Chances for WashU, HPME, HYP, PLME?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Schools I'm looking at (only reaches): </p>

<h1>1 WashU (hopefully scholarships)</h1>

<h1>2 Northwestern HPME</h1>

<p>Others: Vandy (hopefully scholarships), Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown PLME
-Please read if you can, hopefully my other qualities apart from many other applicants </p>

<p>Personal-
Location: Kentucky
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
High School: Independent/Private-sends many kids to top 20 schools like Emory, Georgetown, WashU, Vandy, etc. a few to Ivies (last year 1 to Columbia and 1 to Yale)
Class Size: 69
Financial Aid: Yes (even though parents' income >$100,000)</p>

<p>Stats-
SAT: 2110 (730M, 720CR, 660W)-Retaking for NM Finalist
SAT II: Bio-E: 790, Chem: 760, MathII (Nov.): ~750+, Physics (Nov.): ~700+
ACT: 35 (34M, 36R, 35E, 34S, 32/9WR)
GPA: 3.90 UW; ~4.2 W
Rank: No Rank (probably top 10%/5 students)
AP's (10):
AP Biology: 5
AP Chemistry: 4
AP Calculus AB: 4
AP Government/Politics: 4
AP Latin IV Virgil: 2 :( (medical problems then)
Senior Year: AP Physics C, AP English Lang./Comp., AP English Lit./Comp., AP European History, AP Calculus BC</p>

<p>Awards/Honors:
•National Merit Semi-finalist: 2008
•Kentucky Governor’s Scholar: 2008
•Kentucky Commonwealth Ambassador: 2008
•AP Scholar with Honor: 2008
•USABO Semi-finalist: 2008
•ACDA National Honors Choir: 2004, 2006, 2008
•KYACDA All-State Choir: 2004, 2005
•KMEA All-State Choir: 2008
•ACDA Southern Division Choir: 2008
•University of Louisville Book Award: 2008
•Academic Honor Roll: 2005-2008
•Bunch of Academic Team and National Latin Exam Awards
•Hopefully youngARTS finalist (NFAA)</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
Sports
•Varsity Baseball: 2005, 2009 (couldn't do during 10th/11th grade because of medical issues)
•Junior Varsity Soccer: 2005
•Tennis: 2006-2008 </p>

<p>Music/Arts
•Select Chorale (Honors): 2005, 2007-2009
•Voice Training and Performance: 2003-2009
•Instruments:
Piano: 2004-2008
Guitar: 2005-2008
•Rock Band (performance): 2005-2007
•Acting (lead/ensemble) : 2007-2009
A Christmas Carol, Oklahoma: the Musical, and Beauty and the Beast </p>

<p>Academics
•Math Team: 2005-2009
•Quick Recall: 2005-2009
•Kentucky Governor’s Cup: 2005-2009
Clubs
•National Beta Club: 2007-2009
•DSA: Desi Student Alliance (Indian Awareness): 2007-2009
•Young Democrats: 2006-2009</p>

<p>Leadership:
•1st President of Select Chorale: 2008-2009
•Co-founder and President of DSA: 2007-2009
•Junior Varsity Quick Recall Captain: 2006-2007
•Varsity Quick Recall Captain: 2008
•Board member of the Artemis Fund: 2007-2009
501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the further advancement and support of the youth of Louisville by through an endowment. Funds are raised and then allocated to various causes through a detailed application process.
Served as a liaison to the Society for the Prevention of Aggressiveness and Violence Among Adolescents (SPAVA)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Research (Medical):
•Hospital (100+ hrs.): administrative and nursing duties, distribution of medical supplies: 2008
•Cancer Center High School Summer Internships (Research) 400+hrs:
Summer research internship at the University of Louisville’s James Brown Cancer Center-
-Study of microPET scans of rodent hearts and myocardial tracer uptake: 2006-2007<br>
-Study of cancer-producing stem cells in retinoblastoma and the genes implicated in their generation 2007-2008<br>
-Writing thesis for school's honors program and sending an abstract to colleges</p>

<p>Essays: Pretty good/unique- detail my medical problems and how I've struggled and overcome them. also how i was selected as one of four people in the world for an FDA approved adult clinical study for a new organ transplant
Counselor Rec: good (he is my english teacher and was JV academic/quick recall team coach)
Recs: Good
1 from my AP Euro teacher who is my baseball coach too
1 from my AP Bio Teacher who said I was the best in his class and is one of my best friends, also my honors mentor and homeroom adviser
1 from my choir teacher who has known me for over 8 years both inside and out of the classroom and has said that I am the best singer she has seen ever at our school (truth)</p>

<p>Important non-academic distinctions (regarding medical problem--hope to be a doctor):
-Published article in National Journal of Nephrology
-Published Article in International Journal of Nephrology
-Gave a presentation on my experiences to a private regenerative medicine company</p>

<p>Thanks guys</p>

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<p>youre ACT and GPA are very good, you will need to cut way down on your ec's and awards, pick the ones most meaningful. i think youll get in to washu, northwestern, and vandy but HYP are a huge reach, just like for everyone else</p>

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<p>wash u - match
northwestern - high match
vandy - high match
harvard- reach
princeton - reach
yale - lower reach</p>

<p>chance me back!</p>

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<p>I don't think that the above two posters understand what HPME is. Certainly you are a competitive applicant for Northwestern University & you may receive an application for HPME. It probably is fair to write that getting admitted to Northwestern's HPME is more difficult than getting admitted to Harvard, Yale or Princeton. If you are selected to receive an application, and you may despite your SAT I scores being too low for serious consideration for HPME, your ACT score of 35 may qualify. Your responses on the HPME application will determine whether or not you will be selected to interview. Then, to my understanding, the interview is of utmost importance in the selection process. Another poster wrote that a strong interest in primary care may help. Again, a 1450/1600 SAT I would normally knock you out of the running for HPME, but the 35 ACT may get their attention. Overall your chances are better at WashUStL & Vandy, Brown PLME, and even HYP, than they are for Northwestern University's HPME.
P.S. Keep your ECs & awards & community service as they are presented above. It shows that you are a serious & conscientious pre-med student.</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone for responses. Yes I am hoping to get an HPME application (sent my card in like last week). Would they really look down on the SAT score if they see my ACT? I thought they would look at the best one. I did not know there was still a preference...</p>

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<p>You will get the HPME application. Don't worry. If you are lucky enough to reach the interview round, your admission will pretty much depend on your performance during the interview. Good luck!</p>