<p>No they get in because they are the ones who don’t brag about their grades, sat scores and have some amazing stuff within them.</p>
<p>Why not apply for one of the combined BS-MD programs, where you are admitted to med school automatically? It seems like he’d have a shot at those. Boston University has one, there are others.</p>
<p>Is it possible to get admitted to a med school automatically? It’s harder to get into than undergrad by far.</p>
<p>I never said it was easy i said it was doable. as in possible. chotlit you sound extremely bitter. i think it’s wrong for you to spread an attitude of failure and lost causes. we know nothing about this applicant besides that he has good stats, has a good internship and is asian. and you think just because he has no obvious hook that it’s over. you don’t know what this kid’s passions are or his past or his home life. you don’t know how good his essays or his interview. all you see is the superficial. “oh sorry you don’t have a chance because ur not an URM/legacy.” you do realize the majority of those applicants get rejected like everyon else. yes it may help, but the “hooked” applicants still get in because they were the best. all this talk and sweeping judgements about URM and athletes is really just an excuse for people who want someone to blame if they don’t get in. it’s true some of their test scores are lower, but why does that matter. how does that determine their intelligence and work ethic? how does that predict their success in life? it doesn’t</p>
<p>owned 'nuff said</p>
<p>^^my name has nothing to do with my race it has to do with an actual food. :/</p>
<p>As a Princeton/Wharton legacy, I’m not bitter at all about hooks. I also think the student mentioned in the opening post has decent chances at Ivies. However, I disagree strongly with your assertion that anybody, with the right amount of effort, can make it to the Ivies. It’s a pleasant thought(clearly influenced by your personal success), but it’s not the truth.</p>
<p>^^that’s what i believe. of course you have to be qualified. but the definition of qualified is in the eyes of god and the admins :p. we can just disagree</p>
<p>To move the discussion back to the OP’s question, I think your friend’s internship sounds amazing. I would love to have that experience. I am just another high school kid, but I think his internship will at a minimum catch an adcom’s eye. Most of my friends are very good students but none of them will apply to college with that type of internship. At best, me and my friends may have a summer job tutoring junior high kids or working at Starbucks. A summer job at Cedars is very unusual, and I don’t know anyone who will have a summer job that impressive.</p>
<p>I’m glad your trying to encourage your friend to take a chance. Most of my friends actually do the opposite. I hope to go to Princeton but many of my friends openly discourage me from applying. I won’t speculate why they do this, but I think it’s noble of you to want your friend to achieve something amazing.</p>
<p>i know someone who got into upenn with only taking three years of math and science (stopping at precalc and chemistry)</p>