Chinese-American pre-med, USABO semifinalist, BS-MD vs Stanford/Penn reach
Demographics:
- Chinese-American female
- Bay Area (CA)
- top STEM magnet public HS
- full pay
- no hooks
Intended Major: Biology / Pre-Med
Academics:
- GPA: 3.98 UW / 4.6 W
- Rank: 7/420
- SAT: 1560 (retaking to maybe 1570)
- Coursework: 10 APs by end of junior year, all 5s so far
- AP Bio, AP Chem, AP STEM heavy
ECs:
- USABO Semifinalist junior year
- SUMaC (summer after sophomore year, biology track)
- Volunteer at local hospital, ~100 hrs accumulated
- Biology research with mom's connections at Genentech, working on protein folding project, hoping for poster at regional conf
- Varsity track (sprints), 4 years, team captain senior year
- Tutoring freshman/sophmore STEM students, 5 hrs/wk
Awards:
- USABO Semifinalist
- AP Scholar with Distinction (junior)
- Team captain accolade (track)
- AMC 12 honor roll
Schools:
Reach:
- Brown PLME
- Northwestern HPME
- Pittsburgh GAP
Reach:
- Stanford
- Penn
- JHU
Match:
- Rice
- Cornell
- UC San Diego
Safety:
- UCLA
- UC Berkeley
ngl im torn between committing to BS-MD apps (probably strongest shot at PLME or Pitt) vs rolling the dice on Stanford/Penn for traditional pre-med. everyone at my school does the traditional route and it feels safer but also risky. am i being dumb.
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You have the stats and ECs for Stanford/Penn traditional pre-med, but PLME is legitimately your best shot at a T10 medical school guarantee, and that's worth taking seriously.