<p>Im a junior in high school, and I found CC a little too early. I feel like I was right on track, but in reading other people's "stats," convinced myself that I was far behind the pack. Freshman really shouldn't be thinking so much about college admissions... Anyway, I completely overloaded on hard classes, and time-consuming ECs, and burned out about halfway through this year. Due a tremendous drop in my GPA, I lost a lot of confidence, which in turn just caused me to do worse.<br>
I was aiming for competitive BA/MD programs at the end of freshman year, but that is definitely out of the question now. Umich Ann Arbor had been my dream school since I was 10(when I visited it with my sister). Im afraid my chances are very, very unrealistic, and Im wondering if there is any chance at all. </p>
<p>Im looking at a 3.4/3.5 for the end of this year(ouch)...so basically Im barely top 25 %
ACT:33
SAT:2040</p>
<p>I also need some help with a list of other schools to apply to. I want to go to medical school, but I have no idea of what to major in for undergrad. I want to do something physics related, but is engineering too much of a deviation from my ultimate goal?</p>
<p>Anyway, I'm looking at the following schools as well:</p>
<p>Wisconsin-Madison
Purdue
Michigan State</p>
<p>Thanks! Sorry for the long post, and the complaining :o...</p>
<p>I had a 3.4 UW GPA and a 2140...and i had a Micorsoft Internship but I got into U of Mich. Ur ACT is good, do significant exc and apply ED. I got in through WL so ill tell u later what I did to sway things in my direction</p>
<p>Actually, your ACT score will carry you a long way. Unfortunately for me, test scores played a larger roll in admissions than I had hoped (all my test scores will smack dab in the middle of the colleges' averages, but none of them were above the averages). So, since you are only a rising sophomore, pick yourself up and try again next year. Just get that GPA up. Colleges are not going to spite you just because you had a low GPA freshman year... especially if you have a 3.9-4.0 in your sophomore year. </p>
<p>One other thing is that you may want to become better organized. Organization is KEY to pulling off these ostensibly ridiculous schedules, and with it, you will be much less likely to burn out. If you're interested, I think you can aim much higher than UMich or Purdue given your ACT score and the promise shown through your good test scores. If you get your GPA up, you'll do fine.</p>
<p>indian classical violin 11 years
piano 9ish years
voice lessons 5-6 years
Tennis(9-12)
Track(10,12)
Nurse Assistant Volunteer(difficult to get, and took a class to be trained for it)
work at kumon(tutoring kids)
NHS(running for an office)
RC co-vice prez
Habitat For Humanity,(started soph. year, prez)
Various volunteering and leadership activities with youth group(*took up a LOT of my time in high school, so I need to work it in somehow)</p>
<p>ECs to happen this summer:
continue tutoring and nurse assistant
internship at a small engineering company
research under grad students in biomechanics(im so excited!)
mission trip</p>
<p>ahh i wish i was a rising sophmore....but im actually a rising senior...so not much of a chance to fix that darned GPA...its so frustating because i killed myself with hard classes, and i feel like im "worthy" of admission, but my GPA doesnt reflect that...which really sucks, becasue i think I could do really well at michigan</p>
<p>I'm a junior in college and I was pretty much in the same situation. I'm not going to suggest to you specific schools. I'd rather suggest investigating if what kind of school you want:</p>
<p>Large school, medium, or small LACs:
-Do you mind being in a lecture hall with large # of students?
-Do you want wide selection of courses? Some small schools have limited numbers of courses to teach, as opposed to large state schools.
-Do you like large school sporting events (NCAA Div. 1)?
-etc.</p>
<p>Rural or Urban?
-What kind of surroundings do you prefer? Big city feel or farm or beachtown?</p>
<p>Greek Life?</p>
<p>Money Matter?
-Expensive prestigious school or good school with money to offer?</p>
<p>Good program or good overall school?
- Do you want a school that is very prestigious in the department that you want to be in or a school that is somewhat strong in all departments?</p>
<p>As for me, I chose an LAC with annual 80 to 100% placement in medical school that I had never heard of (I'm an international student) over my first choice (UVa: large state school, #2 in the country, yada yada yada). I'm glad that I chose this LAC. I got good money from them, the school is good in overall (I picked up philosophy as my second major in addition to biology), etc. I figure that prestige does not matter if you want to be a doctor. What really matter are your grade in college, activities, and the MCAT score to get into a medical school.</p>
<p>I kind of want a bigger school, that may get smaller class sizes as you advance, and greek life isn't very important, but a nice college town is...a large course selection is very important to me, and a decent overall school would be good... high admittance rates to medical school are also very important...and i kind of want to stay in the midwest...its not completely neccessary, but my parents werent ready to let me go to texas when i suggested A&M...money isnt really an issue, but it would be good to get some if i could by going to a smaller school...</p>
<p>Check out US News for schools where you are a match GPA and SAT-wise (and lots of safeties as well).</p>
<p>Wherever you go, if you avoid distractions in college and do spectacularly well with GPA and MCATs, when you graduate from med school they will call you "Dr. Helpmegetin!" And patients will only care if your are exceptional at your job.</p>