I am an international student for China studying as a junior (2017) in an American private high school in VA.
I was wondering what my chances are for accelerated medical programs or pre-professional scholar programs.
Basic Info
- Grade: 11
- State: Virginia (Int’l student from China)
- Gender: Male
- Race: Asian
- Aid: Want / don’t care
- Intended Major: Pre-Med/Biology/Chemistry/Engineering
Test Scores
SAT: CR 570 Math 800 Writing 550 (took in Nov without much studying) (took it again in Jan, scores come out next week)
ACT: I have been studying and am taking it this weekend. I’m expecting myself to do better in ACT since I’m more of a math and science guy.
SAT Subject: planning to take Chem, Math2, and Physics (I need some suggestion on what to take. I’m really good at math and science but I don’t know if colleges want to see me doing well in every perspective)
Academics
- Unweighted GPA: 96% (we only have percentage but I guess that would be a 4.0?)
- Class Rank: (I don’t know it yet but I expect it to be) top 5% - 10%
- 10th grade classes: Eng 10 (First year in the US, so I was taking it easy)
Modern World History
Honors Alg2/Trig
Physics
Honors Chemistry
Theater Arts
Band - 11th grade classes: Honors Eng 11
US History
Honors Pre-Calc
AP Chemistry
AP Environmental Science
Anatomy
Band - 12th grade classes (planning): Honors Eng 12
Honors Government
AP Calc BC
AP Physics C
AP Bio
Advanced STEM class
Band (full course load for all three years without a study hall) - SAT Composite: 1920 (for now)
EC’s & Volunteer Work (including predictions for next year)
- Vice President of the class
- 2 years Jazz Band (drummer and guitar player)
- 1 year Percussion Section Leader
- 2 years Chemistry Club (co-founder and president)
- 2 years Outreach360 Club (volunteer work) (VP one year, President one year)
- 3 years Robotics Club
- 2 years NHS
- 1 year Records Chair of NHS
- 2 years helping with school’s annual blood drive
- 7 years Drum set, percussion
- 5 years guitar
- learned piano myself
- 1 year Track
- 1 year Fall and spring plays, winter musical
- Observed some surgeries and shadowed two surgeons each for a day
- Internship at a medical (pharmaceutical) research company (one month next summer)
- Helped with an event for kids on Halloween put together by local ruritan club for three years
- Invited as a special guest to my aunt’s English class in China to talk about the U.S.
- Helping in an ER next summer
- Tutoring
- Teaching a student to play snare
- Conservation in Cambodia (two weeks) next summer
- Helping with an online adult English course in China
Work Experience (planning)
- Mentoring/tutoring students English next summer in China
- Working at a fast food restaurant next summer
Colleges I’m Planning To Apply To
- Hopkins
- USC
- Rice
- UNC Chapel Hill
- Georgetown
- Emory
- Boston U (and/or accelerated medical program)
- Case Western (and/or Pre-Professional Scholar Program)
- WashU (and/or accelerated medical program)
Please tell me what my chances are for colleges and/or accelerated medical programs and also advice on where to/not to apply to. Thank you!!!