First Post! Chances PLZZ

Pre-Med & Medical School Multiple Degree Programs
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<p>this is my first post in this forum and i'm really worried about getting into various accelerated medical programs so please chance me. be harsh, i need realistic chances</p>

<p>Race: Indian (US Citizen, born in the USA)
Gender: Male
Location: New Jersey
School: Montgomery High
Class of 2009</p>

<p>GPA: 92unweighted 94weighted (only +5 for AP classes)</p>

<p>Grades
9th Grade
Chemistry (taken summer after 9th grade) - 97
Intro to Lit/Com Honors- 88
World Studies- 97
Algebra II Honors- 90
Physics Honors- 90
Spanish III- 85
Concert Band-95
Gym- 100
Health- 96</p>

<p>10th Grade
Elements of Lit/Com Honors- 90
US History AP Part 1- 85
Precalc Honors- 88
Chemistry AP- 88
Spanish IV- 93
Symphonic Band- 96
Gym- 100
Driver's Ed- 95</p>

<p>11th Grade
English Language AP- 86
Spanish V honors- 87
Bio AP- 93
Calc AP AB- 91
US History II (regular)- 92
Gym 97
Health- 95</p>

<p>Test Scores:</p>

<p>SAT: 2070 (720M 710R 640W) 2150 (770M 670R 710W) retaking for a 3rd time to hopefully get 2250</p>

<p>SAT IIs
-Math ii: 790
-Chemistry: 740
-Biology: 800</p>

<p>AP Tests:
AP Chem-5
AP Calc AB-5
AP Bio-5
AP English Lang.-5</p>

<p>AP Classes taking next year: Stat, Calc BC, Physics B</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Robotics for 3 years (2 years as one of several captains)
Science Olympiad for 1 year
Marching Band for 1 year
Work @ Kumon since start of junior year--> tutoring kids</p>

<p>Volunteering:
~60 hours at hospital, gonna add more tho</p>

<p>Applying To (only for accel. programs):
Rutgers-Newark
Drexel
TCNJ
Miami</p>

<p>if there are any other programs that i have a shot at, plz mention them as i really need to add more to my list. thanks a ton :)</p>

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<p>You need a lot more medical EC's to be considered into a lot of these.</p>

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<p>yea i know, i just get the feeling that it's too late. cuz app's are due Dec. 1 and there's not much i can add in that time. i don't even know of anything that i can add...</p>

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<p>Need more Medical ECs. You can add shadowing few doctors.</p>

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<p>Highlight your medical ECs when you apply. You have a pretty good chance at TCNJ/UMDNJ.</p>

<p>PM me if you have any questions as you move along in the process. I am an TCNJ/UMDNJ (NJMS) parent.</p>

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<p>By the way, you still have all of Summer to boost up your medical ECs. I agree with MiamiDP. If you can add doc-shadowing, that would be a plus.</p>

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<p>i don't know. maybe. maybe not. we'll see.</p>

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<p>yea i'm currently shadowing a cardiologist this week, then he goes on vacation next week. but next week i'll be shadowing an oncological surgeon. so hopefully i can get a decent amount of shadowing before august is up.</p>

<p>thanks for all the help guys!</p>

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<p>Yup, shadowing is definitely something you should be doing. Volunteering at the hospital some more would help also. Make sure you can talk about your experiences from both in essays/interviews. Community service not related to medicine is a plus also. To be honest, your EC are very, very weak. You haven't done much. Nothing of what you have done sticks out or shows a clear passion/commitment. Like you said, it is too late to thoroughly fix the problem, but the above thoughts should help a bit. Just know, realistically, that you will have an upward battle in that area. Also, your SAT I is not amazing, but shouldn't hinder you, especially if you can raise it to the 2250. What is your class rank, so we have a better idea of your GPA? Your GPA seems a bit inflated by "non-academic" classes like gym, health, and band. Your sophomore year seems especially dubious.</p>

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<p>ehhh, if you improve your ec's id say you have a good shot at instate ones.</p>

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<p>my school doesn't calculate class rank but i'm def. top 10% maybe top 5% if i'm lucky</p>

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<p>more or better quality of medical ec's needed...yeah the SAT should be higher, then you'll have decent chance</p>