Science Olympiad Enhancing Application for College?

NorthwesternHPME
Thu, 12 Sep 2013 20:01:20 +0000

Hi, I am currently a high school freshman who is interested in joining the science lymphoid team at my school. Since my school’s team is top ten in the nation, it requires a lot of time to be put in outside of school, so I’m not sure whether/not it will be worth it.

My goal is to try for one of the BA/MD programs (guaranteed admission into med. school). I was wondering whether or not being a member of the science olympiad team (projected runner up in the coming year at nats) will really help my chances of getting into these competitive programs, or if it is not worth the time committment and possible sacrifice of good grades. I probably will be able to research, shadow, and volunteer and be part of many other extracurricular activities, but I was just wondering if this would further help my chances.

THANKS A LOT EVERYONE!!!