Am I On TRACK? Opinions Please.(:?
November 1, 2011 by admin
Filed under chemistry online
I’m a home schooled SOPHOMORE, planning on going to college for premed. I would like to major in either Neurobiology or Psychology and minor in Women’s Studies.
I’m wondering if I have a chance at school like U. of Michigan – Ann Arbor, U. of Wisconsin – Madison, U. of Maryland – College Park, UNC – Chapel Hill, Johns Hopkins, UW- Seattle, Tufts, UCONN, U. of Rochester, etc. What do you think??
Classes I’ve taken/will be taking (9th and 10th grade):
•Anatomy and Physiology, Nutrition, Health, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Physical Science, Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Trigonometry, U.S. History, Advanced World History, Debate, Human Geography, Biology, Advanced Psychology, Chemistry, Grammar, Grammar and Composition, Vocabulary, Keyboarding/computer, Format Writing, Writing, World/English Literature, Introduction to Geography, Consumer Math, Medical Terminology (online and textbook), Art, Anthropology, Advanced Macroeconomics, Ancient Latin, German language, German history and culture•
Extracurricular Activities:
Since I want to go to medical school, I volunteer at the hospital, shadow a doctor, tutor kids at an elementary school, library (work with the little kids), YFU, cancer advocate (team captain), Habitat for Humanity (during the summer), dance, take pilates and yoga, I’m in a German club, Knitting club, and book club which I founded.
FACTS:
4.0 unweighted GPA.
PLAN (preliminary ACT) score was 30 out of 32.
I’m also in the National Home School Society (like the National Honor Society)! (:
Over the summer in between Sophomore and Junior year (summer 2010) I’ll be taking a couple courses at my local Community College to become a certified Phlebotomist and will be working in a funeral home as an assistant. I will also have a job as a waitress.
BTW: Just so you know, I live an a very small town, I can NOT take AP classes where I live (they only offer 3 at the Board of Ed. And the tests are over 3 hours away!) but by the time a graduate I will have taken Honors Biology, Honors Chemistry, Honors Physics, Honors Pre-Calculus, Honors Calculus, and Honors German language.
Thanks for all your opinions and advice! I will pick a Best Answer. (:
You are competitive at all of the schools you’ve named. It won’t be held against you that you have only had Honors classes available to you. What matters is that you’ve taken the most challenging YOU can, not that are available anywhere in the country. U Conn and Maryland will be slam dunks, BTW.
Yes you are well on your way. I didn’t do a quarter of what you did to get into my school, but then again we are going for two different things. just keep doing what you are doing and try not to stress so much about this and have a little bit of fun and things will go your way. You can tell that you are very well rounded person who like to be involved despite living in a small community and they would be stupid not to accept you.
You’re well on your way. Colleges don’t look just at what classes you’ve taken, they look at which ones were available to you. So they will see that youa re challenging yourself as much as you can. My one piece of advice is that you take the SATs, not just the ACTs. New England schools tend to prefer them. Also, make sure you express to UConn that you actually are interested in them. They get used as a safety so much that they’ll reject or waitlist people that seem overqualified.