Chances for a girl passionate about medicine

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Any Chance...
Cornell
Duke
JHU
will consider me</p>

<p>State of Residence: TX
Ethnicity- Filipino
GPA: ~97
Class Rank: ~25/210 (Tough Magnet School..One of top schools in the Nation)
SAT: 2150 (predicted)..maybe I can get a 2200
Predicted to take 3 SAT IIs
Course Load: Gov/eco AP, Bio AP, World History Pre-AP(AP not available), English II H, English III, IV AP, Chemistry Pre-AP, Statistics AP, Latin 2,3 H, Physics AP, Precal H, Cal AP
Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Prefreshman Engineering Program- 3 summers Straight
3rd year: 98 ^ High Honors Award</p>

<p>Honor Roll </p>

<p>Summer Science Research Program 2005 and UT Health Science Center
1st at Alamo Regional and Junior Academy
3rd at State </p>

<p>HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America) (President)
3rd place State HOSA Bowl Team</p>

<p>Student Council (Representative)</p>

<p>Latin Club, Proconsul (Vice president)
6th at area, 4th place at State Latin Grammar
1st at area, 2nd at State Latin Grammar
1st Latin Essay at State
NLE Gold Medalist 2 yrs
Cum Laude Pentath
Summa Cum Laude Pentathalon
Started Latin Tutoring Organization, President</p>

<p>Red Cross Club</p>

<p>Interact</p>

<p>UIL Academics Science
6th, 7th place</p>

<p>Dance Revolution</p>

<p>Volunteers at Library</p>

<p>Choir 2 yrs
Orchestra-1 yr
UIL Solo- Rating of 1</p>

<p>Playing viola for 2 yrs</p>

<p>Mu Alpha Theta </p>

<p>NHS (predicted officer position senior year)</p>

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<p>bump bumpp 27 views and no replies =/</p>

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<p>It's hard to say since your SAT scores are all "predicted". If you emphasize your passion about medicine, I think JHU would be a nice reach as long as your test scores are good too.</p>

<p>Btw, are you in the Summer Science program at UT or Baylor? :)
And what's this "Dance Revolution", is that DDR or something?... I'm not sure I would include that.</p>

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<p>if you're so passionate about medicine, why don't you volunteer at a hospital?</p>

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<p>Because during the summer I'm interning doing research on aging. Alot of research applies to medicine. Machiavelli-Im not doing research at UT Austin, but at..UT Health Science Center..the med and dental school.</p>

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<p>in my experience volunteering at hospitals does nothing for sum1 interested in medicine...it just teaches how to work a wheelchair to the point of mastery</p>

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<p>"in my experience volunteering at hospitals does nothing for sum1 interested in medicine...it just teaches how to work a wheelchair to the point of mastery"</p>

<p>I can't say I agree with you.....
I think it kinda depends on what you do. First off, just being in the environment (the hospital, being around doctors and nurses, etc.) will give sum1 an idea of what the work environment is like. Although most volunteers do not get to see doctors in practice, they get a feel for what it is like to work in the hospital, which may justify wether or not someone would actually enjoy working in that environment. I volunteered in the ER. I got to see the patients, and hang around with doctors talking about the dosages of medicines they were going to administer and whatnot.</p>

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<p>ya ive had the experience of doing nursing home volunteering with the doctor, shadowing, ER volunteering, and 3 years of EMS. ER volunteering was by far worthless to me. In no way does it show what goes on.</p>

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<p>Oh, about your chances. Nothing really stands out so far - besides all the summer programs you went to. Its good that you accomplished alot and won awards, but so has everyone else applying to those schools. I guess your essays need to be EXTREMELY PHENOMENAL. </p>

<p>I have a question:
Is the summer research program at UT a residential camp or only for local students?</p>

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<p>Its only for people going to San Antonio schools. You have to apply..It's not like one of those camps ..in which all they want is your money, like the ones where you tour Europe or go do research at Yale for 5,000 dollars.</p>

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<p>if you scores are good and you can get great rec's and a good essay, consider harvard. i've heard that since so many more guys apply to harvard than girls, the acceptance rate for girls is higher since harvard wants a class with roughly equals numbers of guys and girls, but i'm not too sure about this.</p>

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<p>I don't know..for some reason I don't really like Harvard...it seems like legacy is more important to them than anything. Like connections and stuff and if your rich.</p>

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<p>have u ever considered physicnas assitant or nurse practioner? its jsut a thought i always wanted to be a dr growing up but when i heard about 48 work days during residency i decided it wasnt the best choice for me but hey the more girl dr's the better!</p>

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<p>whats EMS?</p>

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<p>Emergency Medical Services...hehe what a medical magnet school does to you..</p>

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<p>are you indian, sure looks like it</p>

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<p>oh ...ooops ur philopino, i didnt see that</p>

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<p>I think you have a great shot, unlike what all these other kids are saying. I think what these other kids don't understand is that NOT everyone will have 1st place in a National Science comp or have run a business or have obtained 5 patents. And if they did, colleges would be looking for other kids because they want diversity!</p>

<p>Honestly, colleges want to see if you have good scores, good grades and a passion. They don't need to be stellar, but something true, substantial, and genuine. Your ECs definitely show a passion. Scores are competitive. You're set. Then they move on to what seperates the boys from the men (or girls from the women).</p>

<p>What I believe (and so does legendofmax, another intelligent cc'er here) makes the difference is the "presentation of the application" (courtesy of legendofmax). Your recs and your essay. Colleges want to see your personality, if you are human... or just another geek who sits inside all day and studies vocab words. Be creative, and write from your heart!</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks tm2000 for the inspiration!!</p>