EXTRACURRICULARS AND OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF
GPA: 4.43 W, 3.88 UW
UC UW GPA: 3.83
UC CAPPED GPA: 4.1
UC FULLY GPA: 4.5
MAJOR: Biochemistry
SAT: Hoping for 1400+
Marching Band VARSITY (10TH-12TH) (Done band all 4 years)
-Section Leader (11TH-12TH)
Concert Band (Symphonic Winds)
-Solo Festival (2 Years - Superior (10TH), Excellent (11TH)
-CBU Festival (EXCELLENT - 10TH)
Track & Field VARSITY (12TH) (Been in team all 4 years)
-100M (9TH-11TH)
-200M (9TH-11TH)
-4x100M (10TH-11TH)
-Throws (Shot Put & Discus) (11TH-12TH)
Science Olympiad (11-12TH)
-President (Founder)
Chemistry Olympiad (11TH)
STEM
-Science Fair (2ND PLACE MICROBIOLOGY- District Level) (Went to district twice) (9TH-10TH)
-Science Fair Mentor(Junior)
-STEM Ambassador: Event Committee (12TH)
- STEM EXPO (16 hours)
CSF (11TH-12TH)
Kaiser Hospital Volunteering (Summer) (10TH-12TH)
-140+hours
Principal Advisory Committee (11TH)
Involved in my church and elementary school
Colleges I was thinking of: All UCs, USC, John Hopkins
Johns Hopkins has a great medical school. But that doesn’t mean its a great place for pre-meds. In fact it will be quite competitive there. If you really want to be a doctor, then go to a college where you can get as high of a GPA as possible, while paying the least.
Med school is expensive, so you’ll probably need to take a lot of loans. I would suggest that you expand your college list. Not sure if you are a california resident or not, but the competition for UC medical schools is quite intense. Many well qualified CA residents end up going to out of state private medical colleges ($$$).
What colleges would you recommend?
http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-general/2127392-faq-uc-historical-frosh-admit-rates-by-hs-gpa-2018.html can help you with chances at UCs.
Consider UCR, since it has an early admission program to its medical school. You apply a year before you would normally apply to medical schools. If successful, you can skip the stressful and expensive medical school application process where you spend $7,500 or so and a lot of time (including traveling to interviews) to apply to 30 or so medical schools and hope to get lucky with at least 1 admission. https://somsa.ucr.edu/thomas-haider-early-assurance-program
But also consider how much debt you will end up in the end, and whether it will be realistic to pay off on a physician’s pay. UC medical schools will probably cost $270k to $320k total, and private medical schools will probably cost over $400k total. If you have to borrow that amount, it can take a long time to pay off even on a physician’s pay.
The vast majority of HS graduates wanting to be doctors end up doing something else. It’s not because they’re any less smart, but they find out they have passions somewhere else. Keep an open mind, and NEVER choose a school based on premed prestige. You can get into medical school from any university as long as you have top grades and MCAT scores. Either way, you need affordability. If you choose another major, it’s still affordable. If you choose to go to medical school, you’re not burdened with extra debt from undergraduate.
Detailed applicant stats by undergrad institution can be found on the AMCAS website:
https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/
You’ll see that the colleges supplying the most students are the big state schools, this is not surprising. But going to one of these big state schools will be tough. You’ll be competing with a lot of other premeds. Getting a good letter of recommendation and committee letter is important. This is easier in a smaller environment.
There are tons of liberal arts colleges where you can fulfill pre-med requirements. Plus it will be easier for you to get to know the professors and get good letters.
For your stats and ECs, I’d recommend St Olaf (apply for music/band scholarship), Whitman, and Rhodes.
Beside UCR (for a medical safety) and UCSC (for a safety). Look at private colleges in CA, too.
It’s better to go to JHU for med school than as a premed.
What’s your budget?