How hard is it to get into a accelerated Pre-Med Program?

Pre-Med & Medical School Multiple Degree Programs
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<p>I am currently a sophomore in high school.</p>

<p>I do many EC’s including:

  • Math Team, Science Olympiad, DECA Business, FBLA and Model UN. I am in the school’s Republican Club and German Club, I took part in the AATG exam and received A’s on all of my high school standardized tests.
  • I play the violin. I am currently in the Rochester Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (RPYO) which is the highest level orchestra available for my area.</p>

<p>I am in honors Math, Science and Social Studies (AP)</p>

<p>I have done some volunteering (110+ hours) at my hospital last summer and will do more this summer, along with 2 internships.</p>

<p>I have had straight A’s and have will have 10 or 11 AP’s by the time I graduate. I already have experience with an AP, and I am confident that I can get good averages on all of them considering I already sleep at like 12 or 1 a.m. most nights with school work, clubs, and violin. I’m used to work and pressure.</p>

<p>I am interested in the medical path in my future and will work hard towards it.
I would like some suggestions as to what I should do throughout the rest of my high school career. Such as what programs I should participate in, any summer programs I should look out for. </p>

<p>Am I falling too much behind in expectations, or am I on the right track? Do I need to do a lot more?</p>

<p>My dream would be to go for BS/MD at the U of R.</p>

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<p>hey you have a great resume, and you wont have a problem at all getting into the university of your choice with those EC’s and grades! but the only downside of all of that is the fact that it will not count towards getting into a medical school, because you did all of that during High School…and with the straight A’s you have you’ll easily be able to get into a Pre-Med program. Sorry but you are going to pretty much have to do all of your volunteering and internships during the years at college, the admissions committee at med schools will not take whatever you did during High School into consideration, but they will like the fact that you have been very interested in medicine since your early HS years.</p>

<p>Dont worry you are on the right path, just when you start college stay focused and keep your grades as high as possible, STUDY!! a lot, college is a whole lot different than HS. Their are many different clubs you can join while your in college and they would look great on your resume also, I would consider to keep on playing the violin, that also would look great on your resume because they like to see that people who want to become doctors have a variety of things they like to do and participate in, and not only Science or Medicine.</p>

<p>Dont worry you’ll get in, you are on the right path and it seems like you want to do well, just dont lose focus and you’ll be fine</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

<p>PS:
With those grades and activities, I would be looking into a scholarship for sure! College isnt easy nor CHEAP!</p>

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<p>jhall3000, what are YOU TALKING ABOUT? This forum is especially made for those applying to combined BA/MD programs and BS/MD programs that you get into after high school in which you get into the undergraduate university AND conditional acceptance to the medical school at the same time.</p>

<p>Anyways, HandyHue, you’re doing great, keep on expanding your CV. Go to [MDapplicants.com</a> - Home](<a href=“http://www.mdapplicants.com%5DMDapplicants.com”>http://www.mdapplicants.com) to get an idea of what things to do to further augment your application. Vary up your volunteering activities. If you’re a sophomore now, you have quite a while to further increase your activities. What is your rank and GPA?</p>

<p>From the MedStart program application: <a href=“http://www.honors.wayne.edu/medstart_application.pdf[/url]”>http://www.honors.wayne.edu/medstart_application.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Healthcare experience - Include the institutions with which you were involved, as well as the dates and duration of your experience.</p>

<p>Community service - Include off-campus participation, indicating institution/organization/event names, dates, and duration of community service.</p>

<p>Leadership activities - Include offices held, and in which organizations.</p>

<p>Honors received while in high school - Include awards, distinctions, and honorary societies.</p>

<p>Extracurricular and Team activities - Include athletic teams, academic teams (such as debate and quiz bowl), and other activities.</p>

<p>Employment during school years - Include the type of employment and approximate number of hours per week.</p>

<p>Summer activities - Describe the activity, and include relevant dates. Reflect on the personal value of this experience.</p>

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<p>so looking at your extra curriculars, grades, ap’s, etc. i would say you have a very good chance at the U of R bs/md program. While there is always the chance you wont get in, it looks like you are more than definitely in the right direction. Honestly, when do you have time to sleep? you have managed to do so much. just do well on the sat’s/acts and you should be good- but i would suggest seeing if you could get a leadership role in one of those activities. Programs do want people with personality/leadership and a leadership type role like captain or president would definitely add to your application.</p>

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<p>To answer your original question, it is extremely difficult to get into BS/MD programs. Not only do schools have to deal with your potential to graduate from their BS program, they also have to deal with your potential to continue onto their MD program (as opposed to dropping out, changing your major, deciding medical school isn’t for you, going to a different medical school, grades sucking, etc.) They have to have the assurance that not only will you do well but that you’ll do well enough to rank among their average medical school student. And most schools with combined programs have competitive medical schools.</p>

<p>But you do look like a competitive applicant to the majority of combined programs.</p>