What are my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>I’m applying to the following universities:
Stanford ED
Harvard
JHU
Columbia
NYU</p>

<p>I am from a Canadian high school and I am enrolled in the Diploma International baccalaurate program (similar to AP, some say it’s a more rigorous program). </p>

<p>Average: 95%
School Rank: Top 1%
SAT: 2350
SAT II are being written in october</p>

<p>ECs:
Volunteering at a local retirement home 200+ hours
Research at the university of calgary 30+ hours
Volunteering at the Foothills Hospital 100+ hours
Rugby team gr 10,11 (12)
Football team gr (12)
President of a fundraising foundation for Alzheimer’s research
Current Valedictorian
Conducted research on the effect of UV radiation of skin fibroblast cells 50+ hours
18th in the country on the Avogadro’s Chemistry exam</p>

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<p>You have a good shot at them all, but I dunno how being from Canada will affect your chances.</p>

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<p>Obviously Columbia/Stanford/Harvard and to a certain extent JHU are pretty big reaches for anyone. Your chances are going to be a result of your recs and yoru application.</p>

<p>Best of luck.</p>

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<p>your EC’s/awards are weak (compared to other HCS applicants). your SAT might save you though.</p>

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<p>^I don’t know though…</p>

<p>“18th in the country on the Avogadro’s Chemistry exam” seems pretty good, though Canada is much smaller than the US… (my dad says it’s comparable to a large state such as Cali or Texas in population), so I’d say:</p>

<p>JHU and NYU are high match/low reach while everything else is high reach.</p>

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<p>There are about 33 million people in Canada, which is about the population of California.</p>

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<p>i have to disagree… he has some outstanding ECs</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot for your replies, I was wondering if JHU is a good premed school.
I’ve read in the other forum that JHU has little if any grade inflation and may even have grade deflation. Would stanford or harvard be a better premed school instead of JHU if i am in the top 10% in these universities?</p>

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<p>^JHU has an amazing premed program. As do Stanford and Harvard.</p>

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<p>Reject at Columbia, harvard, stanford (SCEA) no ED here, kinda sad you didn’t know that if you were interested enough to ED it.</p>

<p>You lack the ECs for those schools, but your grades and scores will get you into JHU and NYU with little effort.</p>

<p>Do you have any IB totals yet?</p>

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<p>Valed + 2350 = Deadly combo.
You can never be sure but I think you have great shots at NYU and JHU.
As everyone else said Columbia, Harvard, and Stanford are going to be crapshoots. There’s a chance you might be accepted to one hopefully?</p>

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<p>Standford is SCEA, not ED just to let you know. You have great academic stats but I’m rather doubting what kind of research you actually performed with only 30 or 50 hours. That may count against you. Competitive at all otherwise. :)</p>

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<p>You’re an international applicant, I assume.
Hopefully you aren’t Asian.
“Current valedictorian” is not an extracurricular activity.</p>

<p>The only thing that stands out is some science activities.</p>

<p>Stanford ED: Very Unlikely
Harvard: Very Unlikely
JHU: Unlikely
Columbia: Unlikely
NYU: In</p>

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<p>In your guy’s opinion, would not playing football but replacing it with more volunteering hours and work experience be more advantageous?</p>

<p>Also is it extremely difficult to get an undergrad in a Canadian university and then to transfer to a prestigious med school in the states? (JHU, Harvard)</p>

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<p>No, at this point quitting something is a red flag. Don’t do it.</p>

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<p>so anyone have an answer for how hard is it to transfer to an American med school (JHU, Harvard) from a Canadian university? (Toronto)</p>

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<p>bump!! >=D</p>

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<p>IB totals</p>

<p>math SL:7
bio SL:6</p>

<p>Extended EC
Distinction in the Caley, Euclid, Fermat math contests
Math club president
Biology club president
Team captain regional basketball
Gold medalist provincial tournament for basketball
Winner of calgary science fair</p>

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<p>Look good, only don’t get a laundry list!</p>