Cutting Down My list

<p>Hi everyone i would really like help in trimming my list down a little bit</p>

<p>i’ll be applying for some pre-med type thing (bioengineering, bio etc etc)</p>

<p>Here are the potential colleges im looking at (in no particular order) and a * indicates that i definitely want to apply there:</p>

<li><ul>
<li>Stanford</li>
</ul></li>
<li><p>*UC Berkeley</p></li>
<li><p>UCLA</p></li>
<li><p>UC SD (will try for 8yr med program)</p></li>
<li><p>UC I</p></li>
<li><p>*Cal Tech (EA and going for med-scholars program w/ UC SD)</p></li>
<li><p>USC (going for BA/MD program)</p></li>
<li><p>Rice Uni (rice/baylor med program)</p></li>
<li><p>U Penn (dentistry program)</p></li>
<li><p>Brown (PLME)</p></li>
<li><p>Johns Hopkins</p></li>
<li><p>University of Pittsburgh (med program guarantee)</p></li>
<li><p>Columbia University</p></li>
<li><p>MIT</p></li>
<li><p>Wash U in St. Louis</p></li>
<li><p>Case Western (med program)</p></li>
<li><p>George Washington U (med program)</p></li>
<li><p>Harvard</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Student: Indian</p>

<p>Gender: M
Location: CA
College Class Year: 2013
High School: Public
High School Type: rarely sends grads to top schools</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 4.00
GPA - Weighted: 4.27
Class Rank: top 5 students
Class Size: 688</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Critical Reading: 630
SAT I Writing: 710
SAT I Total: 2140</p>

<p>i am retaking SAT I in October, hoping for 2300+ (and most likely will be)</p>

<p>SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Physics: 790</p>

<p>May self-study and take SAT II bio in november (which would be 700+)</p>

<p>AP Physics B: 5
AP CalcBC: 5
AP USH:4
AP EngLang:4</p>

<p>Senior classes:
AP: bio, chem, stats, macroecon, us gov, eng lit</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Youth and Government Club, ALS Awareness Club, Math and Science Tutor, Youth League Soccer and Basketball Coach, Basketball Camp Counselor, CA Boys’ State ‘08
Leadership positions: Coach of youth league teams, treasurer of youth and government, Elected Superintendent of Public Instruction at CA Boys’ State, facilitator at local teen summit, president of academic letter foun
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: Basketball (Freshman 1 year, JV 2 years, Varsity 1 year) on School Team, Non-School Soccer for two years
Volunteer/Service Work: Hospital, Library, Youth Coaching, Basketball Refereeing and Scorekeeping
Honors and Awards: Academic Letter, California Scholarship Federation, National Honor Society, Renaissance Student of the quarter 4 times,
College Summer programs: CA Boys’ State '08, Took Spanish 102 at local community college</p>

<p>THANKS so much.
the () are just things that i would apply to if i did apply to that school</p>

<p>----If you could also categorize the list into a potential reach/match/safety type thing that would be really helpful so i could see where i stand----</p>

<p>THANKS AGAIN
if anything else is needed let me know</p>

<p>bumpity bump?</p>

<p>Very weak stat EC for direct/guaranteed med programs. Chances for colleges ONLY, not including ridiculously hard special programs.</p>

<p>Reach:
Stanford
U Penn (dentistry program)
Brown (PLME)
Johns Hopkins
Columbia University
MIT
Wash U in St. Louis
Harvard
Cal Tech (EA and going for med-scholars program w/ UC SD)
Rice Uni (rice/baylor med program)</p>

<p>Match:
USC (going for BA/MD program)
University of Pittsburgh (med program guarantee)
Case Western (med program)
George Washington U (med program)</p>

<p>Not Chancing:
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UC SD (will try for 8yr med program)
UC I</p>

<p>I would suggest applying to
1,2,6: reaches you are excited about
3,4,5: UCs are good choices for CA residents
7,8: match/reaches
16,17 Higher probability admits
Like the above poster, I have no knowledge of the special programs.</p>

<p>thanks so much for the input. I only put those programs on there just because i might try for them (i dont care too much if i dont get in)
but thank you so much
anyone else please help me narrow it down</p>

<p>Check the SAT II requirements for Brown PLME (and for the other programs). I believe that they may require chemistry or some other specific tests. </p>

<p>Brown PLME program is supposed to be for pre-meds who want to explore humanities or non-science subjects, isn't it? Doesn't sound like you, according to what you've listed here. I'd forget about that one unless you can present some compelling reason to choose Brown other than the fact that they have a guaranteed med school program.</p>

<p>Hi stueydue,
Here is a link to the USC 2008 acceptances thread. Most of the ones who were accepted the last week of January were invited to interview for the Trustee and Presidential scholarships. <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/454785-stats-only-usc-official-decisions-fall-2008-a.html?highlight=trustee+stats%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/454785-stats-only-usc-official-decisions-fall-2008-a.html?highlight=trustee+stats&lt;/a> Check it out.</p>

<p>hey that was a really cool thread to look at tocollege i literally read every page of it!
thanks!!</p>

<p>thanks for the input everyone!</p>