Chance me upper Ivies and BA/MD programs?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a rising Senior</p>

<p>Here are my "stats"</p>

<p>Race/Ethnicity:Brown/Indian</p>

<p>Rank: 4/659 (will improve senior year)</p>

<p>GPA: Unweighted: 3.95/4
Weighted:5.62/6 (In my school, regular classes are weighted out of 5 points, and preAP and AP are weighted out of 6)</p>

<p>Standardized tests:
SAT: 2300; 800M 760W 740CR</p>

<p>AP Tests(5 on all, except 4 in biology) : AP world Hist, chemistry,biology,computer science, physics B, Calc BC, Stat.
(I will take more AP tests my senior year)</p>

<p>Subject Tests: 800 Math, 780 Chemistry, 780 Physics.</p>

<p>Extra-Curriculars:
-I played football for the school for 2 years, before getting severe MCL and ACL tears which have prevented me from playing all 4 years of HS.
-about 250 hours of volunteering in a nursing home.
-about 125 hours of volunteering by coaching in a youth basketball league for multiple seasons.
-about 100 hours of volunteering in the local hospital
-A whole summer's worth of neuroscience research at UT Austin. I don't really want to explain what we do. (roughly 350 hours put in to this in total).
-Vice president of Mu Alpha Theta
-National Science Honor Society Biology Chairman
-UIL Math Team Captain
-UIL Science Team Captain
-Many UIL Mathematics and science awards
- Competed in the State Level for DECA in Food Marketing
-Competed in the NATIONAL level for HOSA in Medical Math and placed within the top 10 people in the nation.(HOSA brought the top 10 up to the stage, and only awarded 1-3)
-Math tutoring in the neighborhood (I tutor once in a while, not a big EC).</p>

<p>I wish for unbiased insight on my chances in getting into upper Ivy Leagues schools, such as my dream school Stanford. Some upper Ivies I am interested in are: UPenn, John Hopkins, MIT, Princeton,Duke, and Rice.</p>

<p>I have also been interested in some of the BA/MD combined bachelors and med school programs. People say these programs are more competitive than Ivy league schools.</p>

<p>What are my chances??????</p>

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<p>Stanford, JHS, MIT, Duke, and Rice are not Ivy League Schools. The Ivy League is a conference in the Northeast region with the following 8 universities: Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Brown, and UPenn. Stanford is rather in the PAC-12 Conference. Duke and JHS are in the ACC Conference, although it is anticipated that JHS will change their conference soon. I am unsure of what conference MIT and Rice are in.</p>

<p>Now to your chances. Your chances are decent, and you are a competitive applicant. I think you have a good shot for top tier schools. You are certainly qualified for admittance to any of these universities, but you never know what will happen. Many too universities reject students with 2400s and 4.0 GPAs. What you should be focusing on is to try to stand out and develop a passion in order to distinguish yourself among the thousands of highly achieving applicants. Some of your ECs do reveal that you have a passion for science, which is very good. I think you have a shot at just about any top university like I said before and all you can do is apply and hope for the best. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Sorry typo many top*</p>

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<p>Thanks for the clarification and the quick response bro. Can more ppl chance me?<em>bump</em></p>

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<p>Stanford SCEA: Reach
UPenn: Reach
Princeton: Reach
Duke: Reach
MIT: Reach
JHU: High match
Rice: High match</p>

<p>Many BA/MD programs are reaches, but try NWU HPME if you want one…</p>

<p>P.S.: Rice is in C-USA, while JHU is not a Division I school, more like a D3 school (Centennial Conference) and MIT in the NEWMAC, D3 also.</p>

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<p>Thanks Catria. And yeah Achilles09 corrected me about that too. lol.
These high-up universities are reaches for practically everybody right?
What am I lacking? What could I improve on before applying?</p>

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<p>What combined programs are you planning to apply to?</p>

<p>What is your financial status?</p>

<p>Are you a texas resident? Male or female?</p>

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<p>Some BA/MD programs are open only to in-staters so pay attention to your state residency prior to applying to one.</p>

<p>But please, get yourself a safety with a decent premed program.</p>

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<p>I live in Round Rock, Texas</p>

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<p>I will apply to all the Texas combined programs for sure, but I do not know which out of state programs I should apply to yet</p>

<p>And yeah, my safety is UT Austin</p>

<p>Edit: Financial status: Father makes around $150,000. Family of four, but he is also supporting my whole family in India, and paying for 4 of my cousins in India to go through college/med school alongside paying for my sister.</p>

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<p>There are several combined programs these days in Texas and they are all worthwhile. You should apply to all of them.</p>

<p>You can apply to top schools but no one can predict an outcome. You seem to have a solid resume.</p>

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<p>Whoah, it’s weird that we have some similar stats and ECs LOL.
Well anyway, I am applying to Top Tier and BS-MD programs too and have been looking at student profiles for some time now.</p>

<p>You have a good shot at Rice, JHU, and Duke. (I’m interested in all three of these, too!) </p>

<p>On the other hand, UPenn, Princeton, and MIT are definitely reaches in spite of your achievements. (I’m interested in Princeton, too!)</p>

<p>Combined Programs work a little differently, and they seem to value ECs more than stats. Scores are used as an initial screen, but interviews and essays really get you the admission. </p>

<p>You should look into the BA/BS-MD programs that are outside of Texas, too. But also consider programs other than PLME, HPME, PPSP, etc. Those are really hard and reject applicants with amazing accomplishments. These programs are a little luck-based too. Some programs I thought were good and not as competitive: the ones with Drexel, GWU, AMC, Howard, UMKC, and many more.</p>

<p>Your scores and ECs are awesome, so you stand a chance in all of them. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the feedback. I will definitely take all this advice into consideration when I apply.</p>