<p>I'm gonna apply RD to Duke for medicine but I don't know if I can get in because I know they're very competitive in that field. Here are my stats:
SAT I: CR-730 MATH-760 WRITING-780, 2270
SAT II: Biology-M 700 Math II-650 (I took these too early I think and ****ed them up bad)
Rank: 3/150, top 2% at a very competitive school
GPA: 95/100 unweighted, don't know weighted
I've always taken the most rigorous classes at my school and am 1 of only 3 students (the top 3) to have 8 APs (Our school only offers like 10 total, I didn't take AP Com Sci and AP Art)
AP Biology:5 AP US:5 AP Eng. Lang-4
Currently taking: AP Euro, AP Calc BC, AP Spanish, AP Chem, and AP Eng Lit
My Extra-Currics are really weak but this is explained in my essay-
Varsity Tennis team 7th-12th grade, 1st singles since 10th grade, captain, all-star, singles champion, and other awards however NOT recruited athlete
Hospital Volunteer, about 250 hrs total
Volunteered in the Dominican Republic for 2 weeks over the summer, worked in healthcare and education
Member of Leo Club at school since 9th grade, a community service club
Member of FAHR club for human rights at school since 9th grade
Attended a Summer Scholars program at Vassar College
-Now for my hook. My father has Huntington's Disease, a very rare incurable disease that has caused him to completely deteriorate, it begins to take affect at middle age and I have a 50% chance of getting it. It caused extreme depression in my household between my mom, my sister, and me. I addressed this in my essays and why I wanna do research and become a doctor because of this and also how it was difficult to become involved because it was very stressing to know I may only live til 40.
So what do you think my chances are considering everything? I'll chance back! thanks!</p>
<p>First piece of advice, you aren’t applying “for medicine”. Are you applying to Trinity or Pratt?
That being said, if you are going to emphasize wanting to be a doctor, your SAT II scores could be better.
GPA and transcript are probably fine, perhaps not by CC standards but by real-world standards I wouldn’t worry.
Your extra-curriculars are fine IMO. I’m not one of the crazy CC people who thinks you need to play four varsity sports and sequence the human genome by the time you are 18 years old. You played a varsity sport for five years, volunteered, did a few things at your high school - that’s probably fine.
Your essay - a moving story. It depends if it’s well-written. Not to sound like an ass, but admissions folks have read many, many, essays before, and it’s unlikely having an emotional story is going to pull at their heartstrings unless it’s well written.
A piece of advice: you are going to use medicine as your “hook”, get a teacher in the sciences to write about that for your rec, if you have a teacher you feel comfortable talking about that with.</p>
<p>yea those *<strong><em>ing SAT IIs i dont know how i managed to *</em></strong> up so badly i feel like thats whats gonna keep me out and there’s no way they can see them if u take it in january right? and im applying to trinity</p>
<p>Your SAT IIs are not going to keep you out. You need to show in your essays how you have made an impact in your school, community or family. Your scores are great. Write a POWERFUL essay about how you’ve used what you’ve learned to make an impact and not just how you want to be a doctor. Dig deep and take risks in your essay. Good luck to your family. And remember none of us are promised 30 more years.</p>