<p>hey you guys...i am going to be a senior this coming fall...and i wanted to know what i need to do to improve my chances of getting into the following schools (in no specific order):</p>
<p>1) Rice University (Rice-BAylor program)
2) Harvard University (pre-med program?)
3) Brown University (PLME)
4) UCSD (medical scholars program)
5) John Hopkins (pre-med?)
6) Tufts University and George Washington University ( B.S./M.D. program)
7) Berkeley (premed)
8) USC (B.S./M.D. program)
6) Boston University, Chicago university for B.S./M.D. program (they are my safety schools?...or is that too difficult?)
7) USD, Irvine, are safety public schools for pre-med</p>
<p>okAy...here is my transcript, etc:</p>
<p>freshamn, sophomore, junior year- one B in honors math each yr (like an 89.2....gRR!)</p>
<p>= a total of three B+ for 9th-11th grade
i have 3.94 GPA unweighted...so weighted should probably be like 4.3 because i took the following AP/honors :</p>
<p>AP BIO
AP Spanish (5 yrs)
AP psychology....we are only allowed to take AP classes in junior year, so that is why I only have three APs
but senior year I'm taking:
AP Stats
AP English
AP Calc</p>
<p>SAT scores: really bad, but i plan to retake them all in october and november:</p>
<p>SAT I: math-670 reading-650 writing-720 =2040
....i really want to raise each to at least 750...
any tips to raise ?</p>
<p>SAT II: bio- 720 spanish- 680 (i know!) MAth IIc-700</p>
<p>EC:
* i have been learning classical music and dance (part of my culture that has been carried down generation to generation) since the age of five...i have participated in several programs, and i will be graduating in January ( a 2hr solo performance for each art signifies graduation)</p>
<p>2)i am an active member of HSUS, BAV, and VIVA
3) i have been in speech and debate since 9th grade-I am in junior varsity level (but the bad thing is i have not attended that many tournaments)
4) i played badminton for two years-9th and 10th-but it really conflicted with music and dance, because music and dance easily take 15-20 hrs a week (for each art!), so i did not join the team in 11th grade
5)i am currently chairman of Newborn Photography at Washington Hospital ( i was elected in March)</p>
<p>VOLUNTEERing:
1) I tutored at two elementary schools when i was in 9th and 10th grade= only sixty hrs of service learning
2) I volunteered and participated in the AIds run
3) I have been volunteering with Sankara Eye foundation sicne eighth grade= a lOt of hrs that i never noted down
4) I plan to volunteer/leaflet for VIVA as soon as possible
5) I have fundraised for a leukemia organization
6) I have been working in Washington Hospital since end of ninth grade...and I plan to volunteer in ER as soon as i turn 18</p>
<p>MEdical interest:
1) i volunteer for Sankara Eye foundation-a huge organization dedicated to curing blindness in India by the year 2020....and I plan on visiting one of the hospitals in India and maybe shadowing a doctor there in July...does that show my interest in science?
2) I interviewed a general physician last year (10th grade)
3) I want to shadow my immunologist...i need to get her permission.., and should i shadow my general physician too?
4) I have not done any research programs...so i'm really worried about that becuase i heard it's verry important (i did not even know about it until last week)..any suggestions?</p>
<p>JOBS: we are economically unstable, so i have worked since eigth grade
i give my salary to my parents...so i do not work just to get some "spending money"</p>
<p>1) 8th grade summer: E-systems consulting (clerk)
2) 9th grade summer: Yo-Yo center: (i tutored, took care of children, took care of computer work)
3) 10th garde summer: Kumon (reading tutor/correcter)
3) 10th grade summer and school (up till Janaury): Giraffe Learning Center (i tutored a school of 2nd graders, 3rd graders, 4th graders--in effect, making me almost a teacher)
4)11th grade summer: private tutor </p>
<p>.... please telll me what stuff i have written is actually valuable...and what i still need to do to get into these B.S./M.d programs at my favorite colleges</p>
<p>thanks so much</p>