ive been hesitating to get a chance from caltech but here it is!

Colleges and Universities A-Z California Institute of Technology
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<p>I am a junior Indian male on Long Island that wants to do pre-med</p>

<p>I have taken 7 AP's(all 5's)
World History
Statistics
Biology
Computer Science
US History
Physics
English Lit</p>

<p>will be taking (and expect to get 5's on)
Calc BC
Chem
US gov and politics
Macroeconomic</p>

<p>I have a 3.9 unweighted GPA (4.2 weighted)</p>

<p>Test Scores:
PSAT:240(80m,80cr,80w,)
SAT: 2360 (800m,780,cr,780w)
ACT:34(dont remember breakdown)
SAT II's: Bio(m)- 800 Math I- 800 World History:800 Chem- 780</p>

<p>Extracurriculars/achievements:</p>

<p>Starting middle linebacker and captain of Varsity Football(11/12)
Varsity Basketball(11/12)
Award for top 2% in SAT in 8th grade(dont remember name of the award)
Made AIME for AMC 10
Gold medal for Congressional Award: Congress' Award for youth
National Merit Scholar
Shadow an orthopedic surgeon at SUNY: Stony Brook
Shadow my aunt who is an attending surgeon at Washington in St. Louis
Have 500+ hours volunteering at a the local nursing home
Make sandwiches for a soup kitchen in NYC 2 times a month
Perform dances at Gold Water hospital in NYC
Worked at FONAR as a construction worker summer into 10th grade(dont know if it helps)</p>

<p>Recommendations:
Great rec from bio and geometry teacher
great counselor rec</p>

<p>Essay:
Will be good</p>

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<p>First, would you be applying for the Caltech/UCSD medical scholars program? If not, I dont really see why would want to go to Caltech for pre-med unless you wanted to a research focused MD or an MD/PHD as the Core is a GPA ruiner and Caltech is an academically intense place. See: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/california-institute-technology/577759-why-caltech-different-open-letter.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/california-institute-technology/577759-why-caltech-different-open-letter.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>In terms of chances, the grades and the scores are great but I don’t see a passion math/science beyond being a doctor not that being a doctor isnt awesome but Caltech is really looking for a passion in math/science/engineering.</p>

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<p>If you want to do pre-med, I do not recommend MIT/Caltech. Your GPA will get smashed.</p>

<p>And Caltech is very big on “strong interest in math and science”. Your resume is impressive, but you do not seem to show that kind of passion. So I would say it is a reach.</p>