Chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, I was just curious about my chances to get into a good pre-med or direct med program after I'm done with high school. I'm a junior currently and here are my credentials.</p>

<p>Junior, 16 years old
Unweighted GPA: 3.692
**Weighted GPA: **3.718</p>

<p>Classes This Year:
AP Biology
AP English Language
AP US History
Physics
Pre-Calc</p>

<p>Classes Next Year:
AP Psychology
AP Calculus BC
AP Chemistry
AP Physics B
AP Macroeconomics
AP Literature
AP Statistics</p>

<p>PSAT: **1910 (10th Gr); 1960 (11th Gr)
**SAT: N/A (In June)
ACT: N/A (In April)
SAT IIs: N/A (In May?)</p>

<p>Extra Curricular:
North Shore University Hospital Junior Volunteer: 150 Hours
Shelter Rock Public Library: Teen tutor for senior citizens (Not many hours)
DECA: Active Member
Chuch: Youth Leader/Director for 3 Years; Led instrumental worship with guitar playing
India: Opened up a church for local people to worship; health oriented programs
Near Future Extra Curricular:
School Newspaper (Layout Coordinator, Next Year: Possibly chief editor)
Feinstein Institute Summer Intern Research (Hopefully this summer)
Organize/Be a part of a blood drive at a local facility with AHA or Red Cross</p>

<p>I know I don't have many scores etc as of now, but just from what I have so far, what are my realistic chances to get into med programs at: </p>

<p>New York University, Boston University, Boston College, GWU, Johns Hopkins, Stony Brook University, SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Geneseo, Northwestern, Brown University?</p>

<p>And Direct med Programs At:
TCNJ, CUNY Sophie Davis, any others?</p>

<p>Leave feedback if possible. And also maybe some ideas or tips to improve chances to any of these schools. Thanks.</p>

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<p>fjohn-</p>

<p>Looks like you would be an ideal candidate for our Fall 08 incoming class. If you'd like more information, please let us know!</p>

<p>Chris D'Orso
Assistant Director, Admissions
<a href="http://www.stonybrook.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.stonybrook.edu&lt;/a>
sbuchris.stonybrook.edu</p>

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<p>I sent you an e-mail Chris. Thanks.</p>

<p>Anyone have any other thoughts or tips?</p>

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<p>Also, if anyone has any other colleges that they think would be suitable for my credentials, please let me know.</p>

<p>I was thinking of doing ED to Columbia or Brown, but I don't know my chances of getting in.</p>

<p>And do any of you think Cornell would be a possibility for me? UMich as well?</p>

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<p>I would say try improving your SAT scores for Columbia or Brown</p>

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<p>My counselor did tell me that getting a 1400/1600 for math and verbal would almost certainly get me into NYU. Is that true?</p>

<p>And milki, what should I raise my SAT scores to, to get into Columbia or Brown's med programs?</p>

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<p>Stony Brook premed is better than NYU..NYU would be a serious waste of money for you. </p>

<p>anyway</p>

<p>BU- match
BC- slight reach/reach
GW- match
Hopkins- reach
Stony Brook- safe match
Bing- safe match
Geneseo- safety/safe match
Northwestern- far reach
Brown- far reach
NYU- slight reach/reach</p>

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<p>I hear that Stony Brook's tuition is soaring in the next couple of years. Not sure if its accurate, but so I've heard.</p>

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<p>your weighted gpa is kind of low, are you sure you're computing it right? because with 3 aps, it should be higher.</p>

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<p>its still way lower than NYU, lets put it that way</p>

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<p>You should try to get your SAT to at least 2000 or higher to have better chances.</p>

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<p>Light Headed, my GPA is like that from taking one honors class (Honors Chem) last year in 10th grade. They haven't updated the site. I assume my updated GPA weighted at the end of this year will be a 3.86 or something.</p>

<p>CJK, if I get atleast a 2000, which schools would become matches for me? From my list? Just curious.</p>

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<p>his PSAT is a 196, there is no statisitical difference between a 1960 and a 2000</p>

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<p>I'm aiming for a mid 21 or possibly a 22 on the SATs...Taking Kaplans SAT Review starting in February.</p>

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<p>fjohn I would suggest 2150-2250 on the SATs.</p>

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<p>oo, well that makes more sense. each school does gpa differently anyways.</p>

<p>good luck!</p>

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<p>I can guarantee you that even if tuition goes up -- which I haven't heard anything about, although you never know how Albany works -- ckmets is right. Stony Brook's still one of the best values around, especially if you're considering graduate programs. No sense coming out of your bachelor's degree waist-deep in student loan debt. Save the student loan debt for grad school. :)</p>

<p>Chris D'Orso
Assistant Director, Admissions, Stony Brook</p>

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<p>i agree w/both sbuadmissions and ckmets...i applied to stony brook even tho i'm outta state, but its still a good value.</p>

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<p>Is Stony the best education/cheapest tuition school on my list? And also, is there some way that I could not do my four years of undergrad in biology, maybe something else? I know someone plans on doing four years undergrad of engineering at Northwestern and then wants to do med somewhere else.</p>

<p>With my credentials, would it be possible for me to get into a direct med BS/MD program? I know those are extremely tough.</p>

<p>And are my extra-curriculars okay? I'm thinking of joining a sport or two this year as well.</p>

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<p>SUNY tuition is standard across the board... if you're a NYS resident, any of the three you listed would be about $5000/year if you're commuting, about $13000/year if you're on campus. (Give or take.) So I'd say the answer to your first question is a resounding yes. Obviously, the other schools on your list have outstanding reputations, so please don't consider this a knock on any of them.</p>

<p>Stony Brook's direct BS/MD program (it's called the Scholars For Medicine program -- info is on the Web site) is extremely competitive. They usually admit about 10 students a year. They're looking for top students who have a strong demonstrated interest in medicine and the aptitude to hack it. Not impossible, but not easy either, considering they get several hundred apps for those ten spots.</p>

<p>In terms of your undergrad program, you can major in literally anything and go to medical school. Yes, most folks do it from a bio or chem or pharmacology or engineering, but as long as your undergrad GPA is strong, and you have the courses that medical schools require (at least a year of bio/che/org chem/physics/calc/English), then take your MCATs and take your shot. The more extra stuff you have (research work, volunteer time, etc.), the better off you'll probably be. You might want to poke around some medical school Web sites and see what they say about admissions. You'll be surprised. I'm told we've had several music majors admitted to medical programs. Don't sell yourself short just because you think you have to do "what everybody else is doing." If anything, you're better off not doing that.</p>

<p>-Chris</p>