Am I A Good Catch?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Hi. I am a current high school junior, just completed the 1st of junior year.I come from Howard County , Maryland, one of the more prominent high school education systems, (well thats what they say) I have good grades, A’s, with the occasional B’s. I have taken 9 G/T classes, 5 AP classes, and 3 Honors classes to date. I currently have a 3.7 weighted, and around 4.4 unweighted (it might be the other way around). As for EC’s , I volunteer a lot at the local Elementary Schools, Homeless Shelter, Soup Kitchen. I am a member of the black student achievement program, Association of black engineers, national honor society, national society of high school scholars, national technology honor society, treasurer of the young democrat’s club, member of the Horizon Club (volunteer group) I have attended things like national Young Leader Conferences, and summer intern/programs at Howard University.</p>

<p>I am looking to get onto the pre-med track, and my top colleges are:
George Washington,
Penn State,
Univeristy of Maryland - College Park,
Brown,
Dartmouth. I have looked up these schools and have seen their average admission scores, but just want to know whether i have a chance at any of them. I am also looking for the accelerated pre-med program, so any info on that would be helpful as well. oh, and by the way, i took the SAT’s for the first time today, so im unable to provide my score, but I got a 210 on the PSAT’s</p>

<p>any informartion or advice on how i could improve myself is aprreciated! thanks!</p>

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<p>Yes, you sound like a good catch for many schools. Most state schools can not consider race in admissions, but being AA will be a big help at private colleges. You grades and a 2100 will make you a good candidate at Dartmouth, but they do not have an accelerated med program. Brown does, but it’s extremely hard to get into and they’ll want to see strong grades in high level math classes and high SAT math and science scores. </p>

<p>You may also want to look at Northwestern.</p>

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<p>Penn State, GWU, and UMD should be definite matches. You are set for those schools if you continue your ECs, get a similar score on the SAT, and keep up your GPA. (You do have those switched by the way – 3.7 UW, 4.4 W)</p>

<p>Brown and Dartmouth may be pushing it, though… Brown because it’s an Ivy League, and Dartmouth because I have little idea of their stats, but I know it’s a really good school. Dartmouth may just be a simple reach, though. Your counselor would help you out with finding colleges with certain programs. Have you checked out College Board search and the how you compare option? You should play around with it more.</p>