UCSD Medical Scholars?

poorvi1
Thu, 01 Jan 2015 21:01:30 +0000

Hi, I really want to get into the UCSD Medical Scholars Program. Can anybody who is in it or have any info about tell me if I have a chance?

Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Asian Indian
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Residence: San Diego

UC GPA: 4.36
ACT Composite: 34

AP Tests:
Biology: 4
Calculus AB: 5
Chemistry: 3

SAT Subject Tests:
Math 2: 770
Chemistry: 740
Biology M: 650

Extracurricular:
Three month internship in India under a gynecologist. 11 (About 160 Hrs…)
Intern in an Indian Lab 11
Helping out Bhutanese Refugees. Giving them hygenic products and tutoring in English 9-10
Seva International 10-12
9 years of Indian Carnatic Classical Music (participated in some competitions) [9-12]
Member of BeWise (Better Education for Women in Science and Engineering) 9-12
CSF [9-12]
NHS [11-12]
Interact Club [11-12]
Rotary Youth Leadership conference (RYLA) 2014 [11]
Reading Legacies (I read to preschool children every Monday for 2 hours) [11]
One week crash courses in Java, HTML,C++ [9]
Robotics Team [9]
Took one semester of Japanese [9]
Can speak somewhat conversationally fluent Kannada (my family’s native language)

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