Chances at pre-med?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>SAT: 2350 800 m 800 w 750 r
SAT II: 800 math 1, 800 math 2, 790 biology, 780 chemistry
ACT: 33</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.9/4
W GPA: 7.1 (my school has a weird system but 6.9 was the previous record at our school for all time)
Rank: 1%</p>

<p>AP: 4 Calc BC (independent study), 4 Bio (independent study), 5 Chem, 4 US Gov, 4 AP Physics C, 4 Spanish</p>

<p>DC: Multivariate Calculus, Biostatistics, Ordinary Differential Equations, Modern Algebra (all taken at Yale University with an A in each class)-(some were summer classes)</p>

<p>Awards: AP Scholar, Science Olympiad Epidemiology Medal, Alexion Biotechnology Award, Broadcom Masters Science Fair Award, Traveler' s Insurance Award, Science Bowl Fuel Cell Trophy, Science Fair Biotechnology Award, JSHS medals, Science Olympiad Forestry Medal</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities: Debate Team, Math Team, Science Team, Religion-Atheism Club,</p>

<p>Job/Work: paid musician (weddings/small concerts/parties..etc)</p>

<p>volunteer/community: 100 hrs hospital, 500 hrs volunteer teaching math/biology at ICC, 180 hrs research assistant yale med school (separate from the research below), 350 hrs shadowing</p>

<p>research: rheumatoid arthritis 2012, ciligionesis and polycystic kidney disease 2013 at yale med school with publication in jcb</p>

<p>race: Hispanic (Portuguese) / Indian</p>

<p>i'll be a junior next year</p>

<p>any suggestions would be great!</p>

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<p>Portuguese background is not considered Hispanic for college admissions.</p>

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<p>Good chances but the ivies are all reaches.</p>

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<p>As junior year progresses, that GPA/rank may (probably will) change. Also, if you’re getting a record high GPA then getting 4’s on most of your AP exams the admission officers will take your GPA less and less seriously because that signals some slight grade inflation. The only thing that is quite astounding is the 2350 SAT (I had work my tail off and pray to every mainstream god to get my 2350) before junior year. I would forget about standardized tests for a while.</p>

<p>The only advice I could possibly give you is to don’t listen to anyones advice (yet). Seriously, use this time to develop your interests and sense of self. Challenge yourself junior year with difficult courses. Put passion and fun into your extracurriculars. THEN come back late junior/early senior year to gain insight into the admissions process.</p>

<p>(Also, most prospective pre-meds usually change majors once in college and don’t think twice about becoming doctors. Do you want to become a physician because you truly are fascinated by the human body and want to help people or does the lucrative money/career prestige fuel your high school academic forays?)</p>

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<p>All students apply to Yale as liberal arts majors and choose a major at the end of their sophomore year. Yale Admissions doesn’t recruit for pre-med, they do however recruit for STEM students: [Science</a> recruitment goal attained | Yale Daily News](<a href=“http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2013/01/18/science-recruitment-goal-attained/]Science”>Science recruitment goal attained - Yale Daily News)</p>

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<p>Marioandluigi: I think it’s pretty clear that he/she has put thought into becoming a doctor. The research at Yale Med, volunteer hours in a medical setting, and hundreds of hours shadowing doctors is all anyone can do to show that passion. Good work, OP. Impressive</p>

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<p>I don’t understand the question. If you get accepted to Yale you can pursue any major you want while taking the pre-req’s for medical school.</p>

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<p>Though Yale is always a reach, your involvement with the school will help a lot. So pretty likely just don’t slack senior year</p>

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<p>i want to be a doctor like crazy at the moment but freshman year i wanted to be an engineer so who knows</p>

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<p>I’m a current Yale pre-med (rising junior). While I am no expert in college admissions, I can say that some of the courses that you took at Yale are known to be difficult ones, and it is very impressive that you got A’s. The fact that you have a publication as a high schooler is also noteworthy – publications are somewhat unusual even at the undergraduate level. So my (non-expert) opinion is that you have a very good shot – I was admitted two years ago with similar test scores and far less impressive extracurricular achievements. I don’t think that the 4’s on AP exams will be a hindrance given that you’ve proven that you can handle college-level work by taking actual college classes. Best of luck to you – I’m sure you’ll end up somewhere great! And as a side note, the people who stated above that you don’t apply to Yale as a pre-med are correct – everyone is in the same application pool, and there is no pre-med major at Yale.</p>

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<p>Looks pretty solid OP, the only weak spot I see is the AP scores. You’ll also want some leadership in your ECs if possible. Good luck!</p>