Cut the Crap! Lets REALLY chance a future doc at ivy/top schools with these "hooks"!!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>chance me please?</p>

<p>female, pakistani (wont put my race on the forms tho), from TN, #1 public high school in TN</p>

<p>ACT: 31 hopefully will improve to 33 taking it 0ct 25th
sat: didnt take, dont plan on it</p>

<p>gpa: 4.58 w, our school doesnt do uw
rank: 2 0f 338, probably will be 1 by end of school year</p>

<p>transcript:
freshman: all honors classes (basics)
sophomore: all honors classes (basics) and ap euro (5)
junior: span 4 hons, anatomy hon, APUSH (4), bio ap (5), precal hon, eng ap (5)
senior: ap psychology, ap span lang, ap span lit, ap gov, ap econ, ap eng 4, calc hons</p>

<p>***started my own 501 c 3 nonprofit organization-raised over $40,000 </p>

<p>extracurriculars:
GOVERNMENT: senior class prez, junior class vp, sophomore/freshman class representative
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY-prez senior/junior yr, rep sophomore/freshamn yr
president/ founder of natl science honor society and natl eng hon society
mu alpha theta-secretary, member for 3 yrs</p>

<p>volunteering
hospitals, mental health centers, hospice, etc--400 hrs +
toutoring</p>

<p>shadowed head of ER all summer</p>

<p>research: pharmacology and psychiatry this summer
(acknowledged in publications)</p>

<p>internship: treatment center last summer
worked in 2 labs during summer</p>

<p>top 5% natl span exam</p>

<p>vanderbilt (saftey)
rice/baylor (8 yr med program),
brown plme,
umkc (6 yr med program),
gwu (7 year med program),
umiami (7 year med program)
duke,
cornell,
case western (med program)
u Chicago
upenn
u san fransisco (med program)
univ of washington (med program)
washington university in st. louis
northwestern
UNC
UCLA (med program)
USC(med program)
colombia
uva
umichigan (med program)
upittrburg (med program)
princeton
<strong>stanford</strong> dreammmmm school!
yale</p>

<p>please cut the crap, i want your BRUTAL HONEST OPINION! i really need the truth so please be realistic with me and help me narrow down my list!
thanks for the input! what can i do to improve my chances at these schools?? chance me and i'll chance you back!
-rising senior!</p>

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<p>Pick 6-10 schools, instead of 25.</p>

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<p>oh yeah def! i just wanna see which schools i have no chance at first and then start cutting them off...like yale :(
haha</p>

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<p>your list is way too long...</p>

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<p>Why aren't you taking SATs?...</p>

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<p>you don't need to take the SAT I if you have ACT, but some of those schools and accelerated med programs require SAT IIs in specific subject areas in addition to ACT.</p>

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<p>Is it me, or does this come off as extremely pretentious?</p>

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<p>yeah insubvert is right, most of the programs require sat or act
at my school, they really push the acts, not the sats so i only took that. also, i think i am naturally better at the act because it includes different subject areas</p>

<p>and by NOOO means did i want to seem ostentatious! im sorry if i came off like that! most of the schools on that list are dream school, and i'm quite sure i dont have a chance at most! sorry if i seemed that way, but i just want the honest truth. too many times i have heard "ohh yeah you def have a chance at blah blah" but i just want to see what people really think! sorry!</p>

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<p>why is vanderbilt in the safety category? its highly selective..</p>

<p>thats impressive about the business u started though.</p>

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<p>EX200855, i think insubvert meant that you HAVE to take SAT IIs, whether you like it or not. ACT only substitutes for SAT I, not both I and II. So if you don't take those, you're pretty much screwed.</p>

<p>also, you might not have meant to make the title ostentatious, but u sure as hell made it that way. no offense, but seems like you're pretty cocky when it comes to your resume (and u do have to right to b that way i suppose). so no need to chance you. you already know you have a good chance at most of those schools.</p>

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<p>ouch sorry guys! :(
i just wanted a title that would grab ppls attention! didnt mean to come off like that!!
and i said future doc cause that is the career path i am looking into and i am applying to medical programs. </p>

<p>ohh and vandy is probably a saftey for me because i worked at vandy and both my parents have REALLLYYY strong connections there, i dunno if i wanna go there tho</p>

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<p>ohh and if you want me to chance you back, leave me a link! :)</p>

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<p>Yeah, I know for a fact Northwestern's, as well as other schools, require the SATII in Chemistry.</p>

<p>They're all selective. Your test scores are low for almost all of the schools. You should retake what you can. You can't really beat your ECs and GPA though.</p>

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<p>My honest opinion: I see no AP Chemistry (or even regular/honor Chemistry) and thus think all the med programs are a long shot. Sorry to say, but Chemistry is way more important than Biology.</p>

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<p>yeah i understand, my standardized test scores are the worst thing in my resume, i guess i just dont test well.
i did take hons chem sophomore year and i have a legit reason for not taking ap chem which i will add in the "additional info" part of the application.</p>

<p>thanks guys!</p>

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<p>Why didn't you seek out a Chem course in a local community college?</p>

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<p>nice. my school only allows dual enrollment for certain courses and frankly, there is nothing i can do now about not taking chem...haha well no one's perfect!
consider some of my weaknesses not having taken chem ap and bad test scores!</p>

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<p>I read it quickly, the same way an adcom would -- the $40,000 from the charity sticks out in a positive way.</p>

<p>The 31 ACT stands out in a negative way. While I think the super selectives don't care about the difference between 34 and 36, my gut tells me 31 will raise questions -- "Is this person a super hard worker who has maxed out their capability? Is there anything in reserve for the time when everything gets MUCH harder?"</p>

<p>It now comes down to the essays and recs, as it always does with super selective schools. </p>

<p>And as it always with great stats, the Top 10 schools are still reaches, the 20-30 are matches, and 10-20 are reach/match. All depends on the picture you and your recommenders paint of you. Is it compelling? Will the adcom say "I just gotta meet this person!".</p>

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<p>You need safeties on your list and Vanderbilt doesn't count, regardless of how well connected you think you are.</p>

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<p>i agree and your research seems really vague/insignificant.</p>