<p>I'm currently a junior and I've been going nuts trying to end up at a good school that I might have a realistic chance of getting into..and I found these programs. I reallly want to go now..do I have a chance?</p>
<p>GPA: 3.69 unweighted weighted: 3.99
Female
Mostly honors and ap courses
10% of class
ACT-33
SAT II Bio-790
SAT II Chem- 780
SAT II Math- 740
SAT II APUSH- 780
AP Chem- 4
AP Bio- 4
AP US- 5</p>
<p>Environmental Club + Envirothon Competition
Science Teachers Aid
Tons of activities through key club
National Honors Society (Secretary)
Robotics Club (Project Manager)
Hospital Volunteer in Two Hospitals + other hospital related volunteering 300 Hours
Brain Research Internship
Another Brain Research Internship--Resulted in a Publication
Paid Internship this Summer, related to cancer
Medical Lectures attended
Science Honors Institute selected and attended
Tutor + Board Member of the organization I tutor for
Leadership Conference (selected to attend)</p>
<p>I also have a C+ in AP Chemistry due to a sick family member it was somewhat hard to keep track..and i have my guidance counselor talk about this.</p>
<p>Pretty impressed with your SAT II scores and ACT. ECs look good and they’ll probably like em since you’ve already started some work into your area of study…</p>
<p>Think you’re on the right track but with top schools there’s never a sure fire thing.</p>
<p>I think you have a good shot, at least meeting the minimum requirements and exceeding them in certain areas. But…</p>
<p>I would strongly urge you to consider other programs. This is nothing against Penn State (of which I am an alum) but rather a disdain for these types of combined programs. Your goal should not be to get through faster but instead to get through better, and I think you would be in a better position if you simply took an appropriate undergrad (preferably NOT pre-med, as required by this program) and then applied to medical schools.</p>
<p>Please note that from an academic standpoint, this program is very limiting, and can give you big problems if you want to study anything other than the strict curriculum, or if you need to drop or repeat a course. It is also a real problem if you decide partway through (as many college students do) that you want to study something else entirely.</p>
<p>Also note that it saves you two years of Penn State tuition (for which good loans and grants are available) but also denies you a shot at many scholarships, including the Shreyer Honors College scholarships which might save more money even with two extra years.</p>
<p>That’s a really great perspective and I appreciate the input.
I was planning on applying to Hopkins undergrad along with a few
other top tiers. I will definitely not make the mistake of only
applying to the combined programs. </p>