<p>All right, so I'm only a rising junior but I'm just wondering.
I'm really interested/passionate in pursuing a field in medicine, and I would love to participate in a combined BA/MD course</p>
<p>BA/MD PROGS: Northwestern HPME, UPenn-Jefferson Medical Prog., Brown U, George WashU</p>
<p>here are my stats</p>
<p>SAT: 770 CR, 700M, 750 W</p>
<p>PSAT: 76 CR, 72 M, 73 W</p>
<p>GPA: 4.3 W, 3.8 UW</p>
<p>Rank: top 10%</p>
<p>ACT: 33</p>
<p>SAT IIS (dont have them cuz I haven't taken them)</p>
<p>National Merit SemiFinalist (cutoff in my state is 210, so I'm guessing I'll make it)</p>
<p>ECS</p>
<p>-worked for my dad (who is a doctor) for 4 years at his clinic, done nurse duty and stuff
- Red Cross Volunteer for 2 years
- Congressional Award Recipient
- Eagle Scout
- Nominated for Harvard Summer School Study and took a General Chemistry course there
- Did Research at Harvard while taking Chemistry
- Assisted for one summer with Oral Surgery
- NHS since 10th grade</p>
<p>GPA and ACT needs to be higher. HPME requires SAT II in chem. There are other combined programs that would match better. However, it does not hurt to apply and see what happen.</p>
<p>Sorry, but your stats really aren't high enough to make it into any of the programs on your list (they are extremely, extremely competitive).
Try programs like Wayne State's MedStart that take applicants with a little lower stats.</p>
<p>Your medically related ec's are average at best, and your most significant ec's would be eagle scout and maybe the research. Did the research get published? what makes you stand out from all of the other applicants. I am also applying to these programs, and most of the kids have 2250+ and 800 on at least 1 sat II. I don't mean to disparage you or anything, its just that you will have to put in work to improve your current position.</p>
<p>BA/MD programs are notoriously hard to get into. If you want to apply to some, pick in-state programs. Be sure to have some regular colleges lined up as well. Your stats look okay, but aren't standout. Keep in mind Brown, for example, has a 3% acceptance rate to PLME.</p>
<p>"pick in-state programs" - totally agree with this advice. Even if you had perfect scores, still would be wise to do so, if your goal is to get into combined program. You definately have a shot at state ba/md program with your stats and probably would get into several. Good luck!</p>
<p>Right you are. That's why it kills me to see people replying "You're in" (in similar thread by OP). You can get some seriously bad advice from people who
really don't understand the odds.</p>
<p>"Very tough odds - This is basically the same for any good BA/MD program" - NOT really. There are programs that are not well known and much easier to get into than others. EasiER does not mean easy, but your stats will do fine at several places. ALL of BS/MD programs are very exceptional with top notch student body. It depends what you are looking for, since some of them accelerated, some not; there are programs that allow ANY major, others are much more structured with only certain majors available, again there are programs with certain MCAT requirement and other that do not reguire MCAT at all, some allow to apply out, others put out certain obstacles for that, and GPA requirement to retain your spot in a program varies widely. So some might match you better than the others, but I would not say that one is better than the other if the end result is avoiding all that competiton for entrance into Medical School. There is ranking and such, however, I heard several stories of people getting amazing residencies after not so high ranked Med. Schools, so it looks like that it more depends on the person than the name of Med School that he attended.</p>
<p>^ Even lower ranked BA/MD programs, like Wayne State's MedStart for instance, are incredibly difficult to get into. While there are programs that are easier to get into than others, I would say that having a 4.0 or near a 4.0, excellent SATs and ACTs, and shining recs are needed to get into any good BA/MD program.</p>