Chances at a 8 year program

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys
I have been looking around at the stats of those who were accepted to the BA/MD programs and when i look at mine, i dont really see myself as a competitive applicant. However, a lot of people have been telling me to try it out anyways--that i will never know--so i want to ask your opinions. do i have a chance at any programs? if so, which ones?</p>

<p>GPA: UW 3.8 W 4.3
SAT 610CR, 750WR, 780MT
SATII 740BIO, 760MTIIC
AP 5BIO, 4ENGlang, 4USHIST, 5CALCBC, (currently, CHEM, STATS, COMPSCI)
EC: Hope Can Cure Cancer Club (9,10officer,11officer, 12officer)
Red Cross Youth Corps (9, 10, 11, 12officer)
Spanish Club (11, 12officer)
Project Ascent Club (12--we are still in the process of creating and organizing the club, but we are well on our way. i am in the focus group in charge of preparing the club and i have been assigned as the secretary. this club's purpose is to encourage more involvement in the community while preparing future PA-ers(i will explain later) for their leadership training in beijing and hong kong.)
Pre-Med Club (12)
Volunteered at an elderly home (10)
Tutored at a middle school (10)</p>

<p>NHS (10, 11, 12)
California Scholarship Federation (9, 10, 11, 12)
Participated in Project Ascent, a leadership training/ camp for Asian Americans. About 15 high schoolers, including myself, traveled to Beijing and Hong kong to volunteer at an orphanage, meet with the elderly, learned more about our Chinese culture through interactions with BeiJing's high school students, and visited a drug rehabilitation college where former drug addicts lived together on an island off of hong kong and taught others about their experiences.)</p>

<p>*i am worried because my extracurriculars dont really show that i have done something medical, like shadowing over surgeries or done any research.</p>

<p>thanks for your replies!</p>

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<p>I think you'd be fine for Drexel's program. As for the other ones...not very likely</p>

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<p>oh i havent heard of that before...because it is easy to get it, does it necessarily mean that the program is not that good?</p>

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<p>um hi i think you might want to do some volunteering at the hospital or maybe shadow a doctor to show more interest in medicine. it might be too late to do research. what programs are you looking particularly at?</p>

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<p>thanks, madamebovary, for you head's up, but i, after considering what i havent done, to not apply for those programs. i just dont think that i stand as a competitive student, especially since, as you said earlier, i dont have any medical related work.
but i appreciate your comments!!!</p>

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<p>low cr score, but that doesnt really matter. all the programs are really a crapshoot. you gotta be the best of the best. but i second drexel haha</p>

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<p>no problem serena, there is really no rush as i have learned. Just work hard in college and just learn from your mistakes and life should be good.</p>