My REAL final chances thread!

omarr2321 · August 22, 2007, 10:44am

Hey, I was just wondering what you guys think my chances are at

HYPS,
GWU Brown BU USC Pitt Villanova Penn State (Acellerated Med Programs),
Georgetown, Northwestern, Michigan, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Cornell.
4.Safetys are Villanova, Lehigh and Pitt.

You can give me chances or perecentages, or both

GPA: 4.0 (out of 4.0) (All As all 3 years)
QPA: 4.675 (will be 5.0 at end of senior year) *Im valedictorian as of now

I go to an extremely competitive school in Pittsburgh, PA

SATs: super score is 1390 and 2110 (M 760, CR 630, W 720)
ACTs: 32
SAT IIs: - Math I: 760 Plan to take Math II and Chem this fall

In my school, students are generally allowed to take AP in Junior year (would be an elective because we have other requirements like Honors Physics, etc)

Junior Schedule: Took all honors and then AP Chem (3 on AP test ehh}

Senior Schedule: AP Eng, AP Calc AB, AP Stat, AP Bio, Honors Spanish, Video Media 2, Regular American history

Took AP Psychology at Community College during this Summer for elective credits

Plan to study Pre-Med

Ethnicity: South Asian American

ECS

<ul>
<li>National Honors Society </li>
<li>Student Council, Senator (3 years)</li>
<li>Video/Media Club, President and Founder (instruct and create clips with video cameras</li>
<li>Highest Honor Roll (All 3 years) highest school academic achievement</li>
<li>Attended National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine at Georgetown
*Attended PA Governors School of Excellence for Sciences at CMU this summer (very competitive application program-only 100 students in PA get in)
*Private Apprenticeship at Local Hospital with Radiologist</li>
<li>Attended Harvard Summer School Program to study Neurobiology</li>
<li>Internship with Associate Professor of CMU Science Department to help revise Chemistry 101
*Volunteer at nursing home (all 3 years)
*Volunteer at hospitals (2 years)</li>
<li>High School Soccer (JV- 9, 10, 11 *Captain, 12)</li>
<li>Play Saxophone in Concert Band (grade 9), Advanced Jazz Band (grade 10, 11) </li>
<li>Captain of team in Travel Soccer and Basketball League (3 years)</li>
<li>Williams College Book Prize Award</li>
<li>Summer Seminar on World Affairs (1 week scholarship course)
*Biotechnology Apprenticeship (12), Astronomy Apprenticeship (11)
*Dual Enrollment at Community College of Allegheny County to study Intro to Psychology
*MCCGP Youth Group Member (all 3 years)
*Various Math Competitions including AMC, JETS, Calcu-Solve, and PA Math League
*Westinghouse Science Honors Institute acceptance</li>
</ul>

+PLEASE READ AND COMMENT THIS TOO+My main incentive as a somewhat “hook” is my Video Media interest. Most Premed students applying are all solely interested in science and math. Although I have that too, I think maybe adcoms will think that video media is a different unique interest in a premed student. I have been in the class for 3 years (10,11,12) and have started my own club on my interest. hopefully they will like that.

here are a few of my meaningful ECs i still plan to attach a resume to each of my applications…

thanks for all who can help

aikomidori · August 22, 2007, 10:48am

you have great EC’s (but you knew that;))

your SAT score is kind of low…

You can apply and see what happens, since most of the people here are going to be in the same position as you (including me:o), I suggest you post this chances thread on the specific university thread…

medicalmania17 · August 22, 2007, 10:59am

Have you won any awards?

flyboy · August 22, 2007, 11:42am

let’s face it…you’re in at your safeties and everything else these days is a crap shoot. there are alot of people like you applying to all these schools so do what you can to make them all think they are your #1 school and that will help to increase your chances. Visit, visit, visit…and interview where you can if you are comfortable in those settings…sometimes interest can make the difference between one candidate and another who has shown none.

browngirl4546 · August 22, 2007, 11:45am

Your grades are to die for, you SAT scores are not that bad. I say you have a very chance to get in 95% of the schools you are applying to. Don’t worry you will get in…

medicalmania17 · August 22, 2007, 12:25pm

i agree wit flyboy, but i disagree wit browngirl.

ivyleague104 · August 22, 2007, 12:29pm

great ECs, but maybe you can raise those SAT scores? just a suggestion to boost ur chances

omarr2321 · August 22, 2007, 12:39pm

thanks guys, as for my SAT scores, bad news… i have taken them three times already and have studied countless hours to improve my CR but it never happened… o well…

I am takin the ACTs again and hoping to get around a 33-34 which will help out.

Medical Mania, I have won the Williams College Prize Book Award but I dont know if that is real big, even though one junior gets it from my school per year.

As for the college visits, i know colleges like to see commitment into their school but how would they know if i came to visit their school? i mean do they keep a tab of who all came? Some schools that i visited i didnt go on the official campus tour, just on my own and stuff. I email my colleges about questions and stuff and will soon call them to show my great interest in my colleges. that a good idea??

Thanks for all who have posted, any other suggestsions or comments? what do you guys think about the hook (or if it is any kind of hook at all)?

omarr2321 · August 22, 2007, 2:39pm

Thanks I appreciate it, bump

D.Ranger · August 22, 2007, 5:01pm

what kind of medical doctor do you hope to be?

omarr2321 · August 22, 2007, 5:39pm

hopefully a cardiologist or cardiac surgeon, but thats a long ways off

any other suggestions, comments or advice? thanks

blddrake44 · August 22, 2007, 7:02pm

Your academics are good except for your SAT’s, which are weaker than many top applicants, and your AP Chem, on which you got an odd score for your field. Your GPA is great, but if the courses it came from weren’t impressive, it won’t count for as much as someone else’s 4.0 GPA. You alone know that, since you didn’t post your course list.

Also… whatever your EC’s are, awards are important too. None of your awards stand out or are prestigious.

Your EC’s are good, but not phenomenal enough to near-guarantee entry into HPYSM. You have 2 leadership positions, and you got admitted to Governor’s School. If you could only crank up your SAT’s to 2300+, your stats would be reflective of a lot of HPYSM acceptees… minus the number of AP exams and awards.

Of course, if 1 AP is normal at your school, colleges might take that into consideration… but a 3 in Chemistry, of all subjects, for a pre-med, might hurt you a lot.

omarr2321 · August 22, 2007, 7:12pm

that is true, i think i might cancel or strike out that ap chem score. unforuntely i cannot take the SATs again bc i took it 3 times already.

my course load has been the most rigorous that my highschool can offer each year since freshman year.

any other suggestsions or comments, thanks

token89 · August 22, 2007, 10:15pm

enough is enough

omarr2321 · August 22, 2007, 11:02pm

umm yea token, this is my last one, hench FINAL CHANCES?

any suggestions? thanks

omarr2321 · August 23, 2007, 9:51am

bump thanks guys.,.

flyboy · August 23, 2007, 10:47am

You will get your feedback in April, when the real decision makers (adcoms) send their letters. In the meantime,maybe you should go on the schools individual websites, look at the qualifications in past years, and assess your own chances. Feedback here really means nothing. What does your gut tell you? Looking at the amount of schools you’re applying to, I woudl spend more time right now on essays than looking for predictions. Proper preparation predicts results.

omarr2321 · August 23, 2007, 11:43am

good call flyboy, but still i would like some feedback, thanks though

medicalmania17 · August 23, 2007, 1:46pm

As of rite now, IMO, HYPS are pretty big reaches. You don’t have any big awards, and EC’s aren’t mind blowing. I’m not sure tho cause i’m obviously not an expert, but I don’t think that you have a great chance as of rite now. You mite be able to get into one of them if your essays turn out to be amazing. My advice is that you should try to bring that SAT score up.

omarr2321 · August 23, 2007, 2:23pm

yea but as ive reiterated so many times before, I cannot take the SATs again! but anyways, i know HYPS are reaches, I mean they are reaches for anyone. My main focus and goal is to get into one of the Accelerated Med Programs

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