<p>some ba/md program... tell me where i could possibly get into. I will chance you back</p>
<p>SAT: 2160; 770 Math, 710 Reading, 680 Writing. (going to take it again in june)
ACT: 32, 34 Math, 31 Writing, 31 Reading, 32 Science (going to take it again in june)
Aps: 5 in AP CALC BC as a freshman, 5 in Ap Bio as sophomore, 4 in AP US, 3 in ap physics (FML)
GPA: 4.05 UW</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: (I am a junior now)
-SAVE (environmental club) for 3 years, President next year
-Chemistry Outreach Program for 3 years (go to elementary schools, teach them chem)
-Students Against Destructive Decisions for 3 years
-IMPACT Club for 3 years
-Quiz Bowl for 2 years (state champion)
-Science Olympiad for 3 years
-NHS for Junior year, Officer
-Orchestra for 1 year</p>
<p>Volunteering:
-at the hosptial cancer center since last summer
-at tutoring for inner city detroit kids
-as a church altar server
-going to do urban farming, soup kitchen in additon this summer</p>
<p>Leadership:
-Save president next year
-Chemistry Outreach Program President this year/next
-NHS officer this year/next
-Class Leader (teacher assistant) of Applied Medical Research class at school</p>
<p>Summers:
-Took a class at CTD @Northwestern University
-Worked alongside a doctor in his lab at Childrens Hospital
-Got into HSHSP for this summer/ Shadowing doctors</p>
<p>Michigan, Indian male</p>
<p>Thanks so much.</p>
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<p>The OP is applying for undergrad, not medical school. No school will say “A PREMED! Golly gee, let’s accept him!”</p>
<p>Be yourself. Don’t try to play any games; just answer everything candidly and creatively. The two aren’t mutually exclusive.</p>
<p>@TuftsStudent
Yes, I’m aware… but if you show that you have passion for something, whether it be medicine, writing, or whatever else, that always looks better than someone whose extracurriculars have breadth rather than depth.</p>
<p>when you say Indian male do you mean Native American? If so, you can go for ivy, try to up those test scores though.</p>
<p>if you are native american you’ll get into all the schools you mentioned no question, except maybe Brown. Brown would probably be a low reach/high match for you. But please, go for the upper ivies b/c you’ve got a really good shot.</p>
<p>chance back
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<p>How do you have a 4.05 unweighted GPA? What is it out of? What is your rank?</p>
<p>^^ Indian = from India.</p>
<p>I agree with yaintime.</p>
<p>Nonsense. My activities spanned the entire gamut; I didn’t limit myself to one field. Academic teams, music, journalism, volunteering sports–all were important to me, so I put them all down. It certainly helped that I was heavily involved in all of them, but I didn’t focus my essays on just one of them. Actually, if I remember correctly, I don’t believe I wrote essays about a single one of them. That certainly didn’t restrict me–I got into schools just as good/better as the ones listed here, and my grades/test scores weren’t drastically better or anything…</p>
<p>They call it being “well-rounded,” if you’re looking for an admissions buzzword.</p>
<p>Tuftsstudent - He also mentioned BA/MD. If one wants to be a premed, they dont need to show anything as you mention but if one is applying to BA/MD at USC or Brown, some highlighting needs to occur on the combined part of the application even if not the undergrad part.</p>
<p>Btw - Does Tufts have a med school and if so, do they have a combined program?</p>
<p>To the best of my knowledge JHU doesn’t have combined BA/MD programs. Georgetown’s is through its undergrad only, I think, and UCLA’s is through UCR?</p>
<p>And yes, obviously. But those will come up in the essays for the combined programs. Those programs don’t want to see kids who are just focused on “medicine medicine medicine.”</p>
<p>Tufts has a medical school in Boston, about 10 miles or so from its undergraduate campus. It’s one of the most expensive private medical schools in the country.</p>
<p>There is an early assurance program to Tufts Medical School (also accessible via BC, Holy Cross, Northeastern, and Brandeis); (there is a similar program for Tufts’ Dental and Tufts’ Vet). You apply after the first semester of sophomore year . You need to have completed Bio, Chem, and Orgo 1 by the July after your sophomore year. Minimum requirements are a 3.5 cGPA and sGPA, but I think they are really looking for a 3.7+. If you get in, you don’t have to take the MCAT to matriculate, but you do have to finish Orgo and Physics. You can’t apply elsewhere without losing your acceptance, and you’re required to matriculate as soon as you finish unless you have a good reason to defer.</p>
<p>taking calc BC as a frshman is ****ing insane, fabulous job, that math stuff will really help you, sorry I thought you were native american (wasn’t trying to be racist)</p>
<p>USC - in
UCLA - in
Georgetown - low reach - mid reach (premed’s difficult)
Rice - low reach
JHU - low - mid reach
Brown - mid - high reach</p>
<p>what’s hurting you are your standardized testing scores, if you can get those up to 34+/2300+ you will have a much better chance. Also, if you don’t mind applying ED, which is binding as I’m sure you know, JHU has a 43% acceptance rate for ED, and that’s probably the best premed in the nation, and I think with a 43% rate that you would definitely be accepted. also consider applying Duke ED and Penn ED b/c each has about a 32% acceptance rate. Both are also great for premed (I live near Duke, a/t 25 min or so, and med program is fabulous).</p>
<p>While none of your ECs are necessarily exceptionally outstanding, you obviously have a passion for medicine and it shows. Apply ED to your top choice (like I said, I recommend hopkins, duke, or penn), write some epic essays, and you’ll get in no question. :)</p>
<p>The 4.05 UW GPA puzzles me. <em>If</em> a perfect UW GPA is 5.00 at your school, your GPA is way too low. I personally don’t know much about applying specifically for pre-med programs, so take my evaluation with extra salt.</p>
<p>Your grades are nice, test scores aren’t bad, and you have some nice, medicine-related EC’s. I see that you worked with a doctor in a hospital, which could potentially make a really good essay for you. While you’re an ORM, you come from an area that isn’t doing too well economically. Perhaps you could tie that into an essay. You have a good shot at the schools you mentioned, I’d imagine. I feel that your essays will make or break your application.</p>
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