BS/MD chances

[Cocola]

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School Type: local public school in FL
Race: Asian (Chinese)
Gender: Male
Rank: 1/576
GPA: 3.93 unweighted, 5.24 weighted (6 point scale)
SAT: 2090- 780 M, 670 CR, 640 W (Retaking in Oct, fingers crossed)
SAT II: Bio-740, Chem-730

APs: Bio, Chem, US history, Physics B, Calc AB, Calc BC, human geography, Macro economics, World history, statistics, English language, environmental science, psychology. (Overall scores were alright. Mostly 4's and 5's, passed all)

AICE: Marine science, general papers, english language

Accolades: 2012 UPenn debate tournament champion, 2013 UPenn debate tournament octofinalist, Debate 2013 NFL nationals qualifier, Debate 2012 NFL nationals qualifier, Debate 2013 CFL nationals qualifier, 2012 Yale debate tournament 4th place speaker, 2013 Harvard debate council semifinalist, 2011 Academic Games nationals Language arts 1st place team, 2010 Chess National class championship co-champion

Extra Curriculars: NHS, Debate president and captain 3 years, Academic Games 3 years, Chess 5 years, Key club vice president 2 years, Chemistry honor society president 2 years.

Volunteer hours: 300+ (Volunteering at two hospitals, coaching debate at middle schools, Key club events)

Shadowing: nephrologist (40+ hours)

I am thinking about applying early to these schools for their combined medical programs:

Brown PLME
U Miami HPME
Northwestern HPME
Baylor U/Baylor CoM

Please give me some advice/suggestions on what other schools/programs I should consider or just any general suggestions. I also had a question as to whether or not the traditional method of going to a regular undergrad school and then applying to medical schools would be a better/worse option for me. Thank you in advance. I'll also try to add in any additional info that might be helpful as I think of it. Sorry if I stole your format bioguy

 

[Tolbert]

idk about your chances so much, just wanted to give you props on a great job well done 👍 I could only wish I had those stats

 

[Medstart108]

School Type: local public school in FL
Race: Asian (Chinese)
Gender: Male
Rank: 1/576
GPA: 3.93 unweighted, 5.24 weighted (6 point scale)
SAT: 2090- 780 M, 670 CR, 640 W (Retaking in Oct, fingers crossed)
SAT II: Bio-740, Chem-730

APs: Bio, Chem, US history, Physics B, Calc AB, Calc BC, human geography, Macro economics, World history, statistics, English language, environmental science, psychology. (Overall scores were alright. Mostly 4's and 5's, passed all)

AICE: Marine science, general papers, english language

Accolades: 2013 UPenn debate tournament champion 2012, Debate 2013 UPenn debate tournament octofinalist, Debate 2013 NFL nationals qualifier, Debate 2012 NFL nationals qualifier, Debate 2013 CFL nationals qualifier, 2012 Yale debate tournament 4th place speaker, 2013 Harvard debate council semifinalist, 2011 Academic Games nationals Language arts 1st place team, 2010 Chess National class championship co-champion

Extra Curriculars: NHS, Debate president and captain 3 years, Academic Games 3 years, Chess 5 years, Key club vice president 2 years, Chemistry honor society president 2 years.

Volunteer hours: 300+ (Volunteering at two hospitals, coaching debate at middle schools, Key club events)

Shadowing: nephrologist (40+ hours)

I am thinking about applying early to these schools for their combined medical programs:

Brown PLME
U Miami HPME
Northwestern HPME
Baylor U/Baylor CoM

Please give me some advice/suggestions on what other schools/programs I should consider or just any general suggestions. I also had a question as to whether or not the traditional method of going to a regular undergrad school and then applying to medical schools would be a better/worse option for me. Thank you in advance. I'll also try to add in any additional info that might be helpful as I think of it. Sorry if I stole your format bioguy

If your SAT score can go up maybe to 2200+ then you'd have a great chance. The combined programs you are applying to are all at pretty prestigious schools so I'd recommend going if you get in.

 

[kash money]

Your gpa, rank and EC's are stellar, but I would really try and increase your SAT and your subject test scores if you want to be competitive for those programs. Especially for the programs that you're applying to, which accept students who forego acceptances to HYP to attend those bs/md programs, you should definitely have an SAT of at LEAST 2250+ and subject test scores of 750+ (i believe NU's HPME requires the chem and math 2 subject tests). For what it's worth, one of my good friends made it to HPME's interview round with a gpa similar to yours, a 34 act, and a subject test breakdown of 790, 780, 800. He was deferred from PLME and didn't get accepted to any of them at the end (still going to columbia though for UG)

 

[Strudel19]

No one here can give you chances. You have a good app. It'd be incredibly stupid to retake tests to try to get into one of those programs.

My advice: Apply and see what happens. If you get in, great. If you don't, you're fine - you're clearly going to be an all-star in college anyway.

 

[Adjet]

It'd be incredibly stupid to retake tests to try to get into one of those programs.

If you are serious about getting into a program or top school disregard Strudel. It sucks but SATs are a very convenient way to weed out applicants. As some of the above posters said, you'll want at least 2200 (for programs like U Miami's) and 2250+ for programs like HPME. There are a whole host of other combined programs (BU's SMED, Penn State/Jefferson, Drexel's BS/MD, NJMS's BS/MDs, Albany Medical College's BS/MDs just to name a few) that you can find with a quick Internet search and aren't as competitive as Northwestern's HPME but are still good quality.

Whether a program like that is right for you is something you have to decide; are you willing to lock yourself into a career at such a young age? Are you willing to accept that you might be sacrificing prestige for the assurance? A normal undergraduate experience will almost definitely be more stressful but maybe you value the opportunity to explore more. If you are set on medicine you can't really go wrong with a BS/MD but you'll have to weigh your options once you find out where you get in. I can say, thus far I am very satisfied with my experience in a BS/MD program after turning down several ivies/top schools.

 

[californicati0n]

I agree with everyone else; the programs you've listed are extremely competitive, so I would suggest looking at other BS/MD programs that are less so. That being said, those are also insanely competitive. Most people applying are Ivy-caliber students. I'm not saying that you don't have a chance, but like others have said before me, you need to up your SAT score if you really want a shot. Also, I would definitely apply to some regular 4-year schools just in case. I know the stress of getting into med school is tough, but you have great high school stats! If you just keep up the good work, you'll have a good chance of getting in anyway, BS/MD program or not.

 

[aspiringdoc123]

just wondering, what are the "easiest" accelerated and/ or guaranteed medical programs to get into? I know they are all really tough and prestigious, but which ones are the easiest of all of them to get into (highest acceptance rates for example)??

 

[Medstart108]

just wondering, what are the "easiest" accelerated and/ or guaranteed medical programs to get into? I know they are all really tough and prestigious, but which ones are the easiest of all of them to get into (highest acceptance rates for example)??

Lol usually ones that aren't at prestigious schools and ones that only guarantee you a spot if you meet a certain MCAT threshold which is usually ridiculously high. Like WashU's program only gives you a spot if you get a 36 on the MCAT lol.