Tips and Suggestions for applying to BS/MD programs???

Pre-Med & Medical School Multiple Degree Programs
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I just finished my junior year. Here are my stats!

Personal:
-Indian American Male

Academics:

-4.00 weighted GPA
-1580 SAT (780 CR+W, 800 M)
-1500 PSAT (750 CR+W, 750 M)
-Class Rank: N/A

AP’s (at time of application):
-AP Human Geography
-AP Biology
-AP US History
-AP Environmental Science

Senior Year AP’s:
-AP Calculus AB
-AP Chemistry
-AP Statistics
-AP Government and Politics
-AP Macroeconomics
-AP Microeconomics

Extracurriculars:

-JV Baseball- 1 year
-Odyssey of the Mind (Creativity Competition)-3 years (Made the World Finals all 3 years)
-40 hours shadowing in the Emergency Department
-Youth in Government- (3 years)
-World Quest (Current Events Competition)-3 years
-Brain Bee- 2nd in the state
-Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout)

Leadership:

-Odyssey of the Mind Vice President - 1 year
-World Quest Co-President - 2 years
-Boy Scout Patrol Leader - 3 years
-Led an Eagle Scout Project, a fitness trail in my neighborhood, which benefitted the health of the community

Community Service:

-200 hours volunteering in Hospital
-100 hours volunteering with Camp Manito (Camp for mentally disabled kids)
-50 hours volunteering with Boy Scouts of America
-40 hours volunteering in communities of economically disadvantaged
-40 hours teaching kids in communities of economically disadvantaged

Research Experience:
~150 hours working in a research lab at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital for Neuroscience

Thinking of applying to the following programs:
-Baylor Medical Track
-Case Western PPSP
-Drew/NJMS
-Drexel
-GWU
-Hofstra
-St. Bonaventure/GW
-Temple
-TCNJ/NJMS
-Toledo
-University of Central Florida
-University of Southern Florida
-Cincinnati
-Connecticut
-UIUC GPPA
-U Miami
-USciences/Cooper Medical School

I’m worried that my GPA will be my downfall, which these guaranteed programs look for, and I don’t know if my standardized test scores do make up for the low GPA. I did, however, show improvement through my three years by increasing my GPA. Any thoughts/suggestions on improving my current application as well as gaining admittance to those specific schools are appreciated.

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Congrats on your hard work! You should have great chance. We have friend who just transferred from Stevenson(had scholarship) to GWU junior year for BS/MD. So don’t over look a smaller STEM school that may be recruiting you , too.

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I would also add Union/Albany with your strong leadership exposure and VCU program with your extensive medical-related volunteer work. The bottom is you need to invest your time and creative energy to come up with a story, why you are a perfect candidate for those programs… numbers are not everything!

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@upstream - why did you suggest Union/Albany for strong leadership exposure? Do Union/Albany give preference to leadership compared to medical background or other stats?

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@DSOF20192023 Union/Albany has a health care management focus (in addition to BA/MD), so strong leadership experiences is important for that program!

@OVOGang - your scores and extra-curriculars are very strong! I think your chances depend on what your unweighted GPA is and (if it is borderline) how well you can mold your medical and other experiences to fit the mission statement of each of the schools you are applying to in your essays.