I’m a senior in HS that has been looking into BS/MD programs for a couple years now, and I’ll finally be applying this year. Here are the schools that I’m applying for, listed by preference:
-Northwestern HPME
-UIC GPPA
-Case Western PPASP
-WashU Scholars
-Brown PLME
-Union College LIM
-UMKC Med Scholars
-Baylor2
-UCincy Connections
-UPitt GAP
-Rutgers NJMS
-GWU (either SBU or Columbian, I don’t know if they let you apply to only one)
Are there any other schools I should be applying to (or is this too many), or is there anything I’ll need to look out for from these programs? GPPA’s deadline is November 1st, so that gives me approximately 2 months to finish up for all of the Common App schools.
Here’s what I got:
Demographics:
-Senior
-Middle Eastern Male from Illinois
GPA:
-Unweighted GPA: 3.71/4.00, Science-Math GPA: 3.97/4.00
-Weighted GPA: 4.64/5.00
-Class Rank: 22/568, top 5%, competitive suburban public school
Test Scores:
-ACT: 34, 11 (scheduled to retake)
-SAT I: 1480, 23 (waiting on scores)
-SAT II Math 2: 780 (scheduled to retake)
-SAT II Chem: 780 (scheduled to retake)
-SAT II US History: 780
-AP’s: 11 total, one 5, four 4’s
Research:
-Feinberg: 280 hours, possible publication
Volunteering:
-Hospital: 670 hours, 4 years
-Tutoring: 80 hours, 3 years
-Election Judge: 30 hours
-Healthcare Judge: 20 hours
-Meningitis/Flu Clinics: 30 hours
Physician Shadowing:
-160 hours, 4 different doctors
Leadership:
-HOSA (Future Health Professionals) Officer
-Co-founder, VP of a tech club
-Treasurer of a cultural club
-Started meningitis/flu clinics for school district with the pharmacy I work at
Honors and Awards:
-NHS, NMHS
-AP+PLTW Achievement
-HOSA State Competitions: 1st Place in 2 events, 3rd Place in 2 events
-3 Math Competitions: 1st Place in 4 events, 2nd Place in 8 events
-Seal of Biliteracy in Spanish
Other EC’s:
-Pharmacy Technician (2 years)
-Attended summer program at Rush University
-Key Club
-Mentors of Tomorrow
-JV Tennis (2 years), Varsity Tennis (1 year)
I know that my GPA is on the lower side, and also that I need a 35 on the ACT to get HPME’s application, and I’m hopeful I can achieve this on the next test. I’m just really paranoid about this and I’m losing hope hearing about my friends getting into these programs with higher stats/better EC’s than me. Considering this all, what are my chances for these programs, as far as reach/match/safe schools go? Thanks in advance!