Senior Chance me 2019! 3.9 GPA !!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I am a rising senior and am wondering if you could chance me for schools (I list the schools I’m interested in at the bottom) My interest in majors are Chemistry/ Pre-Medicine. Ultimately my goal is to go to medical school.

Test Scores:
-SAT: 1350
700 Math
650 Reading
18 on Essay

Course Load:
-Freshman Year: Algebra 1, English 9, Biology, French 1, Global Studies (no AP classes are offered at my school until 10th grade), Spanish 3 and Wellness

Freshman GPA: 3.963 ( 1 A- Each semester in Algebra 1)

-Sophomore Year: Geometry, AP US History (Only AP offered to sophomores), Spanish 4, French 2, Chemistry, English 10, Advanced Conditioning(Semester), Digital Media 1 (S) (To fulfill fine arts requirement for California Educational System)

Sophomore GPA: 4.00

Junior Year: Spanish 5, Biochemistry Honors, French 3, AP Psychology(Dual Enrollment (DE) at Local College), AP Composition (DE), Algebra 2, Human Anatomy and Physiology (DE)

GPA: 3.963

-Plans for Senior Year: AP Macroconomics (DE), AP French (DE), Statistics (DE), AP Spanish (DE) at Southern Oregon University, AP English Literature (DE), Family Health and Science, Physics

-GPA Unweighed 3.97

Extracurriculars Thus Far:

Eagle Scout with over 200 community service hours, along with profuse leadership roles in troop
Captain of Waterpolo team, placed multiple times at state championships
American Red Cross Certification
Star guard Certification
Volunteer at Ice Rink (played hockey for 8 years when I was little)
Captain of Swim Team placed multiple times at state championships
Member of Model United Nations
Attended National Youth Leadership Training in Boyscouts
Member of Order of the Arrow (Honor Society of Boy Scouts)
Attended High Adventure at Sea-Base for Boy Scout
Current Lifeguard at YMCA, planning to be here for 4 years
Member of Global Citizen Corps club where I raise awareness about third world countries
Club Amigos Member (Spanish Club) Where I volunteer in sister city Guanajuato Mexico.
Attended Olympic Development camp all 4 years for Water Polo
Member of S.E.R.T (student emergency response team) We promote the education of natural disasters to the school.(Over 100 hours with them)
Member of National Honor Society
STEM Club (President)
Cheif Science Officer (President) I volunteer at health occupation camps for middle schoolers who are Hispanic, I mainly teach in Spanish.
Volunteer at the food bank to help homeless and hungry by organizing and collecting food(100 hours over course of years throughout high school.)
Scholar-Athlete Award at my High School
Awarded Best Defense for my sophomore year.
Conference MVP Waterpolo 2018
National Outdoor Award Aquatics (2018)

Currently, I am working on doing more things

Volunteering as an Athletic Trainer

I have extra time for extra curricular/jobs what should I look into I love languages and involvement with communities I actually enjoy communicating in foreign languages. Any suggestions what I could look into to help improve my extra curriculars.

Colleges Interested In
University of Washington Favorite
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Favorite
University of Pittsburgh
University of Michigan
(Most Public Schools Excpt UC’s Yuck :/)

Reach (Still deciding which one to do ED)
Duke
Rice
Washington University in St Louis

Open to more school suggestions

What other schools that you know of that have good pre-medicine or chemistry departments for majors that I would fit into academically.
I am open to any location and price at the moment. Currently, I live on the west coast but I was born in mid-west.

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Why not UCs?
And what state are you from?
Make sure you can afford the schools you listed.
Also, your GPA is great (what is Weighted?) but your SAT is on the lower side for these colleges. You have a greatshot at UW, UPitt, and a good shot at the other public schools. Make sure you have safeties though.
Good luck!

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Weighed is like 4.2 I think? Maybe higher I haven’t gotten grades back for the second semester from my junior year. I don’t like UC’s because of highly competitive, overcrowded and almost zero financial aid. This being said I might apply just to see if I can get in.

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Does anyone else have some advice

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I’m a rising senior too, so take my advice with a grain of salt - but you seem to have pretty strong ECs, so Pitt and UW should be within reach. Only thing would be get your SAT scores up (you don’t fall very favorably in the range that UNC, Mich, and Duke have for their 25/75 splits), and maybe have a couple more medical based ECs. According to the people I’ve talked to involved in application processes, being a well-rounded student is important, but showing a proficiency and interest in your prospective field of study (medicine) is crucial. Again, take everything with a grain of salt - GL, hopefully we’ll be Mich Class of ‘23 together!

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I agree with @DJCURRYBEATS19. Your biggest weakness is that SAT; if you get it above 1500+, you would have a more solid chance at these schools. But, you don’t necessarily have to show proficiency in your prospective field, but you do need show what you will contribute to the college in your essays, whether you emphasize your love for foreign language or Boy Scouts. You have a decent resume, but you need to make sure you knit everything together in your application/essays. You should also consider UVA and JHU. GL and who knows, maybe I’ll see you at Mich next year!

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@DJCURRYBEATS19 Thank you, I plan on retaking the SAT again in the fall. Hopefully I will see you on campus :slight_smile:

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@SomeKid123 Thank you for the advice! What should be a target SAT if I were to take it again?

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go for washington

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@WaterpoloGod23 your target should be 1500 at least for now, but if you feel can reach higher, aim higher

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I would take a practice ACT under timed conditions and see if you do better on that than the SAT. Then focus on studying for the test that is best for you! Everything else looks great!

I assume you’re an Oregon resident based on where you took DE classes? Apply to at least one in-state option that you would enjoy as a safety.

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@EmpireFrontier Washington is definitely my number one choice atm, do you know if they have good OOS financial aid?

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Most public schools are very expensive for out of state students. What did your parents say they can pay for college for you?

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@SomeKid123 I plan to retake it in the fall. I will probably focus on the reading and writing section and try and get that score above 700.

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@mamaedefamilia I will plan on taking the ACT in the fall as well. To answer your question, yes I am an Oregon resident. I plan on applying to the University of Oregon and Southern Oregon Universities Honor College as safeties.

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@suzy100 I was planning on getting some form of financial aid since our family makes under $35,000 a year. I was planning to become a resident of the state to the school in which I matriculate

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@WaterpoloGod23 It’s not that easy to become a resident for a state school, especially for the ones you’ve listed. But if your family makes less than 35k, you should be getting near free tuition wherever you get in due to financial aid. Check with the net price calculators for each school tho.

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Class rigor might be an issue for a potential pre-med. I don’t see any honors/AP level science classes and no Calculus.

Duke, Rice, and WashU are stats driven so you really need to get the SAT around 1500.

Given your user name, are you recruitable for your sport? If so USC might be a target.

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“But if your family makes less than 35k, you should be getting near free tuition wherever you get in due to financial aid.”

This is generally not true. It’s true only if the school is a “meets full need” school, and then the school decides what your “need” is.

OP, run the Net Price Calculators at the schools you are interested in to see if they are affordable. It is true that getting residency for purposes of being charged in-state tuition is very difficult if not impossible in most states.

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@Hamurtle Our school offers no STEM-related honors or AP classes. I’ve taken the most rigorous science classes with dual enrollment. I am the founder of the STEM club at my school which I hope will show that I have some initiative in changing our school. I contacted the coach at USC but getting recruited at that institution is very difficult, they only take in 3-5 recruits and those are usually nationally ranked in water polo.