<p>I’m a rising senior and I’m pretty set on applying to Duke ED this fall. I’m planning on majoring in Bio and taking the pre-med path, but I recently started to consider doing a multiple degree program to save myself time and to make things less stressful in the long run- I have been dreaming of becoming a cosmetic surgeon for years, and would love to be done with med school/residency/etc. as soon as possible so I can start a family- I definitely don’t want children while I"m still in school or training. Can you guys match me up with a program that 1. is prestigious (yeah, I’m a total prestige whore) 
and 2. I actually have a chance of getting into? </p>
<p>-Western NY, female, Asian
-Rank: 3/ about 250
-GPA (unweighted): 3.95
-have taken all APs/honors possible so far</p>
<p>Courseload for last year + grades for each quarter:
-APs… Bio: A, A, A+, A+
US: A, A, A, A+
Lang. and Comp.: B+, B+, A-, A
*I got a 5, 4, and 3, respectively…Euro last year-4
-French through local college: A+, A+, A+, A+
-Honors: Physics (A, A, A, A), Pre-calc (A-, A, A, A+)
-Anatomy (no honors available): A-, A+ (half-year course)
*Yeah, I had a kinda rough first quarter, but hopefully the upward trend makes up for it…</p>
<p>Senior Year Schedule:
-AP Physics
-AP Calc
-AP Psych
-AP Literature
-French 4
-regular Gov. and Econ (I don’t see the point of taking the APs when I have no interest in these subjects whatsoever…and I don’t want to kill myself senior year with 6 APs. I know a lot of you CCers don’t think that way, but hey)</p>
<p>ECs:
-Research Assistant this summer at a world-renowned cancer research/treatment center (working under a doctor who is researching androgen-independent prostate cancer)
-Job @ public library, usually around 10-15 hrs. a week…working since May, will continue to do so until I graduate
-250+ hours community service: nursing assistant in Intensive Care Unit of local hospital, skating instructor for Skating Assoc. for the Blind and Handicapped, errand/escort service at hospital, tutor for 9th grade Bio students…will have 300+ by the time I apply
-Interact Club (community service-based school org.)
- Cheerleading: Football, Soccer, and Basketball Seasons…JV (1 year, captain), Varsity (2 years…will be captain this year), UCA All-star ('03, '04, '05…probably this year, as well)
-JV Lacrosse (10)
-Violin: Seven years in nationally recognized school orch. (but couldn’t fit it into my schedule this year
), Area All-State Orch. member, Auditioned for All-State, private lessons since 5th grade (still continuing, even though I’m no longer in the school’s orch.)
-Student Council VP (2 years)
-NHS (projected: Pres. or VP?)</p>
<p>Awards/Other:
-all the standard academic ones, National Honor Roll, blah blah blah
-various academic awards in my school (ex. Academic Pin, Medal, and Letter in 9, 10, 11 for making high honor roll…just little things like that)
-completed a Mini-Medical School program at a local university (state school, not community college)</p>
<p>SATs: 2290 (740 M, 750 CR, 800 W)</p>
<p>-planning to take SAT IIs in October (def. Bio and Math IIC, not sure what else…I’m expecting an 800 in Bio (not to be cocky, but I’m studying really hard for it). I’m also striving to do well in Math, since I did the worst on the Math section of the SAT I.)</p>
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<li>I will have pretty kick-ass essays/recs from my AP Bio and Us teachers (I talk to both pretty regularly outside of class)</li>
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<p>Thank you for any help that you can give me!</p>