<p>Hi im looking for opinions and recommendations in regards to what colleges i have a shot at with these stats. Im looking to persue medicine in the future and would like to attend a school that is well-known for its overall academics/med program</p>
<p>Georgetown
Penn
Johns Hopkins
Cornell
U of Michigan
U of Chicago
Columbia
Tufts
Penn State
NYU
Duke</p>
<p>Male/Indian/PA
first generation in college in us</p>
<p>GPA: 3.86 UW 4.06W def top 10%</p>
<p>Senior year classes:
AP Calc
AP english literature
AP Economics
AP Biology
AP Psychology
Spanish 5</p>
<p>SAT: 2170 720M 720CR 730W (maybe retake)
SATII: 710 US History 660 MathIIC(retake in fall along with one more prob lit)
PSAT: 208 nationally commended i think???</p>
<p>EC’S
Varsity Basketball 3yrs- (MVP junior year, state qualifier, district champs)
Varsity Track/Field 2yrs
Karate 6yrs- second degree black belt
Student government- Class secretary junior year/Class senator senior year
Key club- 3 years
National Honors Society 2yrs hopefully secretary senior year
Model Congress 1yr
Growing up in a household of doctor’s, i have taken great interest in the field of medicine and therefore look to follow it in the future.
100+ hrs volunteer work in hospital(ER attendant/ patient discharge)
Summer job in doctor’s office 20+hrs a week getting to know the intricacies of the profession</p>
<p>will also have very solid essays/recs</p>
<p>How are you calculating your weighted GPA? It seems low to me. On a 5 point scale are you giving one point extra (5) for an A in a H/AP class and then a 4 for a B in an H/AP class? Then for an A level class 4 points for an A and then decreasing increments for each grade? Lemme know, I really want to find out how ppl are doing there weighted GPA’s. The way I am describing is how I heard most colleges tabulate the GPA. Still I wanted to check with some other people.</p>
<p>Other than that, your stats are really similar to mine. UW GPA- 3.41, W GPA- 4.22. My W GPA is high because I took all AP/H classes every year in H.S. This may be different for you and thats why I was askin about your GPA. I have a 2180 on my SAT’s. 740 CR, 720M, 720WR. I’m applying to some of the schools you put above but I’m not reaching that high for schools like U-penn and Columbia. But, you have your b-ball jawn so that might help. You might wanna consider some of the other schools I was lookin at: UNC, Wake Forest, Vandy, Case Western.</p>
<p>Yea my school has a really messed yp GPA system they dont’g give significantly greater weight to H/Ap classes. However i have not take honors language and honors math at some pts so therefore it may be a little lower.
However we do have similar stats, what schools from my list, if any, do you think would be matches?</p>
<p>if i do it on that 5 point scale mine is a 4.25W</p>
<p>Georgetown- slight reach
Penn-reach
Johns Hopkins-match/very slight reach
Cornell- slight reach
U of Michigan- match/slight reach
U of Chicago- match/slight reach
Columbia- reach
Tufts-match
Penn State-safety
NYU-match
Duke-reach</p>
<p>I had a lot of “slight reaches” in there cuz those schools are really hard to get into regardless of good stats (they’re unpredictable). Now that I look at your stats it amazing how similar my **** is to yours. I’m indian too, very similar GPA, and similar SAT’s, and I played JV bball for 2 years (didn’t make the 2nd cut last year). </p>
<p>These are the schools im lookin at:
-Wake Forest
-Case Western
-Lehigh
-University of North carolina - chapel hill
-Boston College
-Vanderbilt
-Cornell
-JHU
-CMU
-University of Rochester
-The College of NJ</p>
<p>I’m aiming a bit lower so I can get some merit scholarships (hopefully) and not have a million dollars of debt during grad school lol.</p>
<p>yea u have a great shot at all those schools i saw your profile and we are alike, best of luck :)</p>
<p>u think being first generation in college in the US helps any?</p>
<p>I agree with sbarnerjee for the most part except that Tufts is a reach, too, not a match. Your scores/stats are the average #s for an accepted student there.</p>
<p>Well, I never really considered whether being first gen in US for college would have any effect. If there is a spot on the common app to mention that, then ya, i think it might. I’m first gen too, in fact I was born in Calcutta, India and moved here when I was 5.</p>
<p>Georgetown- slight reach
Penn-reach
Johns Hopkins-match/very slight reach
Cornell- slight reach
U of Michigan- match/slight reach
U of Chicago- match/slight reach
Columbia- reach
Tufts-match
Penn State-safety
NYU-match
Duke-reach</p>
<p>^ ^ Again, I think you guys are underestimating the quality of the students Tufts accepts. It’s not a match, but a reach on the level of JHU and Cornell.</p>
<p>I don’t think being a first-generation ASIAN applicant will help you much because Asian are over-represented in universities relatives to other minorities.</p>