<p>Should I go the traditional undergrad-med school route, or do you think I have a decent chance at any good combined degree programs??</p>
<p>*I need to narrow down my list of colleges to visit- I was considering applying to Dartmouth ED, but after hearing about the stress pre-meds go through while applying to med school, I figured that I might as well spare myself the agony if I can :)</p>
<p>*Yes, I realize that this is not the chances thread, but I would rather have the opinions of people who were once (or are still) in my position...so PLEASE give ANY opinions that you have!</p>
<p>-Junior
-Western NY, female, Asian
-Rank: 3/250
-GPA (uw): 3.97
-have taken all APs/honors possible so far</p>
<p>Courseload:
-APs... Bio, US, Lang. and Comp. (Euro last year-4)
-French through local college
-Honors: Physics, Pre-calc
-Anatomy (no honors available)</p>
<p>ECs:
-Cancer Research (Summer '05)
-200+ hours community service: nursing assistant in Intensive Care Unit of local hospital, skating instructor for Skating Assoc. for the Blind and Handicapped, errand/escort service at hospital, tutor for 9th grade Bio students
-Interact Club (community service-based school org.)
- Cheerleading: Football, Soccer, and Basketball Seasons...JV (1 year, captain), Varsity (2 years), UCA All-star ('03, '04, '05)
-JV Lacrosse
-Violin: Seven years in nationally recognized school orch. (but couldn't fit it into my schedule this year :/ ), Area All-State Orch. member, Auditioned for All-State (didn't make it b/c I had a ridiculous judge who was banned from judging after that year. I was allowed to schedule a re-audition for 4 months later, but decided not to bother), private lessons, Historian of school orchestra
-Student Council VP (2 years)
-National Honor Roll, Who's Who, etc. (I doubt that will make or break my application lol)</p>
<p>SATs: (projected) high 2200s (I've been trying ot break 2300 on practice ones for awhile...maybe I'll get lucky in January )</p>
<p>-planning to take SAT IIs (def. Bio and US, not sure what else...I think I'll do alight, seeing as I'm taking APs in both courses this year.)</p>
<p>...thanks a bunch for any help that you can give me!</p>