What are my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys! I'm currently a junior at a school of around 4,000 kids or so. I'm set on medicine and was wondering if y'all could chance me! My extracurriculars do outshine my grades and I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing lol</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.86</p>

<p>W GPA: 4.26</p>

<p>rank: top 10%</p>

<p>Took mostly honors/acc classes. 2 AP's as a junior, 5 or 6 AP's as a senior.</p>

<p>ACT: 29 cold in october, aiming for a 33 by June</p>

<p>E.C.:
- have been playing an indian instrument for 9 years, perform at various diversity concerts, including many at my school and my temple
- member of student council all 4 years
- member of national honor society for 2 years (max # of years)
- gold honor roll for 4 years
- overall around 300 volunteer hours from temple, animal shelter, student council. plan on getting 100 more
- member of future doctors of america (fda) all 4 years
- public relations officer for fda this year, president next year
- co-founder of a new club at my school - we raise awareness for various diseases, co-president this year and next
- completed research with a professor and a grad student on ovarian cancer at RUSH university (great med school) over the summer before junior year & got one semester science credit for it at school
- plan on completing more research this summer, either at rush, Princeton, or Vanderbilt
- member of science club for 3 years
- science fair for 3 years - received gold at regionals and at state, hoping to win some scholarships this year
- awarded the ambassador award for science fair wins
- shadowed my physician since sophomore year
- Since I skipped a grade, I just turned 16, I am only eligible to volunteer at hospitals in June
- i could go honestly go on forever about things i have done!</p>

<p>Schools I'm looking at:</p>

<ul>
<li>Johns Hopkins University</li>
<li>Northwestern</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>Penn State's joint med program</li>
<li>UMKC's joint med program</li>
<li>UIC's joint med program</li>
<li>Baylor University</li>
<li><p>possibly northwestern's hpme program</p></li>
<li><p>Please give me suggestions for decent pre med schools that I would be a good fit for *</p></li>
</ul>

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<p>Going from a 29(cold) to a 34 isn’t very likely. You should probably more likely hope to get a 32ish with lots of practice. </p>

<p>How much will your parents pay?</p>

<p>Virtually any good school is fine for premed. There isn’t such a thing as “premed schools”.</p>

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<p>I’m already at a 33 now on practice tests, so I hope to get at least a 32/33. They’ve saved up and don’t really mind the cost, but if it came down to it, I’d say around 40-45k/year</p>

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<p>Also, for choosing an UG college as a premed, read the threads linked to in the Resources sticky thread at the top of the Premed Topics forum.</p>