<p>Okay, so I am a junior in High School and I will be applying to the University of Maryland soon, and its one of my top choices but I am not sure that I will get in because it seems very competitive. Can someone please tell me if I have a chance?</p>
<p>Heres some of my family background:
I am the youngest child of 3 in my family, I live in Texas in a very poor community, my family income is about 81,000, my step dad is a veteran, my older brother (20) is currently in college and my sister (18) will be attending college this fall). I was born in the US but I am hispanic, bilingual and have a lot of cultural background. My father works for the federal government in Mexico and my mother is self employed. I go to one of the top high schools in the nation, South Texas High School for Health Professionals and I would like to major in biology. </p>
<p>My weighted GPA: 3.72 (not that good, I know, but my school is known to be one of the hardest in the nation and is very advanced. Early medical school programs usually give us a leeway in admissions because of this so maybe that would help?)
Not sure about my unweighted gpa but it shouldnt be that big of a difference</p>
<p>my sat scores havent come in but im pretty sure i got around a 1600
Without writing : about a 1300 or above</p>
<p>Advanced classes I took in high school:
World History AP
English III AP
US History AP-Dual enrollment
Psychology AP
Spanish III AP
Precal Dual enrollment
(and i will be taking statistics, ap bio,and ap art in the summer/my senior year)</p>
<p>I am also enrolled in a Medical Spanish program with the University of Texas Pan American which will provide me with a minor in medical spanish and an internship at the end of my senior year of high school and will be eligible to become a medical translator )</p>
<p>Extra Curricular Activities:
HOSA (health occupations for students of america) member 3 years, local chapter vice-president junior year, president senior year (we already had elections) and was one of the final candidates to be a HOSA area officer
BPA (business professionals of america) member 2 years, president junior year, state alternate
National Honors Society member 2 years
Student ambassador 1 yr
VIVA club member
culture club member
art club member
Students against destructive decisions member
Triage Student Mentor
Volunteer at the Mcallen Heart Hospital and Mcallen Medical Center (200 hrs)
over 160 job shadowing hours at the Mission regional medical center
Texas Organ Sharing Alliance volunteer
Spanish Club</p>
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<li>I also attended a Health and Medicine Leadership Conference last summer through Lead America and Johns Hopkins University *</li>
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<p>Work Experience: Assistant and Trevino and Valdez LLC (real estate company)</p>
<p>please help me out, and if you need more information, just ask me and ill give it to you. Thank you!!</p>