my chance at 7-year med prog at NYU

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<p>I am a sophomore at a high school in NJ. My dream college is NYU, and to get into a a quick medical program (seven years ). I am also willing to go to any other college that has a 7 or 8 year program which requires no MCAT. The whole point of this point is because I want to know what I can improve on and what are my chances at this point.</p>

<p>GPA: for freshmen weighted 3.8
Courses: Freshmen Year all Cp besides Biology Honors and Math Honors
This year I have all honors except history
SAT: Freshmen year 1300/2400. I know that is horrible, but i am planning to retake and will this efecct my chance. Also what do colleges see about your SAT</p>

<p>EX:
Freshmen-President of Photo Club
Member of Computer Club
Red and God
Sophomore-Yearbook, Youth Doctors, Red and God, Newspaper, CCA, BCTV, maybe more
I am starting to volunteer at a hospital. Worked in BAPS mandir for about 100 hours, Had a job at kumon teaching math
Many of my uncle have been accepted into NYU MED PROGRAM, and my other UNCLE is ranked number 8 in the world for heart cancer research and know the dean. I don’t know if this matter. Please tell me what AP's i should take, what score i need for the SAT, clubs, volunteer ect. Anything that can help me.</p>

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<p>Your chances are zil because NYU has ended its 8-year BA/MD program.</p>

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<p>how about other med schools
chances?
and what i need, and what to improve on</p>

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<p>I honestly have no idea, since I was rejected from all the combined degree programs I applied to. :D That being said, I'm a senior chemistry major now, and I'm currently applying to medical school.</p>

<p>I know you're shooting for a combined program, but there are downsides to doing it, not least of which is the competition. Statistically speaking, chances are you won't get in. Also, these programs essentially lock you into one college and one medical school. I like being in NYC for college, but I'm not sure that I'd want to stay here another 4 years for med school - if I'd gotten into NYU's 8-year med program, I'd be out of luck.</p>

<p>Why do you not want to take the MCAT? Are you afraid of the test? Do you think it's a waste of time? Your use of the word "quick" to describe your medical program also concerns me. Being pre-med and applying to medical school is not for the fainthearted or for those who want a fast route to prestige and success. Without the guts to work, you simply won't do well in university, which'll tank your chances of med school.</p>

<p>I don't think you did yourself any service by taking the SAT so early. If I'm not mistaken, colleges can now see every single SAT you took, so it won't look good that you took the SAT early and did so poorly. Hold off on the standardized testing until at least the spring of junior year.</p>

<p>You're on the right track with your activities, I think - you need to show a strong commitment to medicine, so consider volunteer work, shadowing doctors, research, etc. That being said, I know that medical schools are no longer interested in students who can only do science-related things - they want people who can talk to people as well as solve crazy science problems. Don't drop activities like Photo Club or Computer Club; it's good to show that you have interests other than medicine.</p>

<p>Coursework-wise, you should be taking all honors at the minimum, I think. You should also be getting a hefty dose of AP/IB courses, too. I personally think that AP English, AP Bio, and AP Chem are musts.</p>

<p>Sorry I can't be more specific, but I hope I helped a bit.</p>

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<p>well the reason for not taking the MCAT is because you have to do amazing on it, and only a few get chosen to go the medical school. Also i don’t want to spend 4 years of regular college and then another 7 of med. Also if you don’t do good on your MCATS you are screwed because you have no were else to go. At least this is what all the doctor tell me in my family. I hope my horrible SAT don’t kill me. Also I can only take one AP of a science in senior year. So guess you are saying i don’t have a chance at any of them. Some guy gave me this link and it seems very easy to get into. Can you tell me more about it because i don’t understand much of this stuff.
i will get it for you later but it is Bronx college</p>

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<p>I think you're misinformed about a number of things. You should do some more research.</p>

<p>You don't have to do "amazing" on the MCAT to get into medical schools. The majority of schools require anywhere from a 29-33 to get in - those scores are considered good, but certainly not amazing. The average MCAT score on the April 2006 test date was about 26. You can see for yourself that there is a difference between the average test taker and the average student admitted to med school, but the difference is certainly surmountable.</p>

<p>Medical school is 4 years long, just like college. I don't know where you got the number 7 from. After completion of medical school, you will have to do a residency, and its length will depend on your specialty. You cannot escape the residency requirement with a combined program.</p>

<p>If I were you, I would not rely on the advice of my doctor relatives unless they graduated from medical school within the last five years or are a member of a medical school's admissions committee. The requirements to enter medical school are changing, just as the body of applicants is changing, so information gets outdated very quickly.</p>

<p>Finally, I just want to emphasize that yes, you can go to a four-year college, take the MCAT, and apply just like the vast majority of students do. Over one hundred thousand students enter med school every year - if they can do it with no short cuts, so can you. :) Of course, this isn't to knock combined degree programs, but since all of them are very competitive, it's best not to expect to get in.</p>

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<p>3 of them graduated 2 years ago
so in all how many year with the special program and without it
overall you are tond of help</p>

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<p>If you're asking how many people enter combined degree programs versus 4 years college + 4 years med school, I don't know. :) That's some research you'll have to do yourself.</p>

<p>However, I'm willing to guess that there are significantly less than 500 combined degree spots available each year in the US. There are 125-126 accredited MD schools in the US, and if I guess that each class is on the average 100 students, then there are 12500 spots available for traditional students each year. It's easy to see from here that less than 5% of all new MDs each year come from combined programs.</p>

<p>Again, don't feel like you have to force yourself into one of these programs. Like I said before, tons of people, including your uncles, make it through the regular way. There's no reason why you can't, too.</p>

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<p>thanks shades
know can you tell me around what GPA I NEED. Clubs, Ap's only one per subject, SAT score etc. Or atleast what you think is good enough
Also is this school legit because it seems very easy to get into
<a href="http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bamd/GenInfo.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bamd/GenInfo.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bamd/FAQ.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bamd/FAQ.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I got rejected from the Brooklyn College BA/MD program. It sure isn't easy to get into. 300 people apply, 15 get in. Do the math. NYU pre-med, here I am! Look into Sophie Davis of City College. They accept more people than the Brooklyn College, plus its a seven year program.</p>

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<p>I almost guarentee you this aerodude kid will drop medicine within the first 3 years of college..bro you gotta get your act together, find something you love, not something all your relatives and family members want you to be. Plus you're a sophomore, you really have no true experience of subjects to make proper and headset judgements, just chill and do well in school. Do clubs you want, not clubs you need, do the AP's you are interested and are well at, not the ones you need, do stuff you like kiddo..</p>

<p>btw..i have a good friend at my college (nyu) who went to bergen catholic and said a lot of people like you were around (indians who just wanna make their family happy and really don't know what the hell they wanna do in life because of stubborn mental insecurities that will backfire ultimately in the future), so don't think i'm just blowin advice outta my butt..</p>

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<p>yeah i know what you are talking about. It is that everyone tells me that my SAT is going to kill me and my GPA must by 4</p>

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<p>I just want to say....good luck with med school applications shades! The whole NYU college confidential community is rooting for ya!</p>