<p>Ok, well as the title says I am a rising Senior, and I am somewhat concerned with college admissions. For a while, I was just going to attend a state university and then hopefully go the the our state med center (I want to go into medicine/become a doctor.) Anyway, I have kind of gotten past the financial burden that a more "exclusive" university comes with and am considering applying to Rice and Duke. If someone could glance over my stats and tell me if it would be worth my time to apply to these schools I would really appreciate it!</p>
<p>Race: Caucasion (hope I spelled tht right_
GPA: 4.2/4
Class Rank: 1/450
PSAT Junior Year: 219
SAT: 2250 (Hopefully I can retake and break 2300)</p>
<p>Course Load- I go to a "semi-rural" school so this course work is about as tough as they offer</p>
<p>Freshman Year
Hon Geometry
Hon English
Band
Spanish 1
World Geo/Civics (required course work)
PE 9</p>
<p>Sophomore
Anatomy/Phys
Bio
Spanish 2
Hon English
Hon Alg 2
World History</p>
<p>Last year's courses include:
Ap Bio
Chem
Ap Eng Lit and Comp
Hon PreCalc
Ap American History</p>
<p>This year's class load
Ap Euro History
Ap Eng Lit and Comp
Ap Chem
Physics
Ap Calc BC</p>
<p>ECs
FBLA- 9th Member/ 10th Treas./ 11th Vice Prez/ 12th Vice Prez
AcDec- team member 9-10 Captain 11-12
"General" Science Applications and Research Club: 11 Founder and Prez/ 12 Prez
Olympus Club: 9-10 Member 11-12 Class Rep
Speech Team: Member 9-12
NHS: Member 11-12 (hopefully will get some leadership position this Year = D)
Quiz Bowl: Member 9 Captain 10-12
Prep Club and Letter Club: Member all four years
-- As clubs go, these are kind of random; however, I do love all of them and started a science club which aligns with my passion for medicine.
-I also did some lab research at our local med center, am continuing that this year. So it could be published, but ya it might not..</p>
<p>Volunteering
Teach Bible School for 2nd Graders at my church: 120 Hours
Manage Canteen and Registration for the Red Cross: 150 Hours
American Cancer Society: 40 Hours
Volunteer at a local hospital: 100 hours
Managed some polling districts for a local congressman for 3 summers: 150 hours
Mission Trips: 50 hours</p>
<p>Awards:
State Science olympiad: 3rd in Bio sopho and and 2nd in junior
AcDec: Various state awards nothing special
Siemens: I am doing this year, so I probably wont win like anything but I felt like mentioning it
Local Science Fairs: A couple first and second places
I work as a paper boy and won "the distinguished local paper carrier award" (theres an achievement = /)
National Merit Finialist
Speech: A few awards here and there </p>
<p>So ya, thts about it. Do I stand any chance of getting into Duke or Rice with those stats. Also, if I should by some chance get into one of them, is it worth sacrificing the full ride I could get from a state school. My ultimate goal in this is to become a doctor, if that makes any difference. My family is not wealthy by any means and my parents still need to get 3 more kids through college, and I REALLY don't want them to pay for me going to a more expensive school.</p>
<p>THANKS For the time!
Robbie</p>