<p>All those who applied for 2010-2011 BS/MD program - please post your experiences here to help next year candidates.
I will start with my experience.</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>Class Rank 14/511
Unweighted GPA 4.00</p>
<p>SAT:
Math 800; Verbal 730 ; Writing 730</p>
<p>SAT II:
Math 800
Physics 800
US History 710
Chemistry 720
Biology - 790</p>
<p>AP (by the time I have applied to BS/MD programs):
Biology (5/5),
Calculus BC (5/5),
Psychology (5/5),
Eng Lag. Comp (5/5),
Physics B (5/5),
US History (5/5)</p>
<p>During my senior I have completed four more APs:
(Chemistry, Micro Economics, Eng Lit/comp, Government & Politics)</p>
<p>Major Extracurricular: Track and Field
Math club president
Represented Schools in Math Olympiad at state level</p>
<p>Voluntary work 200 hours at hospital </p>
<p>Applied to the following BS/MD programs
- Stonybrook
- UConn
- Boston University
- Brown
- RPI/AMC
- Union/AMC
- Drexel/Drexel
- Lehigh/Drexel
- UMDNJ/TCNJ
- UMDNJ/Drew
- UMDNJ/Stevens
- UMDNJ/Richard Stockton</p>
<p>Note: UMDNJ selection is not based on undergraduate college. Hence whether you apply to one undergrad school or several does not make any difference. I did not know this earlier. Drexel and AMC are NOT like that. More program you apply to, better are your chances with these two colleges.</p>
<p>Results:
Stonybrook got selected into honors program. Did not even get interview call for BS/MD
UConn Did not get interview call
Boston U Did not get interview call
UMDNJ Received interview call. Did not get selected
RPI/AMC and Union/AMC received interview call. Combined interview for both the programs. Got selected into AMC/RPI
Drexel/Drexel, Lehigh/Drexel received interview call. Combined interview for the both the programs. Got selected into Drexel/Drexel.</p>
<p>As mentioned, finally I have joined RPI/AMC program. </p>
<p>Please do send me a message if you need any additional information.</p>
<p>Good luck to 2011-2012 applicants</p>
<p>Why did you select RPI/AMC over Drexel/Drexel ?</p>
<p>Multiple reasons:
- RPI closer to my home
- RPI is research oriented and I like research
- RPI, I thought, is much more reputed than Drexel
- RPI/AMC does not require MCAT at all</p>
<p>Did RPI give you more merit scholarship than Drexel ?</p>
<p>What was the general atmosphere of the interview…did it seem relaxed, tense, did you get questions that you totally didn’t expect?</p>
<p>In fact, Drexel offered me little more scholarship than RPI (4K more)</p>
<p>Well the interview was actually not very tense. The interview was very relaxed and fairly conversational. The interviewers did not try to turn it into a pressure situation. The interview at UMDNJ and Drexel was fairly straight forward and did not really involve any medical related questions. However, duringmy Albany interivew, they asked a question on euthenasia. SO i would recommend just reading up on some major controversial medical topics such as National health care, HMO’s, Euthenesia, Abortion and so forth. But overall, the interview was easy and as long as you are comfortable talking to people and dont freak out, you should be fine.</p>
<p>excellent advice, I really appreciate it! Plus, you probably just saved me hundreds of dollars and hours of essay writing for the NJMS applications, now I’m not applying to four undergrads for that program =]</p>
<p>I forgot to mention one more important thing in my previous post.
Application cut off date for most of these programs is much earlier than the usual regular admission cut off date. Some of them are as early as November 1 (example Rutgers). I missed a few deadlines as I did not pay attention to this detail.</p>
<p>Class Rank 7/777
Unweighted GPA 4.00</p>
<p>SAT:
Math 800; Verbal 750; Writing 760 = 2310 Superscore
Math 800; Verbal 690; Writing 760 = 2250 One Sitting</p>
<p>SAT II:
Math Level 1: 770
Math Level 2: 800
Chemistry: 790
US History: 700</p>
<p>AP (by the time I have applied to BS/MD programs):
Chemistry: 5/5
Physics B: 5/5
US History: 5/5
Human Geography: 4/5
English Language: 4/5
World History: 5/5</p>
<p>During my senior I completed six more APs:
(Calculus BC, Government & Politics, Biology, English Literature, Macroeconomics, and Physics C)</p>
<p>Major Extracurriculars:
Key Club, Science Bowl, National Honor Society, Science Olympiad, Band
Represented School in Science Olympiad at state level</p>
<p>Voluntary work a lot of hours at hospital and church</p>
<p>Some research experience with professor at local college; nothing published</p>
<p>Applied to the following BS/MD programs
- Boston University
- Brown
- Cal Tech
- Drexel/Drexel
- GW
- Lehigh/Drexel
- Northwestern
- Penn State
- Pitt
- RPI/AMC
- Rice
- Rochester
- Siena/AMC
- UMiami
- Union/AMC
- USC
- Villanova/Drexel
- WashU</p>
<p>Results: </p>
<ol>
<li> Boston University - INTERVIEW & SELECTED FOR PROGRAM</li>
<li> Brown - No interview</li>
<li> Cal Tech - No interview</li>
<li> Drexel/Drexel - No interview</li>
<li> GW - No interview</li>
<li> Lehigh/Drexel - No interview</li>
<li> Northwestern - No interview</li>
<li> Penn State - INTERVIEW, not selected</li>
<li> Pitt - No interview</li>
<li>RPI/AMC - combined INTERVIEW w/Union/AMC, not selected </li>
<li>Rice - No interview</li>
<li>Rochester - No interview</li>
<li>Siena/AMC - INTERVIEW & SELECTED FOR PROGRAM</li>
<li>UMiami - No interview</li>
<li>Union/AMC - combined INTERVIEW w/RPI/AMC & SELECTED FOR PROGRAM</li>
<li>USC - No interview</li>
<li>Villanova/Drexel - No interview</li>
<li>WashU - No interview</li>
</ol>
<p>I chose BU! I am part of the BU SMED program, Class of 2017 (seven year program).</p>
<p>Thanks to the poster above. I used most of your formatting.</p>
<p>Good luck to all!</p>
<p>Bigbdawg812, I’m applying to many BS/MD programs this year. Do you have any advice for the application process?</p>
<p>BDawg, I’m surprised that given your stats you didn’t get interviews at programs like Drexel and Miami.</p>
<p>keyboardist, honestly the best advice I could give you would be to really try to get a list of the programs and schools that you want to apply for and their app deadline dates so you can manage your time and not be too stressed out when it gets to crunch time. I would also advise asking for help throughout the process because it gets VERY stressful at times and it can only help to ask a parent/teacher/guardian/friend what they think. good luck!</p>
<p>schrizto, haha maybe you’re right but i’m just glad i got into one of them xD in the end I always feel like it’s a part luck</p>
<p>Thanks BigBDawg. Another question: Do these programs place a lot of weight on hospital volunteering/doctor shadowing/research? If so, how does that weight compare to other aspects (i.e. essays, scores, grades, other ec’s)?</p>
<p>Although I’m not too sure about all programs and individual schools, in general they heavily and evenly consider both objective factors such as grades and subjective factors such as essays and ec’s. As to medical ec’s, volunteering, and research, i think that these factors take a larger precedent to regular ec’s. Some even say that it takes the grades and essay to make the cut into the interview round and then it’s all about the “other stuff” that set you apart. Overall, it’s important to present yourself with the most balance of grades/ec’s and medical related work.</p>
<p>Interesting point to make. Combined programs are harder to get in then their Med. Schools. My D. (finishing off UG portion in combined program) has been accepted to couple Medical schools outside of her program that originally rejected her from their combined programs. It is not the end of the world if you do not get into any, but it is beneficial to be in bs/md as it gave my D. security and confidence that helped her thru taking MCAT and going to Med. School interviews. She also could afford to apply to very few Medical schools that met her specific criteria, which is a luxury that most cannot afford.</p>
<p>MiamiDap,</p>
<p>What medical schools did your daughter get in besides the guaranteed U Cincinnati Medical school?</p>
<p>wow these are some amazing stats guys.</p>
<p>i am actually nervous if my course load isnt hard enough and other things.</p>
<p>It is a huge benefit with one medical school as back-up. My two nephews went to Northwestern. They did not need to take MCAT. They did not need to spend 30-40 hours/wk in EC’s as many posters did. It could be another benefit for many premeds. It is tough to get in and students are not likely to get any scholarship.</p>