<p>Bunnzies, Questbridge has a scholarship for juniors that I mentioned above.
You can read about it here:[College</a> Prep Scholarship Overview](<a href=“http://www.questbridge.org/for-students/cps-college-prep-scholarship]College”>http://www.questbridge.org/for-students/cps-college-prep-scholarship)
There’s a video on that page that explains what it is and what you can receive if you get the scholarship. About half the applicants get it so you have a good chance. Also being a college prep scholar counts as a national award on your college applications which is a big deal. So don’t wait. Look into it and apply in March.
Then, if you get the college prep award you will attend an all expense paid conference at Yale, Stanford or Northwestern next June and they will get you started on the whole application process. Plus you can win all kinds of other things - 6 week summer programs at an Ivy, all expense paid college visits, one-to-one mentoring with an Amherst student, new laptops etc.</p>
<p>Rice and Baylor have a combined bs/md program: [Future</a> Owls](<a href=“Office of Admission | Rice University”>Office of Admission | Rice University)
so go ahead and research this and other programs but keep your mind and options open. </p>
<p>You don’t need to worry about med school now. If you do well enough in undergrad there will options for funding. So take one step at a time. Organize your SATs and ACTs for this winter/spring and apply for QB CPS in the spring. (you should take both the SAT and ACT <em>at least</em> once by the end of your junior year) Plus there are loads of summer programs that are free for low income kids which you can apply for in the next couple months. Go to the CC forums on summer programs to find out about them and once you get hooked up with Questbridge they will tell you about all these things - summer programs, fall fly-ins etc. But for now, put one foot in front of the next :)</p>