Chance Me

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I go to Staten Island Technical High school and am a junior. I have a 92ish gpa unweighted and a 98ish weighted and a 1450 SAT. I dont see my GPA changing. I really want to Cornell but I know that that is a reach.

I also want to go to
NYU
Fordham
Stonybrooke
Binghampton
BU
as well as some bs/md’s such as
Sophie Davis
Brooklyn College
St. Bonaventure university
Stevens Institute of Technology,
Drexel early assurance program.

I feel like I have semi strong extracurriculars

Theater/Music based:
-4 years of SING
-4 years of Spring Musical
-glee club
-renagate theater club

debate type clubs:
-JSA
-Science Debate team
-Model U.s. Senate (president)

Medical/science Related:
-Mental Health awareness club
-marine biology club (president)
-als awarenessclub (president)
-autism awareness club
-did a year of science research (submitted to Quality of Life competition but sadly did not advance to semifinalist)
-shadowed two doctors
-in the process of creating a non profit organization
-underwater robotics team (programmer)
-solar car team
-in the process of making glasses in our schools makerspace lab (glasses with a motion sensor to help elderly when crossing the street)
-plan on doing NYU summer college (science)
-Perry Outreach Program

Sports:
-golf

Achievements
-got qualified from National Merit program worst case scenario i get named commended scholar
-recieved a award for science
-recieved an award for theater

If anybody can also recommend schools i would get into based on my stats id appreciate it
Also be harsh I need to know the truth

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I also so far have taken 4 AP exams

AP US 4

APW 4

AP Lang 4

AP Russian 4

3

Are you intending to be premed? If so, then definitely plan to budget for 8 years of university. This implies that you definitely should avoid debt for undergrad if you possibly can, and saving some education dollars for medical school would be a good plan.

I don’t know much about the SUNY’s, but from what I have heard you should definitely keep these on your list (and learn how to spell Stony Brook).

I agree that Cornell is a reach for you (if not a high reach). However, you don’t need to go there to get into a good medical school. Occasionally I see posts from premed students with a 3.0 or slightly less at a very rigorous school such as Cornell and I think “I wonder if they had gone to a less difficult school, and worked hard, if they could have maintained a med-school-worthy GPA?”. Of course which school to prefer for premed is an issue that is unlikely to be resolved any time soon.

Wherever you go to university, know that your premed classes are going to be very difficult.

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i intend to go for a biology major but then apply to med school so yes. That is why i have been looking into bs/md program as well but I feel as these may also be a reach.

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You should consider taking two SAT subject tests. Aim for 700s+. Your stats make you competitive for basically every school on your list, and if you get those subject test scores, you could even try applying ED to Cornell if you think you can write great essays