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Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>My friend is currently deciding whether to apply to Columbia ED or Stanford EA --- but the real question on his mind is whether or not he can get in. So, we are creating a chances thread to see what you guys think:</p>

<p>General Info:
White/Male/Junior
Competitive Public School/Maryland</p>

<p>Stats:
Rank: 1/330</p>

<p>ACT: 33 (but retaking for a 34+... it's actually necessary for scholarship to UMiami med program)</p>

<p>SATII: Biology (760)... planning on taking World History and Math II</p>

<p>AP: Biology (5), US Government (5), Human Geograph (Self Study-5). </p>

<p>Also taking 6 more this year (including psych self-study) and 5 APs senior year</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

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<p>Choices:
Stanford EA/Columbia ED
Brown/Brown PLME
UMiami Med
Northwestern Med
Harvard
Yale
Swarthmore
Williams
Amherst
Johns Hopkins</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>This is absolutely hilarious.</p>

<p>"national chapter of the month" my ass
"trained tutor" thats bs.</p>

<p>760 on Bio is great, but an 800 would be even better.</p>

<p>Stanford EA/Columbia ED- Rejected
Brown/Brown PLME-Rejected
UMiami Med- In
Northwestern Med- Match
Harvard- rejected
Yale-rejected
Swarthmore- Reach
Williams- High reach
Amherst- High Reach
Johns Hopkins- In</p>

<p>Despite my comments above, you prove to be somewhat of a strong candidate, except that you are a little bit too spread out. I mean, you want to go to med school, but none of your ECs seem to reflect that. Yeah sure, the leadership and whatnot is there, but you lack a sense of direction and you seem to be everywhere doing everything. Its best that you pick a few things, and get REALLY good at them and try to take your interests further. Intern at some hospital and things along those lines.</p>

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<p>Sesquip, are you sure about some of the LACs being reaches, while HPME is a match? I'm sure Northwestern Med is much more competitive to get into than Swarthmore, Williams or Amherst. </p>

<p>Food's friend: You'd stand a good chance of getting into Stanford or Columbia early.</p>

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<p>i agree with Sesquip</p>

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<p>Schrizto, you're probably are right about Northwestern. I mean, they're all crapshoots basically.</p>

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<p>But I support my decisions, minus the HPME one.</p>