Chance/Match Me

  • Demographics
    • US Domestic (US citizen or permanent resident) or International Student
    • US citizen
    • Canadian citizen
    • Jordanian citizen
    • State/Location of Residency (important for state universities): Michigan State
    • Type of High School (current college for transfers): Includes IB program and other programs
    • Gender/Race/Ethnicity (optional): Arab
    • Other Special Factors (first generation to college, legacy, athlete, etc.): None
  • Intended Major(s)
    • Pre-Med
  • GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
    • Unweighted GPA: 4.0
    • Weighted GPA: 4.67
      Class Rank:
    • Freshman: 28
    • Sophomore: 2
    • Junior: 2
    • Senior: 2
    • ACT/SAT Scores: SAT - 1560
  • Coursework
Years ELA Math Science Social Studies Elective Language Summer Courses Michigan Virtual
Freshman English 9 Honors Geo Honors Biology World History CSE French 1 Health/Art Credit
Sophomore American Lit Honors Alg 2 w Trig Honors Chemistry APUSH AP Environmental Science French 4 AP Biology
Junior IB Lit HL IB Math SL IB Physics HL IB Psychology HL IB Chemistry HL IB French SL Pre-Calculus
Senior AP Calc BC

Note: Michigan Virtual is a platform for self-studying AP courses.

  • Awards

    • NJHS
    • NHS
    • Top 1 in typing competition at school
    • Top 2 in Science Olympiad
    • Top 1 in Math Olympiad
    • National Merit Scholar
  • Extracurriculars

    • Member of multiple school clubs
    • Completed multiple summer courses
    • Volunteered at a hospital throughout high school
    • Conducted various research projects
    • Traveled to multiple countries, conducted interviews, and wrote articles
  • Essays/LORs/Other

    • Most Letters of Recommendation are strong
    • Essays are satisfactory
  • Cost Constraints / Budget

    • No cost constraints
  • Schools

    • Likely
  • Schoolcraft College

    • Match
  • University of Michigan Ann Arbor

    • Reach
  • Vanderbilt

  • Georgetown

  • Cornell

  • University of Chicago

  • Northwestern

  • Notre Dame

  • Duke

  • University of Pennsylvania

  • Columbia

  • Brown

  • Princeton

  • Stanford

  • Yale

Great list - and great profile. I love the typing competition.

I love the most recommendation letters are strong - since you have two, not sure how you define most - but ok.

Here’s my comment to you - you are missing THE MOST IMPORTANT school on your list - and one you should think a lot about - vs. writing well known names down like it appeared you did.

Since you have no cost concerns I’ll list it like this:

What is the school with assured admission that you’d love to attend - it’s far more important than any of the schools you listed.

Because if you get turned down at all the schools you listed, including UM, then what?

So think about that - give your list - it might be a Michigan State (or other big 10 type school) or a Pitt - or given your mid size elite, a U Denver or Butler or Elon type school

So great list - but missing the most important school - and take the time to find the right one (and preferably 2-3).

Good luck to you.

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Are you currently a senior? If so, don’t you already have results? If not, is your senior year standing of #2 in your class a guess? Is your SAT result actual, or is this what you hope to achieve?

Can your parents handle $400,000 for your bachelor’s degree, plus another $500,000 for your MD, $900,000 total, without taking on any debt and without either causing excessive discomfort for the family or taking away from their retirement funds? If you have younger siblings, can they do the same for your siblings?

Your stats are superb. That being said, I doubt that your chances for the reaches are much different from the overall acceptance rates.

I do not know Schoolcraft College at all. I do not know whether U. Michigan would be a safety. If not, then you definitely need safeties. Since you have superb stats and Canadian citizenship universities in Canada would be at least very close to safeties (and very affordable), but at least the two most famous (Toronto and McGill) are famous for grade deflation which might not be ideal for a premed student. I do know multiple people who did their undergrad in Canada and then either did or are about to do graduate school (either a master’s or PhD or both) in the US. Michigan State University is most likely a potential safety.

@tsbna44 is correct. The most important school (or preferably the two most important schools) on your list are your safeties.

I like the fact that you already have a significant amount of medical volunteering. This makes “premed” somewhat more believable in your case compared to some other students. Even with this and your superb stats, you should understand that most students who start off as “premed” end up doing something else. You should also understand that premed classes will at least in some cases be a new level of challenging.

I also like the fact that you have done well in a typing competition. This is a bit unusual. However, typing is something that you will get to do a lot. I personally am relatively decent at typing, and have found it to be very useful over the years (for example when typing up papers and various proposals).

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Great profile :tada:
Have you run the NPC on the colleges on your list?

I second the idea of looking at the top Canadian universities for topnotch safeties: McGill & Concordia in Montréal, UToronto and another (Dalhousie? Mount Allison? If you want “less obvious” choices.)
Michigan State would probably offer Honors&perks.
And UMICH is a good match too.
After that, you can have as many reaches as you can afford to pay the fee for :slight_smile:

Note that premed is not a major. You should have a traditional major AND complete all premed pre-reqs AND get As. :muscle: what’s your plan B if you don’t get into med school?

The OP is a freshman, so all this info is wishing and hoping. Additionally ToS prohibits multiple accounts. Closing thread.

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