RD Chances for Brown PLME, Upenn LSM, Johns Hopkins, and BA/BS/MD programs

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hey guys,

I am applying RD to Brown (including its PLME program), UPenn (including its Vagelos LSM program), JHU, and a few combined medical programs. Any chances on these competitive schools would be much appreciated (I have applied to a lot of safety schools as well).

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT: 35 (34E, 35M, 35R, 34S, Writing: 11/12)
SAT II: Math Level 2: 800, taking Chem and Bio December
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 98.02/100
Weighted GPA: 103.45
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School only reports top 10% but if compared to highest GPA in the school profile report, they will know I am higher than top 1% (class size ~500)
AP (place score in parenthesis): USH (4), Physics 1 (4), Lang (4), World History (4), Calc BC (4), AB Subscore (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Literature, AP Bio, Dual Enrollment Anatomy & Physiology, AP Spanish, AP Physics C, AP Statistics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): US Presidential Scholar Nominee (Schoolwide), RPI Medalist (Academic Achievement Merit Scholarship for Math and Science), 1st place and quarterfinalist awards in FRC (Robotics) competitions, Several FBLA Regional Awards, Competed Nationally in one FBLA competition, AP Scholar With Distinction, PSAT Commended Scholar

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Youth Council 7th grade- Present (Committee Head for 2 years, Vice President currently), FBLA 9th-12th grade (Treasurer in 11th grade, Now Vice President), Health Occupations Students of America 11th-12th grade (Founder, President), Robotics club (Programming Captain for 2 years, Secretary currently), National Honor Society 11th grade - Present (Peer Mentor, Tutor)
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: 300+ volunteer hours in recreation(including therapeutic events), 50+ hours hospital volunteering, 30+ hours doctor shadowing, 40 hours Junior Achievemnt volunteering
Summer Activities: Took 2 CTY courses in programming and biology for enrichment for first two summers, Summer After Junior Year: Oncology Leadership Program, National FBLA Conference, and Summer Internship Leading to Publication in NIH Biotech Database

Other:
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: ~200k
Hooks (Athlete; first generation college, etc.): 0
Misc.: Undergoing testing for IBD (either crohns or ulcerative colitis), talked a lot in my essays as to how it has confirmed my interest in medicine

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Bump

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Did you apply anywhere ED? Which combined med programs are you applying to? What are your safeties?

As an unhooked Asian applicant, you are applying from an over-represented state. Your scores and grades are top notch. Yours ECs look good for the combined med programs. However I doubt that they will stand out enough for Brown, Penn and JHU. The Vagelos program tends to take students who show some potential in business/biotechnology.

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I didn’t apply ED anywhere. I am applying to Penn State, Temple, Drexel, Drew, Case Western, Hofstra, VCU, UPitt, Howard, Brown and RPI for combined medical programs. My safeties are Rutgers and UMass-Amherst. My other reach schools are Duke, UNC-chapel hill, and Johns Hopkins.@sgopal2 Is there anything I could do to stand out in the application process?

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You will certainly get in somewhere. The list of schools is broad and deep. I think you’ll probably get into several of the combined med programs.

There is very little you can do at this stage to make yourself stand out apart from your essays. Give some deep thought on what you can write about that makes you different from the thousands who will have similar applications.

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Update Everyone on my Reaches!

JHU: Accepted as Bio Major (Rejected BME)
Duke: Rejected
Princeton: Rejected
UPenn: Waitlisted (College of Arts and Sciences)