Chance + suggestions for me

Pre-Med & Medical School Multiple Degree Programs
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<p>Hello,
I know there is a chance forum, but people there dont know anything about BA/MDs... so here we are.</p>

<p>Public School in Washington
GPA:3.98 (UW) School does not do W or rank, but I bet its top 1%
SAT: 2300 (first try)
SAT2: 760 chem, 800 math II, 750 US History
AP: 5 on APUSH, 5 on Calc AB, 4 on Language
Taking: AP Literature, AP Calc BC, AP European History, AP Spanish, AP Chemistry, Band, Theater Production
I will get really good letters of recomendation</p>

<p>ECs:
Volunteering at 2 different hospitals working info desk and escort (100+ hours by application time)
Volunteering for the Russian-American Medical Association as a journalist + misc tasks
Job shadows with 2 phisicians and an extended observership with a PA
2nd Place at the local student BioExpo last year
Founder of the school's Science Club
Involved with music (play tube in school band, guitar and accordion), participated and placed in regional competitions
Seriously involved with theater program (2 year member of 4-person student counsel over theater program, Participated in many different aspects of theater ie tech, acting, student director, ets, participated in and placed in regional competitions, and was a member of the school's improv team for 2 years.)
Involved with MUN for 4 years (have won multiple awards)
Honor Society
probably missed some small stuff, but thats all I can remember now</p>

<p>So, I am hoping to apply to:
Boston University -7 year
Brown PLME
Case Western PPSP
Horthwester HPME
Rice/Baylor
Rochester REMS
USC Ba/MD</p>

<p>Also University of Washington as a backup, Yale and Hopkins as normal undergrad.</p>

<p>I was hoping to get some input on my chances to these schools (will i at least get an interview?). Also suggestions to programs a I may have missed would be appreciated.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>Advice - also apply to less competitive combined programs. D. did not get into Case PPSP (graduated #1 from well known private HS, tons of EC’s and one of Case’s coaches was very interested in her, received an awesome Merit package with well over $25,000 / year from Case ). She got into 3 programs at state school, currently junior at one of them (non-accelerated) and is very happy with her choice. She did not apply to any elite colleges.</p>

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<p>I agree with MiamiDAP in that if you really care to do an accelerated program then you must apply to less competitive programs. All of the programs that you listed are very competitive and even if you are qualified (which I’d say you are) there is a good chance, because of the unpredicatability, that you will get rejected. Not because you are unqualified but, you know how it is the same with ivys. The rochester program has a 1% acceptance rate for example. I’d say Boston is the only one you have a solid chance at but the rest is up to the board. University of Washington is good back up and for undergrad you have a good shot at Johns Hopkins but not Yale. I would add state programs to the list, University of Miami (DEFINITELY try this), Drexel, George Washington U, RPI w/ Albany medical college, Penn State (DEFINITELY try this (not a in-state program)), University of Pittsburgh, and Temple.</p>

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<p>Thank you both. The thing for me is that if I dont get into the competitive programs I will just go to University of Washington as an in state student for very cheap and than get into med school normally. I am not quite interested in settling for less competitive programs with worse med schools, as I am sure that if I go the normal rout I will get into a good one later.</p>