lookin for premed schools that match stats

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<p>Hey guys, im in the search for good premed schools i can get into with my stats. Right now im on the fence between medicine and majoring in philosophy, but either way i want my options to be open come spring. Im also looking for combined programs that i can possibly get into with my stats. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to be 100% honest. Much thanks!</p>

<p>SAT: 1510/2240 (M: 790, V: 720, W:730)
SAT IIs: US Hist 730, Math 2C 680 (yea retaking that...)
ACT: 32 w/ writing (shooting for a higher score on retake here too)
AP: 5 on US History
PSAT National Merit Semifinalist</p>

<p>GPA: 4.51 W, 4.0 UW
Rank: 15/394 (plus my class is one of the most competitive and most successful to go through our high school, and my high school is the 3rd best public high school in the state of missouri according to newsweek)
-i really improved my performance between freshmen and junior year, which ive been told is good?</p>

<p>Leadership:
-officer position on debate team
-captain for debate my junior and senior years
-vice president of science honors society
-secretary (soph.) and now co-president (sr)of religious volunteer group
-captain for Relay for Life teams in summer of 2004 and 2005 (raised around 600 dollars each year as a team)</p>

<p>EC:
-NHS (junior, senior)
-religious volunteer group at my temple (soph, jr, sr)
-Cross country (freshmen year)
-tennis (fresh, soph)
-Science Honors Society (jr, sr.)
-Math Honors Society (jr, sr)
-Debate (soph, jr, sr,) (this is my most important/demanding EC)
-attended two-week summer debate camps in 2005 and 2006 (at stanford university)
-St. Louis-are volunteer group called Students With a Target (SWAT), for freshmen and sophomore years, the group seemed to fall apart after that
-Relay for Life- raised money for the 2004 and 2005 summer Relay(s) for Life (around 100 dollars each time by myself)</p>

<p>WORK:
-in july of 05, i worked as a receptionist at a psychiatry clinic, i did the same in june and july of 06.</p>

<p>SENIOR SCHEDULE:
AP Chem,
Advanced Physics (basically AP, just not official)
AP Calc BC
AP English 4
Honors Government
Advanced Projects in Speech
Honors Economics</p>

<p>PERSONAL/OTHER:
Race: Asian Indian
G: male
Location: St. Louis, Missori</p>

<p>THANK YOU if you read all/most of that. Please do comment.</p>

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<p>First, you can major in philosophy and still be premed; that combination is pretty common actually.</p>

<p>Second, you have a shot most anywhere, though your EC's are a little week because there's not much from freshman year and little 4-year continuity. </p>

<p>Also, if your unweighted GPA is a 4.0, you can't really claim that your performance has improved over the years, but that's unimportant.</p>

<p>I don't think your stats are strong enough for the WASHU combined program, but you might look at Brown's, which I would also recommend if you're considering doing something other than medicine since it has an open curriculum. Other schools to consider would include Penn, Duke, Stanford, etc., premed bastions that also have strong humanities programs (which is why I didn't mention Hopkins).</p>

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<p>First of all, are you planning to apply to any 7 year med programs? Because if you are i think you need three SAT2's in different subject areas. If not, you can basically be competetive anywhere you apply. Apply to some privates if you can afford them, otherwise there is nothing wrong with a good state school. Actually, the name of your undergrad doesn't care THAT much weight, but try to get into schools like Stanford which ive heard to have grade inflation.</p>

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<p>Ugh, I can say that I haven't experienced grade inflation at Stanford. I'm a pre-med student, and students are very driven so curves tend to be unpleasantly high. (Well, unpleasant for half the class.)</p>

<p>On the bright side, Stanford is great about encouraging students to explore many fields and choose what they like best for a major (or heck, double major); there is a pre-med curriculum to follow, but no pre-med major. I have a friend who is majoring in Art History but is a successful premed... there are advisors to help you with being pre-med no matter what major you choose to have.</p>

<p>You could be a good candidate for Stanford, depending on your essays. No matter where you choose to apply, be sure to convey your passion for whatever it is you do; maybe you love the challenge and the differing opinions that arise in debate, or you find religion to be comforting in the chaos of today. Don't just talk about what you do; talk about how it makes you feel and why you love it!</p>

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<p>I just wanted to urge you not to just disregard Johns Hopkins for its "weakness in the humanities." True, the pre-med program is a powerhouse and perhaps the best in the country. However, the Writing Seminars department, a program in creative writing, was ranked second-best in the nation by US News and World Report. Furthermore, they pride themselves additionally on many other areas such as sociology and romance languages to name a few. Hopkins has a philosophy student publication. Perhaps a little unrelated, they really pioneered psychology in the united states.</p>