<p>And I thought I had Siena in the bag, not because of the scores or grades, but because of my 806 volunteer hours and fantastic interview (last one on the last day).</p>
<p>Wow Bombingrange those are a lot of hours. What type of volunteering were they? That is an interesting situation. I read in a much older thread that they look for volunteer hours with humanitarian efforts. Research, or key club or nhs sorts of activities don’t usually fall into the unique type of service that Siena usually looks for. But with over 800 hours you must have had some of those too though??? Have you thought about calling them and asking them? It would be interesting to hear why you didn’t get accepted by them.</p>
<p>I honestly don’t feel upset about it, I feel like I will be going to a program that is better for me anyways. It was with my local ambulance corps and Hebrew school over the past 2-3 years. Maybe they already had enough people in mind by the time I interviewed.</p>
<p>alright guys. So ill probably send my ACTs to most of the schools, and send the SATs to the ones that require it. Anyways, what do you mean by “research”. I mean, can you explain to me what that means? how does a kid in high school do any research? just explain that hold idea and process please. thanks</p>
<p>I can’t really say, that is one part of my applications to BS/MDs that I had nothing to put down.</p>
<p>anybody else know?</p>
<p>I mean I know what it is, I just didn’t do it. Basically, most people find a researcher at the local university who is working on something they are interested in. They contact him or her about his or her work, ask to work on the project with him or her, and spend many hours with the researcher at the lab working on said project. Many people use this research for Intel and Siemens competitions and other Science Fairs. It does look good for BSMDs, but I was much more focused on volunteering, especially because I didn’t start thinking about BSMDs until the middle of Junior year.</p>
<p>alright. Im also in the end of my junior year, so i think research is out of the question at this point. Anyways, im trying to think about backups because im not really getting my hopes up on these accelerated programs. So, heres my new question…</p>
<p>Does anyone know of any colleges that have great premed divisions? (in the eastern coast, near maryland please! as in new york, md, pa, va)</p>
<p>Does anyone know of any colleges that offer early assurance or guaranteed admissions? I have noticed these are a bit easier than BS/MD programs. Thanks a lot guys</p>
<p>Many places offer early assurance programs, for example Binghamton. Bing is also very good for premed.</p>
<p>People do research in summer. So unless you have something you are already doing this summer, you should ask around.</p>
<p>Im contacting a doctor currently about shadowing this summer.</p>