i have a 3.85 GPA as of now....
I'm ranked 4th in my class...
Ive taken 2 years of honors English and 2 of AP English (got a 2 in one... and next test will happen in march 2009)
ive taken 6 years of science; earth science, chemistry, biology twice!
one of them AP bio (score not known till march 2009 aswell) , physics, and anatomy/physiology... so 4 of them are Lab sciences'...
took AP Us History (passed with a 3)
zero period leadership this last senior year...
reached Calculus 12th grade... having taken algebra 1 8th grade, Geometry 9th grade, Algebra 2 10th grade, and Pre-Calculus 11th grade...
three years of Spanish... but i already know Spanish since i was born in Mexico and all my family is from Mexico... i would have taken french or another foreign language BUT Spanish was all my high school has to offer :[ ( sooo fluent in English and Spanish :D)
SAT scores not so good though : ( .... 1620 overall... 560 in English, 560 in writing, and 500 in math... I'm planing on taking the SAT Subject tests this upcoming November.. and the ACT test in December...
Treasurer of Key Club 2 years running...
Treasurer of Red Cross Club 2 years also...
treasurer of California Scholastic Federation this year...
Treasurer of, newly started, Journalism Club also...
Worked in Elementary school as teachers aid / children tutor over this past 2008 summer...
Before high school i had won Best Male Student of the year twice... once in 5th grade and again in 8th grade... also won Best Male History Student.. and had been awarded Principals List every semester or trimester ever since 5th grade... (Just in case anything before high school comes into consideration lol)
I plan on going into the medical field ... though not sure between being A) general practitioner B) Oncologist or C) pharmacist .. or like working with Merck or Astro Zeneca and making pharmaceuticals..
SO what are my Ivy League chances ... and which do you think would be best suited for me... (not taking into consideration the school size or anything... just the academics....)
Any help is Welcomed and HIGHLY appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Time for some hard truths:
1. Your grades make you only borderline Ivy
2. Your AP scores are too low; and
3. Your SATs are enough to knock you out of Ivy League consideration, because they are only a hair above the national average.
4. You have very little evidence of leadership, other than a few clubs. No extra curriculars that show a passion for anything in particular, no special talent, no extended volunteer commitment to anything.
However, you are Hispanic, which may be a few marks in your favor.
Forget anything before 9th grade -- it is not taken into consideration.
Don't bother with Harvard, Yale or Princeton -- you'll get rejected immediately. Try for the smaller ones -- Brown, Dartmouth or even Cornell.
But you know, Ivy League is just the name of an athletic conference -- it doesn't particularly make those schools necessarily the best ones for you. Even if you did squeak in, do you really think that you'd be a successful student in a demanding academic atmosphere? You want to go pre-med -- go to a school where you can excel, and have the grades that will impress a medical school. If it's your state university, then there's nothing wrong with that -- and it's a hell of a lot cheaper. not looking too hot. You'd need at LEAST a 4.0 and all 4s on your APs. Yeah! dude go for it! Ahhh...I hope you're not trying to get into an Ivy just for the name...just a personal peeve of mine ;p.
Finding a school that is a perfect fit for you (Ivy or not) is the most imporant thing for you. And if you are planning medical school, do you really want to spend money to go to an Ivy and then spend MORE on med school? Now as a disclaimer, I'm an Ivy grad, but I know people who have spent so much money on prep programs etc, just to get into one of these schools, and its just ridiculous. You should pick a school on the program you are interested in, the aid they give you, and its FIT for YOU.
For medical school, it doesn't really matter where you did your undergrad, as long as you take the proper core classes, have a great GPA, have great rec letters, and research experience and extracurriulars help. Look at the CV of some prominent people in the field you want to go in. I'm sure there will be some Ivy Leaguers in there, but there are also many who are not.
There are also some schools that offer 7 years programs, that pending a certain GPA, you get admission straight into a participating medical school without taking the MCATS. Two schools that I think offer this are Hamilton College and RPI, both good schools and both in NY.
Wherever you end up, good luck! College is the best time of your life.
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