Altar Server- Eight Years
Service Trip to Denver
Service trip to Central American Orphanage, organized city-wide toy drive upon my return
Founded Citizenship Organization</p>

<p>Summer Activities:Train for XC, Hospital stuff and classes at CC</p>

<p>Essays: I'm a pretty proficient writer so I'd imagine that they would be exemplary. They would be on my odyssey of being 30 pounds overweight to varsity XC.</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation:Should be pretty good.</p>

<p>Counselor Rec:No idea...</p>

<p>Additional Rec: The doctor I shadow knows me pretty well so I may or may not include one.</p>

<p>Should I retake the ACT? It was my first time with decent preparation...</p>

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<p>Bump Anyone?</p>

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<p>You certainly have great grades and test scores along with great extracurricularars and work experiences. The ivies may be a little difficult because they’re ivies, but you have a legitimate chance of getting into all of those colleges listed.</p>

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<p>You are looking at ultra competitive ivies so it is hard to chance. Your grades are high, your ACT is great, which means you are in range. That being said your EC’s are very scattered, so that could hurt you. Also your essay (based on the topic) could turn out really great or really cheesy so make sure it is not the latter. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thank you both! Anyone else?</p>

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<p>308 views and only two responses?
I’ll chance back!</p>

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<p>Bring up your SAT II scores to atleast 700+ if not 750+ and do you have any leadership?</p>

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<p>My leadership is subjective (i.e. organizing fundraisers, projects, etc.) and my teachers writing my recommendations are well aware of this. I won’t be submitting my SATII scores.</p>

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<p>You need the SAT II scores for half the schools you are applying to. Not having them will be fatal.</p>

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<p>Meh… SAT II scores don’t really matter. Your time can probably be better spent on ECs.</p>

<p>As for chances, you have a good chance at any school except Harvard, Yale, and Stanford (assuming your college essays will be really good), especially since you are an URM. Still, I wouldn’t be surprised if you got into Harvard, Yale, and Stanford.</p>

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<p>No suprises,
What an impressive applicant! You will defintely be accepeted to USC, Vanderbilt, George Wash u, and Rice. I am not too sure for the other schools such as Harvard, Yale, and so forth. I cannot make any promises only because I do not know your ethinicity, but still apply and I wouldnt doubt acceptances to Brown and Dartmouth. Do not re-take the ACT, you did more than great. Good luck! Chance me, I would really appreciate it.
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<p>If you want to go pre-med, you should be looking at LACs. You would likely get merit aid from a lot of them, and you can then put the savings aside for med school. They will likely be more supportive and less cutthroat than a lot of the schools you have listed above, and you will have a just-as-good (or better) chance of getting into the med school of your choice. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Actually I am pretty sure half of these schools require SAT II tests so it’s best to take it. It is just one way to show how good you are in biology.</p>

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<p>You have a great shot! The only test you might retake is SAT subject bio. Wait until November when you’ve had AP bio. Your ECs are great! And you work 6 hrs week. Instruments sound interesting. XC story sounds good plusURM.</p>

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<p>Bariatrics a little too specific!</p>

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<p>I agree with a previous poster who said to retake your bio sat 2, especially if you want to major in medicine. The fact that you shadowed a doctor is very impressive and if he/she can write you a good recommendation it would be great! Overall I think you have a pretty good chance at all the schools you listed but just remember the ivies can be very unpredictable! Good luck!!</p>