@GoldenRock thank you so much! do you have any advice on what else I should do to strengthen my application? I will probably be able to get two different papers published through my Upenn internship and I am considering applying for the Siemens Competition (but most probably won’t). Additionally, I will be getting EMT certified and becoming involved with the Junior Academy thru the NY Academy of Sciences. But honestly, I have no idea as to what I can truly do to obtain that wow factor. I definitely am keeping my options open. PLME is my top, but I obviously understand how much of a reach it is, so I have several schools on my list. Once again, thank you for your comment! It is much appreciated!!!
@Roentgen @GoldenRock @texaspg or anyone who is still here from past years - do bsmd programs ask for 1st semester senior grades or quarter grades? If yes - which ones?
@what???!! You need to send mid-year report. If student applying for BS in EA/ED or some programs like UMKC don’t need. Otherwise, you are expected to send and if I remember few schools like BU, definitely expects.
Though, my D school semester itself ends only late Jan and report came by 1st week of Feb, we uploaded via common app and sent to various school.
@asmed7 Would say, rather strengthening your application, sit back and calmly collect your thoughts and start identifying what you liked and what made an impact on various activities you have already done. Basically prepare your various essays/prompts etc., Because you have already done few things which are unique and relevant. For example, what is the unique experience you learned from your Sri Lanka medical camp or what did u enjoy from your year long course Allied health and shadowed doctors or what you learned from your 2 years of research in UPenn and the paper you plan to publish or your long commitment to uplift people who are in need, the activities you did in India to help poor kids. Your true desire to help people in need, that is very important, it does not have to be medical oriented. Service (Seva) matters. GL
@GoldenRock if I remember correctly your daughter is starting at OU in the BaMd program? Can you tell us her initial impressions?
@what???!! It is too early because after attended the interview, not much of interaction with OU. But she is very happy and looking forward to join and complete her BA/MD program. She completed her freshman orientation over phone and registered her 1st semester courses. She plans to do History major and Medical Humanities minor. She likes some of the activities offered in OU like reading clubs, honors college courses etc. It appears it is not going to be that intense like some 6 years programs like UMKC or NEOMED. In that sense, she will be able to take break or do some thing of her interest during semester and summer breaks etc.
How critical is hospital volunteering experience? In CA, most hospitals don’t allow until 16 and even then not much direct patient contact.
Has anyone got accepted into the California Northstae University 2+4 BS/MD program for this school year?
If yes what are your stats?
@GoldenRock Thank you for the update. As she goes through her first year please let us know what she thinks of the program and OU. I am also curious about how she feels about how diverse and open minded - or not students and staff at OU are?
@What???!! Diverse and open minded? Diverse in what way? Racially? Adrian Peterson (Black) is from Oklahoma University; as is Blake Griffin (Afro-Haitian & White). My daughter was accepted into OU’s MHSP 8-year BA/MD Program, along with @GoldenRock’s D. So they seem to welcome Females there. As for open-minded, in what way? The state of Oklahoma voted 67% for Romney in 2012, versus 33% for Obama. It is a conservative state in the heart of the Bible Belt.
Hey can anyone give me insight into whether my stats are good enough to get me into a direct medical program? I am an incoming senior.
GPA: unweighted - 4.00 weighted - 5.00 (straight As with always honors or APs)
Class Rank: School does not rank
ACT score: English: 36; Math: 36; Reading: 34; Science: 34 ; Composite: 35
SAT: 1560/1600
SAT Subject Tests: Waiting on Math 2, Biology M, and US History scores
AP’s:
Calc BC: 5 (AB sub: 5)
United States History: 5
Macro Economics: 5
European History: 4
Physics C Mech: 3
Physics C E&M: 2 (i am really bad at physics)
Will be taking AP Psychology, AP Language and Composition, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, and self-studying AP Stats senior year
of LORs: will have 4 (2 from teachers, 1 from counselor, 1 from research mentor)
Applicant Pool: Regional
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Asian
High School Activities and Leadership
Science Olympiad (11, 12): Founder/President
Math Team (9, 10, 11, 12): won several awards within this
Academic Resource Center Tutoring (10, 11, 12): Senior leader in this, basically I tutor fellow students
Badminton (10, 11, 12): Junior Varsity, 2nd Place in #4 Doubles at Conference (11)
Inducted into National Honors Society (11), World Language Honors Society (11), and Spanish National Honors Society (10)
Interact (10, 11, 12): service club
Advanced Honors Research Program (11, 12): school accepts select students into 2-year independent research program
Bollywood Dance (9,10,11,12): advanced dancer, all-star dancer award twice
Illinois Math and Science Academy’s Rise Research Program (10): Gold Award by Illinois Junior Academy of Science/Semifinalist/State Qualifier
School Magazine: Staff member, NCTE “Excellent” Award in Student Literary Magazines
Health Experiences
Volunteering at Hospital (111 hours)
Research at lung cancer research lab for two summers (roughly 350 hours)
Careers in Healthcare course at local college
Shadowing physician (not sure how many hours yet)
Awards
National Merit Semifinalist (i got a PSAT score of 1500/1520 so I am hoping i will be a semifinalist)
AP Scholar with Distinction
Northwestern University’s Midwest Academic Talent Search Outstanding Achievement Award
Science Achievement Award in Physics (9,11) and Biology (11) - school level
Class Act - Student of the Semester (recommended by teacher for academic integrity)
@chocolatina1001 - You have a very good resume.
Why do you want do a a combined program? Are you a resident of Illinois?
@texaspg I’ve always been very determined to pursue the medical field and I feel that entering such a program will better steer me towards the career of my choice as they are engineered towards students who are confident of their interest in medicine. I am a resident of Illinois.
I don’t see Chemistry subject test listed. NW HPME requires one to apply. I think there are other programs in Illinois with an instate preference.
@texaspg Yes UIC-GPPA is Illinois residents only and I will be applying there. I will not be applying NW HPME or BU so I decided not to take the chemistry subject test since i have not taken AP Chemistry yet.
most likely may not be available, but ask anyway just incase if parts of information available:
- Is there a site that lists - ranking of direct bs/md program(s)? e.g UT-PACT in texas is probably tough to get in compared to other Texas BS/MD programs. Hence - want to check if anybody has any rank of BS/MD program list?
- How many seats available in each BS/MD program offered?
- in that BS/MD program list, how do you find it is only for that state residents? e.g UT-PACT/FAME only for texas residents or texas residents preferred.
But some other programs like - BU combined program out of state also considered.
just incase…anybody has any consolidated list with above information?
To satplanotx
Thank you @upstream for guiding on how to get statistics for each program. Imost program if not all here for 2015 acceptances or 2014 acceptance, where 2015 data was not available. Read it as follows. In state, Out State, Total. Number of applicant, Interviewed, enrolled (This is not accepted, accepted student number could be higher) Along with GPA. SAT. ACT data for average student accepted for the program (This is not requirement, it is average of students accepted. Requirement to apply may be lower), where ever it was published. Here you go. Store it for future reference, so you don’t have to search this thread all the time.
College In state Out State Total GPA SAT/ACT
BU 78/5/0 904/79/16 982/84/16 2311
Baylor/Baylor 75/67/2 80/74/4 155/141/6
Brooklyn/SUNY 280/98/14 7/3/1 287/101/15 90% 1300-1450
CWRU 262/10/3 919/57/3 1181/67/10 2130-2400/33-36
Drexel/Drexel 318/54/12 1278/80/16 1596/134/38 3.96 1527/34
GW 1015/27/10 1015/27/10
Howard 125/25/15 125/25/15 3.7 2060/31
Lehigh/Drexel 63/7/0 323/20/1 386/27/1 3.7 1500
NEOMED 249/196/102 237/28/3 486/224/105 3.88 1413/31
NW-HPME 69/15/3 450/105/17 519/120/20 2319/35
Penn/Jefferson 72/19/9 408/83/24 480/102/33 2324
RPI/Albany 127/27/2 256/40/11 383/67/18 2256
Rice/Baylor 303/13/5 686/24/5 989/37/10
Rutgers/NJMS 174/92/19 71/27/2 245/119/21
SUNY/Hobart 20/5/2 2/0/0 22/5/2
Sienna/Albany 186/24/14 144/22/4 330/46/14 1370
Sophie Davis 910/199/80 0/0/0 910/199/80 95% 1310/29
SLU 121/0/20 484/0/78 605/0/98
St Bona/GW 44/4/3 138/19/9 182/23/12
Stony Brook 2242/16/3 841/3/1 3083/19/4
Temple 23/2/2 40/3/2 63/5/4
Brown 50/0/4 2046/0/58 2896/0/62 2218
Union/Albany 156/37/6 207/27/9 363/64/15 2231
UAB/EMSAP 85/15/6 180/14/5 265/29/10
UCSD 487/48/11 0/0/0 487/48/11 4.24
UCCOM 115/16/8 120/16/2 235/32/10
Uconn/Storrs 131/20/6 262/17/3 393/37/13
UIC/GPAA 528/85/30 0/0/0
UM/HPM 84/27/9 143/59/5 227/86/14
UMKC 383/150/66 733/170/48 1116/320/114 3.82 31
UNevada 64/40/12 0/0/0 64/40/12
UNewMexico 214/170/28 216/171/28
URochester 156/9/1 421/31/7 577/40/8 2241
USouthAlbama 55/49/14 40/2/3 95/51/17
Villanova/Drexel 19/4/1 147/45/6 166/49/7
VCU 152/24/10 269/36/10 421/60/20 3.89 2150
WashU 0/0/0 1484/??/7 1484/??/7
Wayne State 157/30/13 59/5/2 216/35/15
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@bearchichi Hi I’m a little confused on how to read these stats. Could you do a sample reading like for BU and spell out the numbers?
College In state Out State Total GPA SAT/ACT
BU 78/5/0 904/79/16 982/84/16 2311
I agree this is hard
i think the first is College name
the next is for distribution of several years of BUmedical school participants (usually the total of four years at medical school and the two or three at undergrad) so 78 instate and five outstate( so BU loves MASS Peeps)
the next group of three is Number of applicant, Interviewed, enrolled and usually they show you two years
so in one year there was 904 applicants and 79 interviewed and six teen went in(one flaw is lack of understanding of number of offers made )
and in another year there was 982 applicants, 84 interviewed and sixteen enrolled into the BS MD program and
last number is SAT score ave of sixteen 2311