<p>Hey what's up guys! I've been on these forums forever, reading post and what not, so if you guys could help me out I would really appreciate it. </p>
<p>What are my chances for these schools: I am applying to Washington University ED 1 (Nov. 15 deadline), University of Miami HPME (Honors Program in Medical Education) program, Northwestern University HPME, George Washington University HPME, Boston University HPME, University of Missouri Kansas City 6 year Medicine program, Rice University HPME, and I am thinking about Vanderbilt University. My backup schools are Kansas University and St. Louis University.</p>
<p>Here are my stats:</p>
<p>Asian (Indian) male
Middle class family
Affluent school - ~500 students in each class.</p>
<p>Ranked 16/500 ~ top 3%
GPA: 4.48/5.00 W and about 3.71/4.00 UW</p>
<p>Testing:
New SAT: 1880 (highest combined: (CR:590, M 680, W 610)
ACT: 29
(I'm retaking both, and expect 31+ for ACT, and 2000+ for SAT)</p>
<p>SAT II:
Math IIC: Projected: 700
Chemistry: Projected: 630+ </p>
<p>APs:
European History: 4
Statistics: 3
Environmental Sys: 2 (don't laugh, it was hard and I didn't study)</p>
<p>Classes
IB Diplomana Candidate
Senior Year Classes: Chemistry 2 IB, English 12 IB, History IB, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Spanish 4, Calculus BC IB, and Psychology AP.</p>
<p>School Activities
-JV Tennis for soph. and junior years, Varsity Tennis for senior year.
-Science Olympiads - team placed fifth in districts and we competed in regionals.</p>
<p>Leadership
-Hospital Medical Explorer's Program - Was secretary freshman, sophomore, and junior years, and President Senior Year.
-School Volunteer program (SHARE) Leader of one of the various projects involved - I started an elementary tutoring project from scratch, and it is very popular now.
-Cultural Youth group leader
-National Honors Society Officer - we don't have president or vp, just 4 officers.</p>
<p>Honors and Awards
-Shawnee Mission Medical Center Junior Volunteer of the Year 2004<br>
-Principles Honor Roll- freshman through Senior Yrs.
-National Honor Society- Junior-Senior Yrs.
-Presidents Service Award (achieved 250+ volunteer hours each year) Freshman THRU Senior Yrs.
-Volunteered approximately 300+ hours every year in various service projects.
-Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Scholarship<br>
1.Placed first in regional level in essay competition and second at state level.
2.Placed second at regional level in essay and speech competition. </p>
<p>Community
-Habitat for Humanity- freshman-Sophomore Yrs.
-Operation Breakthrough- Sophomore Yr.
-Peer Tutoring(at high school. I also tutor at elementary school as mentioned above)- Sophomore THRU Senior Yrs.
-Shawnee Mission Medical Center Volunteer Freshman THRU Senior Yrs.
Have volunteered over 1,500 hours (helping and catering to patients needs)
-Hindu Temple Youth Group Volunteer Freshman THRU Senior Yrs.
Participated in religious service projects.
-Youth Volunteer Service Corps </p>
<p>Research and Summer Projects
-Summer Scholars Program at University of Missouri-Kansas City Summer 2004
This was an intensive medical program for six weeks between July 2004 and August 2004.
-Shadowed Doctors at Overland Park Regional Center Spring 2005
-Medical Research Internship Summer 2005
Participated in a medical research internship with a Kansas University Medical Center physician. This was very intense, as we were researching why pre-mature human babies went blind few months after birth. We used rats as subjects, since their eye patterns are similar to humans, and we fed them different types of food to see what caused the blindness in the eyes and what could be done to prevent them. I had to dissect the eyes out of the rats and analyze them. I most likely will be published for this, but the study is still going on, so I don't know when I will be published. </p>
<p>Possible Hooks
Have 2,000+ combined volunteer hours.
Possibly will be published for the research.
First generation Indian male (don't know if that is a hook)</p>
<p>I will have decent-good teacher rec's, and my essay will be about my research at KU. </p>
<p>Obviously I want a career in medicine, and I am applying to all medical schools with the HPME programs.
I would really appreciate any feedback. Thanks for your time!!</p>