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Pre-Med & Medical School Multiple Degree Programs
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<p>Alright my stats:
SAT I (800 M, 700 V)
Chem: 780
IIC Math: 800
Writing: 750
Rank: Unranked (but around top 10%)
School, state, national awards in math and chemistry
Summer research at biotech corporation, two summers of hospital volunteering, shadowed medical-related field
Alot of extracurriculars: social-service organizations, music groups/ensembles, captain of academic team</p>

<p>First, the RPI program is the most competitive compared to the three. It is research focused, as I said, the students hog the top 20% of the AMC class. The Union program is 8 years and gives a MBA or MS, the Siena program is relatively new and is more humanity-based and much smaller/less reputed because of the undergrad school.</p>

<p>I chose this program because of its research focus, location to home, and very good reputation from medical professionals and graduates. I met a number of RPI bs/md alums and they all are very successful either in academic or private practice and happy with their choice. Even if you search RPI-Albany Medical College 6-year Biomedical Program (used to be a 6-year program), you'll see dozens of graduates.</p>

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<p>Hi -</p>

<p>I really, honestly think that you have a great shot. However, I also think that at a certain level of scores, grades, ec's, etc. The process becomes kind of random. As in, after you reach a certain level, 0.1 extra on your GPA isn't going to matter. I think you've reached that level, and so at this point all you need to do is stay involved in everything you are doing and keep up the good work.</p>

<p>'But, wait!' you say, 'I want to get in! What am I to do about this randomness?' </p>

<p>Well, that's the part that generally comes down to the interview. So it's a good idea to start talking a lot - to adults, to people in authority, to people who make you nervous. Any by talking a lot, I mean often and with many, not just talking a lot! Also, talk to people who know you well, and see if they have any interviewing suggestions for you.</p>

<p>Best of luck in all your applications! I hope to see you at Rice soon! </p>

<p>PS. After the interview, it just doesn't get any more relaxed than the Rice program, IMO. Yeah, it's pretty chill. lol.</p>

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<p>@jenskate1: </p>

<p>Thanks a lot for the advice and the encouraging words (especially "I hope to see you at Rice soon", haha); that was quite helpful, and I could see that "point" you were talking about through peoples' stats on CC. I guess the interviews are your time to shine to the school to show them that you really, really want to become a doctor, so I'll def. take your advice and start talking to those authority figures you mentioned. Thanks again!</p>

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<p>what does it look like for the bs/mds?
i wasn't really sure about being a doctor till this last couple summers when I actually saw several surgeries. They were amazing. Now, i can't imagine myself doing anything else. On top of my chances, can people also post some of the hard parts about being a doctor and what obstacles there are along the way.</p>

<p>4.0 unweighted
rank 1/290
competitive school in washington
800 chem
800 math iic
750 physics
2290 SAT</p>

<p>took APs of
Physics - 4
European History- 5
World History AP- 4
Calc BC-5
English Language AP- 5
Chem AP- 5</p>

<p>will take total of like 15 honors/AP</p>

<p>ECs</p>

<p>Volunteering
-325+ hours of hospital volunteering- 2 emergency hospitals- worked in nursing units in various departments (this was pretty fun)
-helped a hospital achieve mission goals by redesigning wait rooms
-55 hours of miscellaneous service at other places including at a pharmacy
-Key Club- 10 hours/year- total 40</p>

<p>Jobs
2weeks 8 hrs a day of shadowing OR, ER, and pediatric doctors- clinical experience </p>

<p>8 weeks over two summers working at nutrition/pharmacy store (40 hours a week)- 2 hours a week through my junior school year- this summer have to run entire store 3/5 working days</p>

<p>Clubs
-Speech and Debate (some state level achievment- top 25 in lincoln douglas debate - national level awards- all american- lot of local and district awards in one of the toughest speech and debate district in nation)
3 week debate camps - spend a lot of time here
-Music (plays in symphonic band which has won some regional awards- also played violin independently for 8 years)
-Key Club- secretary
-Honor Society
-School newspaper- writer/reporter
-other random clubs and stuff</p>

<p>Awards
National merit (PSAT 234)
Leadership Awards
Ap Scholar with Dist.
Service Awards
Honor Roll
other stuff</p>

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<p>whhaaa happened
i thought i made a new thread...
hmm
maybe some mod wanted to transport chances to one thread</p>

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<p>is my SAT too low for me to have a shot?</p>

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<p>sats suck a lot......waht school do you go too? i live in washington too</p>

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<p>lakeside in washington</p>

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<p>oh sweet i go to newport</p>

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<p>You know, an abundance of little extracurriculars won't help you. A lot of colleges will probably just limit you to writing down your top 4 extracurriculars outside Stuy.</p>

<p>And stuyvesant is not the top public high school in America, LOL. or one of them for that matter. It's ranked 126!</p>

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<p>I'm a rising junior this year and I was wondering if somebody could tell me my chances at Northwestern HPME, Rice/Baylor, and any other top-notch combined medical program. Here are my stats so far:</p>

<p>Chinese female
4.3 gpa weighted/4.0 unweighted
So far, only 1 ap class (sophomore yr AP euro - 5)
SAT II Math IIC 800 on first try
Planning to take SAT II Chemistry and French, expect an 800 after 2 or 3 tries on Chem, hopefully upper 700s on French
Haven't taken the new SAT yet, but on the old SAT sophomore year, I got 800V/710M (but the math should be a lot higher now, especially looking at my MathIIC score)
Planning to take the ACT, expect a 35 composite by second try
School doesn't rank, but definitely in top 40/730 at a pretty good public school</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
JV lacrosse sophomore year. JV captain/Varsity player junior year, varsity senior year.
200 hours of community service in past 2 years, 30 of which were spent teaching English at a middle school in China
Expecting 200 more hours of community service in next 2 years, outside of a planned 300 hospital hours.
Extremely active member of KEY club grade 9-10, board member grade 11, board member or president grade 12
Founding member of Mars Hill Club (grades 10-12)
Member of various clubs, including Mu Alpha Theta, CSF, NHS senior year, French Club, Interact, etc.</p>

<p>Awards:
Scholar-Athlete 3 yrs
Schoolwide Academic Awards, all 4 years
Teacher Recommendation Awards, grade 9, maybe 11/12
Community service awards from KEY Club for # of hours participated in
Planning to be an AP Scholar w/ Distinction</p>

<p>Junior yr classes:
ap us history
ap chemistry
ap calc ab
honors physics
honors english
honors french 4
jazz choir</p>

<p>Senior yr classes:
ap british lit
ap calc bc
ap french 4
ap biology
econ/us gov't
peer helpers
rop sports med</p>

<p>Hopefully, I'll be able to do a research project with a professor next summer. Outside of that, I plan to do a research project next summer by myself for Siemens and maybe another research project this winter. I should have great recommendations by teachers. I also took Anatomy/Physiology sophomore year, which should help show my interest in medicine.</p>

<p>I was wondering if there's anything extra I should do as well as my chances at the schools I mentioned above, as well as any other combined programs. Thanks!</p>

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<p>SAT=1450 Verb-700 and Math-750. from school greaduating with 4 eng. Hon., 6 science subj. including AP Bio., 5 math including AP Calc, 4 Hist. including Ap world Hist..
also in NHS.</p>

<p>having between 200-500 hrs. of vol. work in hospital, school, boy scouts, and temple.</p>

<p>Im also a credit union bank menager in school.</p>

<p>i have also heard about rutgers ba/md prog. Person have to study 2 yrs, of reg. college and after 2 yrs. they call 30-50 students who wants to join the prog and select around 20-25. how does it sound?</p>

<p>thanks.</p>

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<p>Im about to start senior yr and am aiming for ANY BA/MD progs (im applying to 17-18ish) My personal prefs are PSU, OSU, Rice/Baylor, UMiami, and USC. Can you guys tell me which one i stand the best chance of getting into? </p>

<p>GPA: 3.8 unweighted, 4.31 weighted (12th/524)
SAT I : 2210 (1473 on old)
SAT II: Bio M 700 (should retake?)
US History 750
Math IIC 730 (going to retake)
Planning to take ACT next month </p>

<p>In school EC:
4 years, Speech Team (current captain)
4 years CSF (california scholarship federation0
3 years, Indian Student Union (current VP, im indian if that makes a difference)
2 years, Model United Nations (current secretary0
1st year, Habitat for Humanity Club (current president, started the club)</p>

<p>Out of School EC:
3 years, Los Alamitos General Hospital
2 years, Habitat for Humanity of Orange County
2 years, Various Alzheimers Center
2 years, AIDS Walk
9 years, Harmonium (indian musical instrument)</p>

<p>Medical Research in Pulse Oximetry, Summer 2005
Various Work in Medical Clinic, past 10 years (my uncle is a doctor)
Participant in Calcium Scoring Research, 2004</p>

<p>Misc:
Travels a lot, avid music lover
Passed the audition test for TV show "Jeopardy!", MAY be on the show (hopefully)</p>

<p>I also have two cousin brothers who are starting their freshman year at PSU/Jefferson, so that may have some impact</p>

<p>Thanks, please reply!</p>

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<p>I forgot to mention my APs, </p>

<p>10th grade
AP Bio - 4</p>

<p>11th grade
AP US History - 4
AP EUro History - 5
Ap Composition - 5</p>

<p>12th grade (now)
AP Govt, Literature, Calculus, Physics, Art History</p>

<p>Do APS have that much of an impact on BA/MD progs neway?</p>

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<p>What are all the programs you are applying to?</p>

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<p>UMKC, Rensselaer, UMiami, NEOUCOM, PSU, GW, UMDNJ, Union/AMC, OSU, Drexel, USA, USC, UConn, IIT, MSU, SLU, Siena/AMC, Temple, Rice/Baylor, VCU</p>

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<p>I've been reading on some other threads that some of these programs don't accept AP credit for the sciences, and will make you take the class over. Other than that, your stats look pretty good. If anything you might want to see if you can raise your GPA and rank a little. I've seen other people that are ranked number 1 in schools with a student body pretty close to the size of yours. Your research looks great, this will be very beneficial to you. Other than that I'd say you have just as much of a decent chance as anyone else.</p>

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<p>bump bump bumppp</p>

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<p>Hey CC members
I am a rising senior and I am interested in applying to a straight medical program because I really want to be a doctor. I was wondering what chance I have to get in the following schools (or at least will I get the interview).</p>

<p>SAT: 2180 (780 Math, 740 CR, 660 Writing)
SAT II: Math IIc - 780, US History 750, Chemistry - 730... pondering whether to take Biology also
ACT: 32 w/o writing and 31 w/ writing (will retake)
AP's: US History - 5, Chemistry - 5, AP Computer Science A - 5, Government - 3</p>

<p>current AP classes: Biology, Calculus BC, Macro Economics, and European Histroy</p>

<p>High School GPA: 4.375 (a little over 3.8 UW, and one bad semester which i got 3B's otherwise i got 1 B per semester)
Rank: I think between 17-19 out of a class of 780-790 in a competetive high school in Chicago suburbs</p>

<p>EC's: </p>

<pre><code>School:
Math Team 3 years an will continue this year, and party of State team all 3 years
Scholastic Bowl for past 3 years and will continue
Science Olympiad 1 year
Tennis freshman year
Star Raiders Anti-Drug program (Frosh year)
Freshman Mentor (Junior & Senior year) and on Executive Board
NHS Senior Year
</code></pre>

<p>Clubs I might join:
Model UN (Senior Year)
Indian Student Assosiation (Senior Year)</p>

<pre><code>Outside School:
110+ hours of community service at hospital so far
shadowed my uncle in the ER for a couple of days
Accepted into a 'Mini-Medical' school that was conducted by a physician at a local hospital
talked about medical careers, what to expect for med school, diseases, and conducted handson activities
</code></pre>

<p>Combined BA/MD Programs I am interested in:
UIC GPPA 7 year program
Saint Louis University
Miami HPM
Drexel University
Penn State
RPI/AMC
Northwestern HPME
Brown
Boston University
Cincinatti University (DAP)
NEOCOM
Rice/Baylor</p>

<p>Also about how many are selected from each school out of state (except UIC and northwestern) and are my EC's lacking?</p>

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<p>how much will that 700 on Bio or the 730 on IIC affect me? (bumpbump)</p>