chance me please for BA/MD program. I am a junior.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>SAT: I have not taken it yet, but on the practice tests, I've been getting an average of 2150 to 2230. </p>

<p>SAT II's:</p>

<p>MathII:800; APUSH: (not taken yet); Chemistry: 710 (will retake in my senior year)</p>

<p>GPA:
3.65 unweighted (current; as of Junior year, spring semester)
4.48 weighted (current; as of Junior year, spring semester)</p>

<p>COURSES:
Freshman year:
-AP Biology (got a 3)
-AP Human Geography (got a 2)
-Honors Alg. 2/Trig
-Honors English
-Spanish 1
-JV Girls Swim
-Journalism Editor
(total GPA up to freshman year: 4.67)</p>

<p>Soph year:
-AP Chemistry (got a 5)
-AP European (got a 3)
-Honors English
-Honors Precalculus
-Spanish 2
-Varsity Girls Swim
-Journalism Editor
(total GPA up to sophomore year: 4.52) <-- i got a few B's in sophomore year</p>

<p>Junior Year:
-AP Calc AB
-AP Environmental Science
-AP Psychology
-AP English Language
-AP U.S. History
-Journalism Editor
-(took Spanish at a community college)</p>

<p>**In my senior year, I will take:
-AP Calc BC
-AP Physics
-AP Eng Lit
-AP Econ/Gov
-Honors Physiology
-Journalism Editor
-(take Spanish at a community college)</p>

<p>Rank: as of now (Junior year, spring semester) I am ranked 2 out of a class of 800. </p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-Cellist in city symphony orchestra
-Partnership with L.A. Philharmonic
-Journalism Editor of 4 years
-500 hours of volunteer experience in local hospital
-Co-founder & vice-president of Tibet Club </p>

<p>Jobs:
10th grade - school district tutor to help poor-academic students pass their class
11th grade - tutor</p>

<p>Awards:
Junior Community Service Hours Award (11th grade), AP scholar (11th grade)</p>

<p>Race: Asian</p>

<p>I got straight A's my freshman year, got a 3 B's my sophomore year, then got almost 4 B's in my junior year because I moved in the middle of the semester of my junior year (not a good idea). </p>

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<p>I really want to apply for the 8 year program guaranteed medical program (known as BA/MD) in: Boston University, UC Riverside, George Washington, Brown Univ., Union College, Rice University, and USC in my senior year.</p>

<p>I want to also apply regular admission to Harvard, Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore, Cornell, Northwestern, Wellesley, and UPenn. </p>

<p>What are my chances? What are my strengths and weaknesses? What do I need to improve more on? What should I focus more on?</p>

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<p>You must have a crazy school if you have a 3.65 UW and are ranked 2/800. I was going to say the GPA was on the low side for BS/MD until I saw the ranking. </p>

<p>All the schools and programs you plan on applying to are very competitive, and most applicants will have similar stats. Add a safety or two. Also, UCR’s program isn’t really a BS/MD program.</p>

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<p>Northwestern also has a BA/MD program - called HPME.</p>

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<p>You pretty much have to walk on water to get into NU’s HPME program. We send 5-10 kids to NU every year from our HS. I can only think of 1 in the last 6 years who got into HPME. Not only did he have great test scores and grades, he spoke 3 or 4 languages, and had spent time in a concentration camp as a child. Truly an outstanding kid, he was heads above all the others.
OP, I’m not telling this story to discourage you, but to help you understand the competition, and form a plan that may go beyond the BA/MD programs. Good luck!</p>