Hello there! I am a newly added author to this website. I am currently in the same BA/BS/MD program as Prestige Obsessed and also the same year as him (we are both stuck in summer school right now). I am helping him add more information and keep this site as up to date as possible. I will also post my stats in the "About Me" page. Let me know if you have any questions!
Cheers, and happy school hunting!
- Prestige Pursuit
I am a rising junior and extremely interested in getting into a BS/MD program. For the most part, I'd like to get into a program that does not have requirements for the MCAT (and GPA). I'd like to know what my "chances" of getting into a BS/MD program are and how I would compare to other applicants.
ReplyDeleteHere are my stats (though some are projected since I haven't finished junior, senior year and am yet to take the SAT)
GPA: uw - ~3.9/3.95 by end of sr. year
w - ~4.25 by end of sr. year
SAT I: ~2250
SAT II: Biology E - 710 (I plan to retake it or maybe take Bio. M and get 750+)
I also plan to take Math II and Physics
>I know many colleges would like a Chemistry Subject SAT but I will only be taking Chemistry in my senior year so...is it alright if I don't take the Subject SAT for Chemistry or is it better for me to self-study Chem. before I take the course so that way I can take the Subject SAT for Chem. before College Apps. are due?
EC by end of sr. year:
- Red Cross for 3 years (hopefully with a leadership role in sr. year)
- Speech and Debate for 4 years (Debate captain soph. year, Varsity Debate Captain Jr. year, hopefully VP or Pres. sr. year)
- Volunteering at local Hospital (~200 hours by the end of HS)
- Classical Dance all through high school, started when I was in 4th grade
- Volunteer @ Dance to teach younger students in 9th and 10th grade ~100 hours(may or may not continue in 11th and 12th grade)
- California Scholarship Federation for 4 years by end of sr. year(except Freshman year, for only one semester)
- hopefully get into NHS for jr. and sr. years
- Planning to start my own volunteer/raise funds for nonprofit orgs. club
AP Classes:9th grade - none
10th grade - AP World History - 3 on AP test :(
11th grade - AP Physics, AP Literature, AP US History
12th Grade - AP Language, AP Statistics, AP Gov./AP Spanish
(hopefully I'll only score 4's and 5's on AP tests in the future)
>I was also thinking about self-studying AP Biology during my junior year...what are your thoughts about this? If I took the AP test on my own for AP Bio in May, would the colleges give me credit for the course or not?
The BS/MD programs I'm mainly looking at now are UCSD, Brown PLME, Northwestern HPME, U. Pitt., Rice/Baylor, USC(If the program still exists), and maybe U. Rochester.
Please let me know what you think my chances are and what I could do to make myself a better applicant/candidate. Any advice about the application process, high school, etc. will be greatly appreciated. Thanks again :)