chances/premed at UF

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<p>Here are my stats:
*I am an Asian Indian Male
*From a competitive public high school in Oregon, Beaverton High School, which was also rated the best AP school in Oregon, so yeah, its a smart school.
*student body at school = 500+</p>

<p>The Numbers/ECs
*Freshman year:
4.0 with honors in 2 classes for both semesters</p>

<p>*Sophomore Year:
3.8125 overall for both semesters
(Bs in AP Chem 1st sem, Precalc 2nd sem, Social Studies 1st sem)</p>

<p>*Junior Year (projected)
Human Anat/Phys-A,A
IB Bio HL 1-A,A
Spanish 3-A,A
IB Calculus-A, A (might be at worst 1 “B”)
IB Psychology-A,A
Team Sports-A
IB English-B,B (might get 1 A)
IB Tok 1-B</p>

<p>IN SUMMARY: I should finish high school with at the very very worst a 3.67 or 3.7 UW GPA, but I’ll do what ever I can to prevent that from happening.</p>

<p>*class rank UW right now = 38/515. Weighted = 30/515 (will go up because not many kids have taken hard classes yet)
*IB Diploma Candidate (to be)
*Varsity tennis 4 years (will have 4)
*Science Team 4 years (will have 4)
*World Quest Trivia 4 years (will have 4)
*Science Club Treasurer (1 year)
*Science Club VP (2 years)
*Math Club VP (2 years)
*Portland Youth Philharmonic (will have 3 years)
*Mathfest Algebra 2 1st place freshman year
*OIMT Participant Fresh Year
*Mathfest Participant (will have 4 years)
*Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Rising Star Program (will have 150-175 volunteer hours done)
*Mathcounts Tutor (about 50+ volunteer hours)
*Right now I get about a 1920-2050 on the SAT, 26-30 on ACT according to Practice Tests for SAT, and the PLAN (it’s like the PSAT for SAT except the ACT version) on ACT, but I’m shooting for at least a 2100 on the SAT and 32 on the ACT</p>

<li><p>So what are my chances as of right now? Keep in mind I’m OOS, and I’m most likely not going to apply ED.</p></li>
<li><p>How big are the premed classes at UF? Is it possible to get to know the professors well enough and get good recs for med school? Are the profs accesible, etc?</p></li>
<li><p>Is it possible that U of Miami might be better to go to for undergrad because the school is smaller and its a more premed oriented school?</p></li>
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<p>U dont have to answer all the questions above, but any advice would be great.</p>

<p>Thanks :D</p>

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<p>IB calculus isn't a class - are you referring to Methods or HL?</p>

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<p>Anyway!</p>

<p>The only one I can answer well I think is #1 - It's hard to say as you're still a junior, but if you do get that good SAT score and keep your GPA what you expect it to be, then you have a great shot, maybe better than that, lol. UF LOOOOOOOOOOOVES IB students.</p>

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2. How big are the premed classes at UF? Is it possible to get to know the professors well enough and get good recs for med school? Are the profs accesible, etc?

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<p>Premed classes are big, but professors are accessible. You should be able to get good recs if you go to their office hours.</p>

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<p>I'm premed. Yeah the classes are big. Biology was ~120. Orgo was ~185. Physics was ~250. Labs range from 20-40 students.</p>