Desperate Advice BA/MD.... Please comment

Pre-Med & Medical School Multiple Degree Programs
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<p>General:
-Rising Senior
-AP and IB Student- over 15 classes that weigh 6 pts including two college classes Calc III and Diff Equ
-transcript:
freshman: all honors classes two regular
sophomore: all honors classes, and ap calc ab/bc & ap world
junior: span 4 hons, Hitory of the Americas IB , phyicss ap , calc III/diff equ, eng ap, ap enviro
senior: ap psychology, ap span lit, 20th century topics (IB), ap chem, ap eng 4, IB further mathematics
-Rank~14/570
-SAT 2000 ( retake)
- M2-750 US-730 Chem-have to take</p>

<p>Activities/Awards
Science Olympiad (9,10,11)
- Won medals in my academic events. Received third place in freshman year, first place for physics this year, as well as constructing a robot and a light weight car for an event
Comprehensive Math Meet (11)
- got first place as part of School's team at regionals
North South Foundation Math Bee (9,10)
- got third place freshman year, and second place sophomore year among more than 50 contestants each year
Regional Recreation League (9, 10,11) [basketball]
- my team and I made it to the semifinals among 32 teams sophomore year and this junior year got to quarterfinals
School's Medical Bioscience Academy (10,11)
- was selected into MBSA, and academy that preps and guides students into taking proper courses for a medical field of study
American Math Contest (9,10,11)
International Baccalaureate (11)
Key Club (9,10)
Tae Kwon Do (9,10,11)</p>

<p>Community Involvement
-Hospital >40 hrs
-Medical Academy>120 hrs including job shadowing
-IB>350 hrs
-Key Club>100 hrs
-Tutoring>25 hrs</p>

<p>Summer Programs
-Summer Ventures- 6 weeks stay at a college and take courses (gov't sponsored and had to be selected)
National Boys State
- selected to participate in a mock US Congress program</p>

<p>-Coreograph and Dance in Cultural Programs</p>

<p>Please Chance Interested Schools ( i am out of state for all these schools)
-no particular order
1. UMKC 5. VCU 9. RPI
2. Villanova 6. GWU 10. Union College
3. Drexel 7. Penn State 11. University of Rochester
4. Rice 8. Wayne University 12. U of S Alabama/ U of Alabama-Bir</p>

<p>PLEASE CHANCE ME
Your help is greatly appreciated</p>

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<p>uhhhh...a gpa would be useful?</p>

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<p>indeed. SAT seems a bit low. kiss rice goodbye. i got into union with a 2250, tho i was well above the average (2130)</p>

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<p>my unweighted gpa is 3.76
weighted gpa is 5.11</p>

<p>please chance on remaining, and thanks for your help</p>

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<p>Good chances if you apply with confidence. Improve the SAT and kill the interview! </p>

<p>-MS Year II</p>

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<p>dont listen to aa6590. you have a great chance at rice . maybe take the ACT?</p>

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<p>thanks for the advice, and sorry but what do u mean apply with confidence? and anything else and which ones do i have the best shot at yet, thanks for your help</p>

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<p>yes, dont listen to me and try to apply to rice with a 2000 and lemme know when the acceptances roll in. reminds me of the girls who had serious hope in USC bacc/md and brown PLME with scores in the 1900s = /.</p>

<p>im not saying u hav no chance...but with those scores, u have no chance. soo....ur SAT scores hold u back.</p>

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<p>well if i was to bring up my score a little bit or with my present scored which of these colleges is best within my reach, please comment your help is appreciated</p>

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<p>Farve is a grumpy old man who doesn't know when to quit. He's just going to mess up his legacy.</p>

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<p>you know that is probably true, but can you give me advice on this college situation please, i really need to know which ones i have a shot at, thanks</p>

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<p>If you're just applying to which ones you have a shot at, that's really going to shine through in your essays. Make sure you actually want to go to the school first, because the academic reputation and styles of education differ greatly between all these schools.</p>

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<p>yea the ones that i am really considering applying to and interested in going to are </p>

<p>UMKC
VCU
GWU
Wayne
Union
Rice
U of Alabama-bir</p>

<p>Can you please tell me the probability of my chances of getting into these schools?</p>

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<p>...
I find that it seems quite pointless to chance yourself at any of these programs...ie. we're not the admissions committee and no one here can tell you how good of a shot you have...admissions (especially for these programs) are very unpredictable. Do yourself a favor and spend more time preparing for the SAT/interview than trying to find out from these people your shots at various programs.
And in regards to academic, etc as listed above, most medical schools are on a "standard" curriculum -- you learn the same stuff everywhere...</p>

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<p>Hmm, I'm not really sure about your chances, but I can spot a few glaring weaknesses within what you posted.</p>

<p>1) Lack of medical related ECs - perhaps I had a misconception of the rest of the students last year, but it seemed like a unique experience really boosted their chances. For me, I had my research which slightly helped me out. Others had much more interesting medical ECs, like working as a volunteer in the free med clinic. Essentially, what you have going doesn't really make you stand out; everyone has shadowing doctors and hospital volunteer on their list; find something unique that you enjoy that is related to medicine.</p>

<p>2) As many others have pointed out, your scores are relatively low for the BA/MD program. I had a similar SAT score, so I took the ACT, which helped me out a lot. You should consider that in order to boost your chances.</p>

<p>3) While you have taken a much harder course load than a regular person who applies to BA/MD programs, it definitely doesn't reflect positively on your gpa.</p>

<p>Ultimately, you work out those little kinks, write mind-blowing essays, and you'll probably end up where you want to go!</p>

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<p>yea i see what you are saying. Thank you for your advice, your help is appreciated, anything else...anyone</p>