Okay- so I’m an Asian that falls within the upper tax bracket. I’m currently a junior, and have a 4.1 gpa (3.8 unweighted). I’ve got an sat score of 2130, after 4 tries. I’ve landed a medical internship, taken band 4 years (section leader for one), and got into National Honor Society. I’m in Robotics, and I founded a science club in our school. I got all A’s in my sophomore year taking AP Biology, AP Calc AB, and APEC, but I got a 5 only on the AP exam of Calc (rest are all fours). This year, I pretty much got all Bs in the AP classes I’m taking (APush, AP physics, APEL, and AP Calc BC), and I managed to get a’s in everything that wasn’t AP credit, which killed my GPA. I wish to become a doctor.
What are my chances of me getting into-
UCSD
UCB
Carnegie Mellon?
Can anyone recommend to me any (good) pre-med college that I could get into?
I don’t know how the previous post determined that those colleges are matches. UCSD might be a high match; CMU and UCB are reaches for almost everyone, as is JHU. Almost every four-year college in the country will offer the classes necessary for medical school admissions. I recommend building your list from the bottom up, not the top down. Find safeties that you would be satisfied to attend, move up to some matches, and then decide on your reach colleges. For many science students, a state flagship serves as a solid safety. Are you a CA resident? If so, you can probably consider Riverside, or even Santa Cruz, a safety. Otherwise, if money isn’t a major concern, there’s no reason not to use various non-academic criteria for selecting safety schools. Want a big urban school? Pitt, Temple, and DePaul are all pretty safe options for you. Want big-time college sports? Kentucky, Kansas, Oregon, and Arizona fit the bill. Skiing? University of Denver, Colorado, UVM, et al would work. If you want a small, intimate, liberal arts college, there are hundreds that would provide a good pre-med foundation. Once you have that list created, you can choose some high-match and reach schools.
Johns Hopkins is actually not that hard, unless you are applying for a Biology/Medicine major (which you are).
Honestly, your eleventh grade GPA might ruin your chances, especially with multiple B’s in math and science.
Do you participate in any science fairs? These colleges love to see this on your resume. If you want to go to Pittsburgh, UPitt is acually a very good option (better than CMU) for medicine. They have a nice health careers scholars program this summer, and I know many people who got accepted this year.
CMU is a match, especially for what you are applying. JHU is a reach and UCSD is a low match. I agree with the otther poster. Make sure you have some safeties/colleges that are cheaper and you wouldnt mind attending since you want to become a doctor.
Hey everyone, Thanks for responding. @agupte I researched UPitt’s 6- year med program, but I don’t think I qualify. Unless you were talking about doing the usual 4- year- to- med- school program- Then I think I overqualify, actually.
