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<p>Hi all,
I plan on going into medicine. I am interested in perhaps biomedical engineering, biochemistry, and economics as an undergraduate major. So far I have applied ED to Brown University's program in liberal medical education. I am looking for some other schools with good medical school acceptance rates and great science programs. Here are my stats:
Student:</p>

<p>User Name: rappasani
Gender: M
Location: Massachusetts
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 0.00
GPA - Weighted: 4.58 out of 5
Class Rank: top 10%
Class Size: 395</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 650
SAT I Critical Reading: 550
SAT I Writing: 600
ACT: 28
SAT II U.S. History: 680
SAT II Math Level 1 (IC): 600
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 570
SAT II Biology - M: 630</p>

<p>APs: Biology, US History, Microeconomics, Chemistry, Calculus BC, Physics, Macroeconomics</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: National Honors Society (2007-2008)
Junior State of America/ Debate Club, President & Founder (2006-2008)
Biology-Chemistry Club (2004-2008)
Spanish Club (2006-2008)
National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine
Waltham High School Show Band-guitar (2004-2006)
Waltham High School Jazz Band-guitar (2004-2007)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bhangra Club (2003-2006)
Waltham School Orchestra- violin player (1999-2005)</p>

<p>Leadership positions: Class President (2006-2007)
President & Founder of Debate Club (Junior State of America)
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: Waltham High School Varsity Tennis (2004-2008)
Waltham High School Indoor Track (2004-2005)
Volunteer/Service Work: -Tutor for Biology at Waltham High (2007-2008)
-Tutor for elementary school students (2007-2008)
-Volunteer at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (2005-2006)
-Volunteer in Department of Medicine, Beth-I
Honors and Awards: CollegeBoard AP: AP Scholar Award (2007)
Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award/University of Rochester Book Award (2007)
Also, submitted a research project to Intel STS
College Summer programs: Massachusetts Institute of Technology High School Studies Program</p>

<p>Work Experience:
•Children’s Hospital/Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Dr. Laurie Jackson-Grusby Laboratory
Student (2006-current) Boston, MA
• GeneExpression Systems, Inc. Waltham, MA
- Webmaster, Data Entry, Server management, Graphic Designer (2002-current)
•Columbia University Medical School, Nobel Laureate Dr. Eric Kandel Laboratory
Research Assistant/ Student (July 2006-September 2006) New York City, NY
•Columbia University Medical School, Dr. Jingyuge Ju’s Lab
Research Assistant/ Student (July 2006-September 2006) New York City, NY
• Children’s Hospital, Dr. Michael Greenberg’s Neurobiology Laboratory
Research Assistant (August 2005) Boston, MA
All Check Lists.com 2004-2005 Newton, MA
Database Management</p>

<p>I know that my test scores are low, but I am just very bad at taking standardized tests. Also with ACTs is it possible to mix the scores because than I would have a 30-31ish...or should I just send both reports to all my colleges?</p>

<p>Thank you,
-Raghu
<a href="mailto:rappasani@gmail.com">rappasani@gmail.com</a></p>

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<p>man everything looks sooo good except ur test scores</p>

<p>first thing theyll look at is test scores and ranking, uve done good for ur ranking but man...700 is the unofficial cut off to be competitive and 750+ will boost ur chances significantly its ok to get less than 700 in maybe one subject or two but u havent gotten 700 in any of them</p>

<p>sorry to be a downer by my opinion is its a reach but with all that other stuff uve done maybe theyll look past it</p>

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<p>wow, you're work experience is great, when did you do all that, over the summer?</p>

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<p>shiit raghu youre all over this website haha
i forgot you played the violin... you should have kept playing, orch's fun this yr
and yeah, if its not too late i'd say send ACT instead of SATs</p>

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<p>haha ya i wanted to keep playing but u kno the problems my violin had...:/ ya i think im jsut gonna send ACTs</p>

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<p>o and most of the research work was done in the summers, but I am still working in the stem cell lab throughout the school year</p>

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<p>Wow. How did you manage to get jobs like that? Stem cell research, Columbia medical schol. WOW!</p>

<p>Only thing is your test scores but think a ACT score of 30 sounds better than your SAT scores.</p>

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<p>On another not if you do classify as a minority I reckon u have a pretty good chance of getting into a good number of colleges. Your EC's are the saving grace.</p>

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<p>On another note if you do classify as a minority I reckon u have a pretty good chance of getting into a good number of colleges, ivies included! Your EC's are the saving grace.</p>

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<p>hmm do they consider indians (as in the country India) a minority anymore lol</p>

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<p>whoa, if you have jobs like that now, what do you need college for? haha.</p>

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<p>If you are an Indian from India, you are not a minority.
In fact, you are an overrepresented minority.</p>

<p>Your ethnicity plus your gender, male, is the the worst possible combination for college admissions. With your extremely low SAT scores, NONE above 700, I'd say REJECT at Brown PLME.</p>

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<p>Princeton (and Brown, etc.) are SCHOOLS, not "places-to-do-extracurriculars". Not to sound like an *******, but you need solid grades and test scores for any Ivy before you even consider extracurriculars.</p>

<p>Although, they might make an exception since you do have... a lot of extracurriculars.</p>