<p>I am a junior from NJ. (Female and white)
As of now, I have a highschool UW GPA of 3.6, and a weighted of 4.39, but these are expected to go up senior year to a 3.7 and 4.42 respectively.
My grades have gotten progressively better over the course of highschool and my GPA is brought down by poor grades in history (B-, B, B+), but I plan to pursue a career in the sciences or math
I have taken all honors classes and 2 aps (stat and english), and i am taking 5 more aps senior year (bio, physics, english, calc bc, spanish)
Projected SAT scores (based off psats)
Math: 740
Reading: 680
Writing: 730
Total: 2150</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars
Soccer: 3 years
Winter Track: Three Years
Spring Track: Four Years, Captain for one year
Clubs: Model UN (advisor for one year), Spanish Club, Chemistry Club
Volunteer Work: EMT 300+ hours, Food Pantry ~60 hours
Jobs: Soccer Referee (since 8th grade), Lifeguard (since 9th grade)</p>
<p>If I were to apply as a pre-med, do you think that I could get into Dartmouth?</p>
<p>You can be an EMT where you live in HS?? My S would be soo jealous… he is a first responder and REALLY wants to become an EMT but you have to be 18 in our state.</p>
<p>Why Dartmouth? There are plenty non-ivy great med programs. EMT experience helps, yes. But. It’s still a long shot. Your schedule hasn’t been very rigorous at all but you still have a 3.6 . SAT are good but only about average at Dartmouth. Look for schools that are a better fit for your profile but still have great med programs- there are many.</p>
<p>“Your schedule hasn’t been very rigorous at all but you still have a 3.6”</p>
<p>What do you mean it hasn’t been very rigorous? There are only 3 APs you can take junior year at my school and one you can take sophomore year. I took 2 of the 3 junior year and none sophomore year because the only one offered was a history class, and the one ap i passed on junior year was also a history class, as a senior, i’m taking the two hardest classes offered in our high school (ap physics and ap calc bc) as well as 3 other aps and a college-level course. Is there something I’m missing?</p>
<p>Well, just saying, you’ve only taken two APs and have a 3.6 GPA. Normally an average GPA can be explained by a very rigorous course load, but two APs doesn’t exactly qualify as rigorous. I mean, I had taken 6 APs by the end of junior year and maintained a 3.9 . You took 2/4 available APs, which isn’t terrible, and that’s only if you’re being honest- chances are you could have taken other AP classes as electives but you took easier electives instead.</p>
<p>Taking 5APs this year is good, but given your grade history, they will probably bring that unweighted 3.6 even lower.</p>
<p>2 out of 3, but they’re not all in my best subjects. One is, one isn’t. Also, I take an AP elective already, statistics, and fulfilled my two requirements for electives and took an honors science course that was connected with Rutgers. Next years APs are 3 science, 1 math, and 1 english. Math and science I’ve had straight A’s in every year and I’ll probably get an A-/B+ in english, so I don’t think they’ll hurt my GPA at all</p>
<p>My responses to criticism were serious questions that I actually was curious to hear the answers to. But either way, thank you, bzva74, for the kind words.</p>
<p>Alexis, “anyone?” is not a question that will elicit thoughtful responses. Just as in your D3 thread, you seem to be not very good at utilizing the advice you are being given. There’s nothing wrong with bumping a thread with thoughtful inquiries, but this anyone, anyone, anyone crap is just annoying.</p>
<p>If your goal is med school, then your best path is one that will at an undergrad where you’ll be able to maintain a 3.7+ GPA in all classes…especially the science ones. </p>
<p>Focusing on an ivy for pre-med is not a good strategy. Furthermore, your grades are going to hurt you because you’re from a region in the country that has too many kids applying to ivies…and you’ll be competing for a spot with THOSE kids. If you were from - say - North Dakota - it might be a different story. Your likely Math + CR score is about a 1420…that’s not strong for an ivy. The Writing score doesn’t seem to count as much for many schools.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that it’s your current cum GPA that really is going to matter. It won’t matter that by the end of senior year you may have bumped your GPA up a bit, because the app season deals mostly with grades 9-11 with some consideration for first semester senior year grades. </p>
<p>More to the point, if your goal is med school, then doing a college sport is not a good idea unless you’re brilliant and naturally an A student. My son is pre-med and has stats that are significantly higher than yours. He has to spend a lot of time on his studies to maintain his A’s. If he had sports req’ts, it’s doubtful that he would have aced his OChem classes and other challenging classes. </p>
<p>You have the grades and likely SAT scores to get into many good schools that can well prepare you for med school. Identify those schools and determine whether they will be affordable or not. </p>
<p>Remember, if your goal is med school, choose the best path to get there. Don’t create unnecessary hurdles that will likely trip you up.</p>