American Acceptance to Cambridge

Tonyrosstx
Wed, 04 Dec 2013 15:22:25 +0000

I would like to know my chances for getting into Cambridge University as a medical student (the six year medical program). I am an American, living in Austin, Texas. If it matters, my school is ranked #550 in the country

The only reason I’m even asking is because I’m taking all IB, so maybe I have a chance. I’m a junior, currently in IB chemistry, biology and physics (same time), as well as IB English, Spanish 4, IB math 1 and history of the Americas 1. Im focused on medicine, thus I’m in “anatomy & physiology” and “health science” (they count as state credits). Next year I’m taking all the same classes (just the second year), as well as “anatomy & physiology”. Although it’s just a state credit, health science 2 involves extensive rotations at a rather large hospital near me.

In regards to HL and SL, I’m taking as many HL as possible. I also plan on getting 6/7 on all my IB exams (such as one might plan on breathing air).

As for extra curricular, I’m in HOSA (health occupation services of America), spanish national honors society, (regular) national honor society and deca (a business thing). On top of everything, I do a lot of community service.

I’m 5th in my class (always room for improvement) and plan on at least a 5.5 weighted gpa and 3.9+ unweighted gpa.

This summer I also plan on taking a few medical classes at the Austin community college. I’ve been studying like crazy and feel confident I’ll get 2300+ on the SAT.

So what do you think? Do I have a chance? Any room for improvement?