Stanford

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>About Me:
-White Male
-Public School in Suburban Illinois (top 200 in coutry)
- Junior</p>

<p>Classes
-Freshman: Semester of World History, World Geography, Honors English, Honors Bio, Spanish II, Honers Geometry
- Sophmore: AP U.S. History, Honors English, Honors Chem, Spanish III, Honors Algebra II, Semester of Health(req.), semester of consumer ed (req)
- Junior: AP European History, AP Lit/Comp (engilsh 3), Physics, AP Phsych, AP Trig/Calc, Spanish IIII
-Senior: AP U.S. Goverment/Economics, AP Lang/Comp (english 4), AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Calculus BC</p>

<p>Stats:
-GPA un weighted 4.0, 4.9 Weighted
- 25 in class of 750 (3.3%)
-AP: Haven't taken any tests, expect 4's and 5's on all
-SAT I: 2100
- ACT: 34
- SAT II: 780 on Chem, expect 800 on Math II and 780+ on Physics</p>

<p>EC's
-Varsity Football this year and next in year, Going to be Captain (Junior year all-conference)
-Varsity Lacrosse since sophmore, may be captain next year (sophmore year honorable mention all-conference)
-School Paper (9,10,11,12), Sports Editor this year and next year, may be editor-in-chief next year
-NHS (11,12)
- Volunteering at Local Hosptial (300 Hours so far)
-S.O.S. (Service over Self) (10,11,12) Officer
- Officer of School Pep Group (Student spirit, organize pep rallies for football, basketball, etc) (10,11,12) (officer 12)
- Foreign Exchange Club (10,11,12) Hosted a guy from Barcelona last year
-Organized 'Students Against Cancer' not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping financially and emotionaly support the familes affected by pediatric cancer. (this is my favorite, we've raised $8,000 in one year. Just started my fund-raising March Madness bracket pool, have 200 participants and expect to raise about $1000)</p>

<p>Other Info - Very competitivefootball school, so being a captain is no small feet, plus we are competitive in our conference and expected to compete for state next year.
I don't really have alot of time for anything else. Football takes up about 15 hours per week on its own, so i don't have time for any other e.c's (i rarely go to paper meetings in fall and spring), however i plan on showing how much dedication it takes to play football at the level i play at.</p>

<p>Looking to apply to Stanford, U of Illinois, Michigan, USC, Duke, Pitt, Dartmouth. Other than that I expect to apply to other state flagship schools that are good academicly (UT-Austin, UF, Wisconsin)</p>

<p>I plan on going Pre-Med, possible Biology Major if that helps
I'm also considering applying to Stanford ED</p>

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<p>Oh, about the not-for-profit
We’re not a 501(c) yet, we’re applying for tax-exempt status but haven’t finished the paperwork yet.</p>

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<p>Oh, also thought I should point this out, I will be retaking the SAT I soon (took last as sophmore), and plan on getting a 2250+ on it, based on practice tests and how i feel going into this one as opposed to last one.</p>

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<p>Very impressive. Get that SAT score up to your goal and do well on your essays and you should be very competitive at all of those schools. Two small suggestions.

  1. Maybe be a part of some form of student govt. Not necessary but, could be another way to stand out.
  2. Find something that will set you apart from all other applicants. The not-for-profit organization is great and maybe use it in your essay. I don’t know what you could do but its just that so many students are applying to the schools that you want to go to with similar stats and it always helps to have something that will make you stand out from the rest.</p>
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<p>yeah, i get what you’re saying. I’ve been toying with the idea of running for student councel for a few months now, but its really down to the amount of hours in a day (im pretty cramped for time right now).
As for setting me apart from other applicants, i really hope that the mix i show with athletics and volunteer work set me apart, along with the not-for-profit. (that’s my proudest accomplishment, more than my varsity sports).</p>

<p>Thanks for the post though, very helpful</p>

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<p>any other posts would be nice.</p>

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<p>Just be aware to decide wisely on your decisions. You should check out the environment and not just that, but the Pre-Med program. I know you have a strong dream of becoming a “doctor” but make sure you decide with care, because most elite schools are going to do nothing but weed out Pre-Med students through tough freshman requirement courses.</p>

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<p>I’d say just be sure in any writing you do to the college, you describe being captain of your football team as “no small feat” - not “no small feet” - your foot size has nothing to do with it!</p>

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<p>o wow i totally missed that haha</p>

<p>and yeah i will definately check out the environment and such with pre-meds
I’ve only been to stanford once, and that was for a basketball game, but i loved the sports atmosphere, which is a big part of me, and that’s why it is my first pick.
I’ve heard that the pre med advising isn’t the best, but i wonder how much that is true as it is a private school and such.</p>

<p>I really want to talk to some stanford pre-meds to see, if i do actually get accepted, how the pre-med advising and things like that is.</p>

<p>The stanford environment really makes me doubt that they do alot of weeding or screening, but the fact is that i do plan on checking out the schools that i apply to in more detail.</p>

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<p>Also just keep this in mind. You have to decide between a research based doctor (stem-cell) or a primary care doctor. That should be a major decision in your college choice too; I’m sure you know Stanford is an elite research institute, but other schools like LA, Berkeley, Davis, Wisconson, Johns, and Ann Arbor are primary care based.</p>

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<p>i thought that decision was for med school more than undergrad pre-med</p>

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<p>Just a friendly bump</p>

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<p>“schools like LA, Berkeley, Davis, Wisconson, Johns, and Ann Arbor are primary care based.”</p>

<p>No. Ann Arbor, Berkeley, LA, Johns, and, to some extent, Davis, are huge research institutions. Primary care schools are more like Wayne State, UWashington (although they have quite a bit of research), Howard, etc.</p>

<p>If you want to go into a high paying specialty, look at the residency match lists from these schools. You’ll find that MDs coming out of UMich AA, UCB, UCLA, Hopkins, Stanford, etc. get matched with the elite residencies (derm, radiology, etc) whereas MDs from the other schools typically (either by choice or by chance) get matched with more primary care residencies. That’s not to say you couldn’t heavily specialize at a school like Wayne State, but the chances of you getting the top residencies aren’t as good as if you were a medical rock star at Stanford. </p>

<p>My advice? First of all, I would put UCB on my list if I were you. Make sure the school you choose has good undergraduate research options (UMich has UROP, undergraduate research opportunity program, which allows students to become heavily involved in research) and try to coauthor a paper. Also, picking an undergrad school that has a med school on campus is wise because you can do research or volunteer at their facilities. Finally, you might want to consider BA/MD or BS/MD programs. USC has a great BA/MD program with Keck (their med school).</p>

<p>PM me for more.</p>

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<p>Bumping it up again.</p>

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<p>Another bump</p>