Premed at U of I - how good is it?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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<p>came to america in 2001. I live in Illinois lol
UW gpa:3.7 ish; Weighted: 4.25
UC (10th and 11th) unweighted: 3.8
took maximum number of honors and ap courses. W
ranked 47/742</p>

<p>Act:34 eng:35 math:35 reading:33 sci:31
SAT II world history: 780
math IIC :760
physics:750
AP: Physics: 5
US history: 4</p>

<p>Scholastic Bowl 7-11
MVP in a tournament
Captain of B team - Yeah!</p>

<p>Math Team 7-11
State qualifier
I carried the junior team pretty much</p>

<p>Band 8-11
District contest: Good rating
voted as most dedicated</p>

<p>Voluteer:9-11
300 hours in a local hospital's ER
I was in charge of managing younger volunteers lol</p>

<p>Writing published in Creative Communication Essay Contest
(a great accomplishment for me because I came to US in 2001)</p>

<p>PSAT: Commended scholar - missed semi by 4 points</p>

<p>NHS 11</p>

<p>Tae Kwon Do for 2 years. Even though I started in my freshman year, I broke my foot and couldn't do it for a year. But now I lead the kids through daily exercises.</p>

<p>JV golf 10 - just throwing it out there...</p>

<p>Viking Pride Award - awarded to students with the most impressive improvement. (need teacher nomination) I'm so proud of this because I have tried so hard last two years. And about 30 kids from the whole school get it annually.</p>

<p>Tutored A LOT 9-11
I helped a girl in a remedial math class move up to a regular one.
Also helped a girl in a regular math class move up to an acclerated one. lol
tutured a kid from Korea by talking to him on the phone every week.</p>

<p>Pretty Good Recs</p>

<p>Same with Essays</p>

<p>how competitive is it to get into premed program in U of I?
I hear that there are not many internship oppourtunities there because it doesn't have a med school.
oh yea, will I get into premed?</p>

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<p>hm i guess it has a med school. sorry for my ignorance</p>

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<p>University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign definitely has a med school although the University of Illinois sytem’s main med school is actually at University of Illinois Chicago.</p>

<p>Pre-med is not med school. Pre-med is also not a college major. What pre-med is is simply that you go to college and make sure you take all the required courses for admission to med school (such as math, sciences, writing) regardless of what your major is (many pre-meds major in a science but med students do come from other majors including such seemingly unrelated majors as Philosophy or English). You do not actually get admitted to pre-med at UIUC. If you check it on your app and are otherwise admitted, using the same criteria as any other admitted student not in pre-med, you will be provided info after admission about UIUC’s pre-med program. In other words, it is no more or less difficult to be admitted if you check the pre-med box or do not. </p>

<p>To get into med school, you need high GPA in college, high MCAT, and completion of the pre-med course requirements. UIUC’s pre-med program is an advisory program (as it is at other colleges) and one objective is to advise you as to courses required and many times to “advise” students who are not doing so well in their course work that they should consider moving on to some other career path. It can also recommend internships to consider and apply for (but as a college student you are not going to be doing anything that a med student does) and whether you actually get any is more personal to you and your abilities.</p>

<p>Also, be aware for admission to UIUC, since you mention them – recs are not considered for admission, neither are SAT II scores.</p>

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<p>thx much !!</p>