Chances of me getting into Pre-Med and Honors?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Connecticut
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<p>I'm trying to major in biomedical engineering.</p>

<p>GPA: 4.2 weighted
Class Rank: top 10%</p>

<p>SAT I: Reading 580 (Horrendous, I know. I'm definitely taking it again.), Writing 740, Math 800
Out of 1600:1380
Out of 2400:2120</p>

<p>SAT II: Math I 770, Math II 720, US Hist 670, Biology 650 (Unsure of what to send)</p>

<p>Classes:
I've taken every single AP/honors course I could: Bio, Physics, US History, English Language and Composition, English Literature, Calc AB, Psychology, Chemistry </p>

<p>EC:
Tae Kwon Do (10 years, black belt), regional medals
National Youth Leadership Forum in Medicine (summer of 2009)
Asian Culture Club (all high school)
Latin Club (frosh, soph, jun)
French Club (frosh, soph, jun)
Key Club (all high school)
Big Brother/Big Sister (jun, sen)
National Honor Society (jun, sen)
Job: work a lot as a secretary at my mom's business
Operation Smile: (jun, sen)
National & State recognition/awards in Latin
The National Society of High School Scholars (all high school)
Volunteered one summer at a hospital</p>

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<p>Good chance of getting in. I can let you know about Honors after you retake the SAT. Also, what is your URM status?</p>

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<p>Sorry I’m new at this , what’s URM?</p>

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<p>“Under Represented Minority” status.</p>

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<p>Doesn’t that only include Latinos? My parents are from South Korea (100%) and I’m an American born citizen.</p>

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<p>No, it does not only include Latinos. </p>

<p>South Korean does not qualify as URM, however.</p>

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<p>Oh and I’m from Connecticut. Doesn’t that help a lot?</p>

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<p>It helps in terms of general admission, but not necessarily in terms of Honors admission.</p>

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<p>You’re probably get into Pre-med.
I think only 3-4% of people get into Honors. If you get that CR up then you have a great chance getting in.</p>

<p>A 4.2 unweighted GPA is insane regarding that you took every AP course in your HS! It’s off the charts!!! =p</p>

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<p>You don’t “get into” pre-med. Pre-med just means you plan to take the medical school pre-requisite classes. Literally anybody can be pre-med.</p>

<p>About 10% of incoming freshman get into the honors program. There are a little over 4200 freshmen in the current class (<a href=“http://www.uconn.edu/pdf/UConn_Facts_2010.pdf[/url]”>http://www.uconn.edu/pdf/UConn_Facts_2010.pdf&lt;/a&gt;), and as the honors website says, they’re looking to admit about 450 honors students for the next class (<a href=“Prospective Students | UConn Honors Program”>Prospective Students | UConn Honors Program)</p>

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<p>i got into honors 2 years ago so i can tell you what i had, but i heard that their making it harder each year… also, as someone else said, literally anyone can do pre-med, but i do believe theres like a special program thati f you keep up with you automatically get into uconn med school</p>

<p>anyways…
sat: 790 math 700 reading 690 writing (1490 on 2; 2180 on 3)
sat II (didnt try on these at all, or the regular sat for that matter- so my low scores lead me to think uconn doesnt really care about these): 750ish on math 600ish on us history 500ish on spanish
gpa was like a 3.3 unweighted ; 4.0+ weighted
i worked and played soccer otherwise not nearly the resume you have
i was just outside the top 5% of my class; tho my school sucked as you can see (3.3 should not be good enough to be that high)</p>

<p>i didnt see my letters of rec, but one of the teachers i asked initially said no cuz i was too lazy, so i cant imagine they were too good…</p>

<p>the moral to the story is that if i got into honors, you probably could too (Especially if you jump that last sat up)</p>

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<p>Yay… Reading SAT got bumped up to 670.</p>

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<p>Nice job. Good chance.</p>