<p>UW GPA 3.75
W GPA 4.50
SAT 1950
Taken 2 dual credit college courses at community college plus college classes taken in Health Science academy
Licensed pharmacist assistant and nurses assistant
Rank 29/721</p>
<p>Extra curricular activities
855 hours volunteering at a hospital (lots of good referrals from multiple doctors)
109 hours volunteering at a nursing home
3 mission trips to Mexico to help kids with cleft pallets
313 hours working in a doctors office
203 hours working as a nurses assistant
JV golf team sophomore year
JV golf team junior year
V golf team senior year
Several golf medals.
German club
HOSA leadership position for 3 years
Placed in nutrition competition for 3 years of high school
Several scholarship
Recycling club president
Science club
Several awards the school has given me</p>
<p>I have done all that is stated above, not fluffing my application.</p>
<p>About me
My expected family contribution each year is $2,000-$3,000 I'm expecting to use scholarships, loans, and financial aid to make my way through college. I live in Texas and don't care if i leave or stay in state. I would like a college where the people aren't arrogant and are at least slightly intellectual. I really don't want a party school but a school where the students are friendly and do stuff together.</p>
<p>If you live in South Texas there's a UTPA/Baylor program that has relatively low standards for conditional acceptance to Baylor medical school...</p>
<p>and if you don't, Texas still has some of the cheapest medical schools in the country :)</p>
<p>Pre-med, as a major, does not exist. Go to the school you think will prepare you best to complete the pre-med requirements (1 year bio, 1 year chem, 1 year biochem, 1 year physics, math) and the MCAT.</p>
<p>I know it doesn't count as a major, but i wanted to go to a school which had a premed program. I think I'll end up majoring in something in business, probably finance.</p>
<p>Most books say if you want to go to med school you should go to a college which has a med school while obtaining your bachelor degree.</p>
<p>Thanks for the link to Texas Tech hpa
My golf instructor attended TT and placed in several golf competitions for them.</p>
<p>None of the LACs have med schools, and they generally do VERY well getting their students into med school. Again, there is pretty much no such thing as a premed program-- the instances of it aren't even worth dealing with. There are pre-med requirements, and some schools have committee letters and better counseling. However, the BEST matriculation to med school rates are usually at LACs.</p>
<p>I would stop reading advice books on getting into med school and worry more about getting into a good undergrad first. I know I sound curt, but it's the truth.</p>
<p>Your extracurriculars and experience with the medical setting are impressive; however, your SAT score could be improved. Perhaps try retaking the test to get at least 2000+? That is, unless you have a very good math and critical reading score. In either case, a school emphasizing activities and not so much on academics might be a fit for you--your stats seem to show that you are heavily involved in activities outside of school. Keep in mind, though, that for medical school, academics are just as important as (and perhaps even more than) activities.</p>
<p>Texas Tech's Honors College also has special admissions programs with Tech's Medical School so be sure to check this option out as well. (Go to Tech's website at ttu.edu then the links to the Honors College and go from there. My son is a senior in Tech's Honors College (majoring in Business) and has been very satisfied.</p>