Chances...+ a question about majors.

Colleges & Universities Vanderbilt University
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<p>So i know my SAT scores aren’t sky high…but im hoping that my essays and ECs will make up for them. I have already started working on my essays and I had one of my favorite teachers read and critique it. He liked it a lot and thought it embodied me well.
How much would applying ED be advantageous for me?</p>

<p>Another question…is there any way to create my own major at vanderbilt?
I am interested in public health and as of now i want to double major in Medicine, Health, and Society Major and Cognitive/Neuroscience.
However, if there was a way to create my own internation/global health major that would be pretty cool too…gives me another option. </p>

<p>I want to be a doctor and my essay is about why I want to help people throughout the word…the life changing experience one(what prompted me to want to become a doctor)…but as I was thinking about it…i don’t have many ECs that pertain to health simply because there really aren’t any here in boise. will this be bad for me?<br>
I guess i do have a lot of helping/teaching children…that could be kind of pertinent. BUt honestly I didn’t want to volunteer at a hospital and serve food…that has nothing to do with what I want…even though it is at a hospital.
The cancer research kinda goes with it i suppose…</p>

<p>GPA 3.97/4.15 </p>

<p>SAT- M-700 CR-680 W-720 (12)
SATII- Bio-720 US-720</p>

<p>~25-30/500 class rank</p>

<p>Sophomore: AP Bio-5</p>

<p>Junior: AP US-5, AP Chem-3, AP English-3</p>

<p>Senior: AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Lit, AP Spanish, AP Calculus AB
Taking summer spanish class at BSU</p>

<p>ECs…main ones:
volunteer at science center/museum. Help teach kids science classes. 400 hours
I am part of the teen club at the museum and I am the treasurer. We qualified for the Team American Rocketry Challenge Nationals. Sadly placed 60th but it was out of 800. so that isnt too bad.</p>

<p>volunteer during summer to teach inner city youth sailing in san francisco.
(400 hours)</p>

<p>Play in quartet for community functions for free(200+ hours)</p>

<p>Cancer research in Boise State University biochem lab (5-10 hours/week)</p>

<p>Played violin for 11 years
Orchestra/Honor Orchestra/Chamber Orchestra all competitive to get into.
AMIS International Honors Orchestra (Beijing China)</p>

<p>Varsity Rugby
Varsity Swimming
Varsity tennis at my old school…JV tennis at my new one.
I am way more into sports like biking and sailing where there arent many teams</p>

<p>Principals Award- Outstanding academic and extracurricular achievement as well as leadership
Teacher’s Choice Award- leadership in and out of classroom
NHS</p>

<p>Sorry guys for the really long post…im confused about life!
haha</p>

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<p>no one…
man…i have crappy luck with these things…i need to think of some crazy title…hmmm</p>

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<p>I’ll chance you…just havent had time to respond to PM…hit ya up lata.</p>

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<p>I say its a coinflip or less on RD, and about 60% chance with ED</p>

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<p>Decent chance at getting in</p>

<p>and yes, you can create your own major. (95% sure)</p>

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<p>i think your chances look good
class rank is low, but your EC’s are good</p>

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<p>you can make your own major i think, but as far as being a doctor, technical majors help, but technically as long as you take all of the required premed classes and do well, and do well on your mcats, you should be good</p>

<p>it doesn’t matter what you major in, but they want to see that you’ve worked in a lab, and if you get independent research done there that would be good. that shouldn’t be too hard if you’re a biology/neuroscience/physics/whatever major
mhs isn’t really technical so i don’t know how easy/hard it would be to get a job</p>

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<p>and obviously biomedical engineering, but biology and neuroscience are probably most common in premedical fields at vandy</p>