Could I get into an Ivy League?

CU123
Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:37:44 +0000

Looks like you should apply EA to MIT which seems to be your #1 choice, problem is, it pretty much eliminates the rest of your reaches for any type of early action/decision (not due to MIT but the other schools). Hard, competitive majors like CS and Engineering are not good choices for going on to medical school. Medical schools give NO credit for harder majors, and GPA is paramount to getting in. 34 and 33 in math and science are also low for MIT. Take a look at the other reaches and decide if MIT is really what you want or if its just the name you’re chasing. Unfortunately even at your age you have to map out a complete plan to get to medical school so personally I would look at Ivies like Brown (good CS, but also not a grade killer like MIT will be, plus it actually has a med school unlike MIT) and see if you like any of them, (choose ED which gives you a real boost for admissions). Otherwise stick with MIT and hope for the best, female/first gen will help.