Chance Me!

Colleges and Universities A-Z California Institute of Technology
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<p>I am a to-be junior in High School next year. I want to one day be a Neurosurgeon and have been looking towards the future. I want to attend a top university, with a good science department and pre-medical program. I hope this will in turn contribute to me getting into a top medical school. This is why I am considering Cal Tech.
Here is a little about me:
I live in Livonia, Michigan
White/Caucasian male
GPA (Weighted): 3.99
Unweighted GPA: Approx 3.65
Top 10% of the class
Accelerated/AP Classes (Freshman and Sophomore Year):
AP US History ; Acc Geo ; Acc Alg 2 ; Acc English 10 ; Global Education
Future Classes (Junior and Senior Year): AP Bio , AP Chem , Acc English 11 , AP English 12 , Acc Analysis , AP Calculus , AP Gov
Sports: Varsity Soccer ( #1 in the State), Golf-not involved w/ the school
Extracurricular: Model United Nations, Study Groups, Snowboarding/Ski Club, Float building, Summer Medical Camp
Community Service: Special Olympics Soccer Officiating, Volunteering a hospitals, shadowing doctors
Jobs: 4 Years as Carrier for the Observer Newspaper, Best Buy Cashier/Salesman, Country Club Golf Caddy
Accomplishments: Created and maintained a large Group Buy for products for the Mazda RX8 on rx8club.com, Started an Ebay business and grew to an Ebay Store, Honors Society for school</p>

<p>AP Tests: So far just AP US History. I will eventually take a total of 7. I received a passing three on the AP US history one.</p>

<p>By application time, I should be at over a 4.0 and maybe even a 4.1.. unweighted probably a 3.8-3.9. I am very driven and will do whatever it takes to make myself successful. If you need any more info let me know!</p>

<p>Thats about it.. let me know what you guys think my chances are and what else I should do to improve my chances!</p>

<p>Also, I do not have any ACT/SAT scores yet, that will be coming this year.</p>

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<p>I think you should come back in a year with all your scores and stats and EC and awards.</p>

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<p>It's questionable whether going to Caltech will actually improve your chances of getting into medical school. The reason is that Caltech's difficult curriculum tends to lead to lower GPA's which can be an important part of med school admissions. On the other hand, we do have a new program where six incoming freshman are guaranteed admission to UCSD med school as long as they keep a 3.5 GPA while they are at Caltech.</p>

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<p>Of course some people here do on to go to med school. But this isn't the most friendly environment for accomplishing that.</p>

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<p>Oh ok thanks guys. I know I'm early, just anxious:)</p>

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<p>I'd say it's one of the least friendly environments for going to med school. That being said, there is the Caltech/UCSD program they just started up. I am a bit fuzzy on the details but it seemed that if you kept a certain GPA at Caltech you were guaranteed a spot at UCSD med school.</p>

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