Ok so I’m an African American High School student who’s a Junior in High School and I want to apply to the 3+3 accelerated Pharmacy program at Northeastern University. So far this is what I’ve got:
GPA: Weighted 4.6/ Unweighted 3.9(got a B in Programming 2 as a freshman)
Rank: (I’m one of the top 3, it’s iffy because i’m not a senior yet, but i’m either 1st, 2nd, or 3rd)
SAT Biology Subject Test : 750
PSAT: 202
ACT: 31
Mock Trial: 3 years
Interact Club: 3 years
Helping Hands: 2 years
National Honor Society: 3 years
Volunteer at local Hospital
Reading for the visually impaired
I was head of a community newsletter for a little but it may not be too important
Wrestling: 1 year
AP Classes I’ve taken:
AP European History: 4
AP Computer Science: didn’t take AP test
AP Classes i’m taking:
AP Calculus AB
AP US History
AP Human Geography
AP Language and Composition
AP Art History
AP Physics 1
P.S. Will the fact that i’m African American help me out with my chances of getting in at all?
You are aiming WAY too low. You will get into Northeastern (and probably most other schools as well).
Why are you looking at a pharmacy program when most students with your stats are looking at pre-med?
I’ve honestry thought of medicine and the only problem I have with it is the time it takes to finally become a doctor. So the only thing I’d consider would be the accelerated medical programs. However I’m not sure I could get into a program like that, and moreover, I can’t deal with the blood and stuff. So im kinda lost right now tbh. @soze
Nowadays, the accelerated medical programs only save you about a year or so of time. The biggest thing they really do is insure med school admissions out of the gate, thus “clearing your mind” from the med school admissions burden.
Your career as a physician can span 40 or 50 years or more. The “time” is really not the issue (I know that’s hard to comprehend at your age, but it’s true).
Well, that could be an issue. This might sound weird, but how do you know you can’t? I had a friend in HS (who’s been a practicing OB/GYN for over 25 years now) who felt the same way when he was younger.
Admittedly, I’m biased, but I don’t believe that OP is aiming too low with Northeastern PharmD.
OP definitely has a chance at higher-ranked schools, and should look into a wide variety of schools, but Northeastern is right around his current level.
NEU has gone a long way over the past 10 (and even 5) years, and currently has an average ACT score of 31, with standards set a bit higher for PharmD. I’d encourage you to take another look
I agree - and he should. With that said, I would put HYPS on the list as reaches (there are URMs with 36’s and 4.0s that are often rejected)
You definitely have more experience with admissions than me, but I would caution against disregarding mid-level schools after my more-recent experiences. I’m Hispanic with a 3.9 and 35 ACT, lots of volunteering, 8APs, president of debate, math, and band, etc, and I just finished the admissions cycle - wait listed HY rejected MiT, and there are many many others like me. But I kept a handful of other schools (Clark U, Northeastern, Stonybrook, BU, etc) and those are the ones I ended up considering, and I was very happy with my choices.
Then northeastern can be a match with the possibility of some merit aid, if that’s applicable to the OP
Community newsletter seems like a big deal to me. A lot of applicants have interact and nhs and such, but heading a community newspaper will help you stand out.
And African American will help. Schools love diversity. 10 years ago it would’ve helped more, but schools got in trouble weighting race too heavily. Still a plus.
i applied and got into northeastern pharmd this year with a higher SAT but slightly lower GPA and no subject tests. i think you have a very good chance at getting in write a stellar essay tailored to experiential education and you will have no issue. i also got $12,000 a year. by the way the pharmacy program is considered a 0-6
