Could I get into a decent Medical School?
Hi, I am going to be a sophomore in High School next year and I want to know what my chances of getting into medical school are. I know it's a bit early to decide what I'm going to do with the rest of my life, but I have always wanted to be a doctor. Okay, so here's more about me: I'm 15, residing in New Jersey. I have a 4.4 GPA (I have taken advances courses that weigh in a higher GPA) I have a straight A or A+ average in all my high school courses. Next year I'm taking 2 AP classes (Physics and Calculus) and 4 Honors classes (Spanish, History, English, and Chemistry). I am extremely hard working and willing to do ANYTHING to get into a decent medical school. I am going to get volunteer hours in the field of medicine in the upcoming years. I am currently in the top 1% in my high school class (either 1st or 2nd, not sure) I want to get a decent scholarship into a medical school as well (don't want too much debt). I know it's very early to judge whether or not I can get in, but any help/guidance would be much appreciated.
Help an international students pleaseeeee! :/ Chance me?
"I have a full scholarship from the government- if that helps as I heard from someone." This helps TREMENDOUSLY!!!! While Stanford, Princeton, Cornell and some of the other top universities in the US have need-blind admissions for American citizens and permanent residents, they do take into consideration an international applicant's ability to afford their tuition and living expenses. If the "full scholarship" would cover as much as $50,000 per year for the tuition, room, and board at private universities then you are going to be able to leap over the first major hurdle international applicants face. It's very difficult for anyone to get into Stanford or the Ivies, but I do think you have a decent shot and should definitely go for it. If you could bring your SAT score up and nudge up into the first or second in your class you'd be be an even stronger contender. If your scholarship really will cover all your expenses it will give you an advantage when applying to public universities, many of which have struggled more financially in recent years and LOVE foreign students who pay significantly higher fees than in-state residents. You're also accomplished academically and have impressive extracurriculars and other achievements, so you'd still be fairly earning a spot. I think you'd get into Michigan, Berkeley, UVA and Purdue. You might also want to look into USC, Emory, American University, GW, and UCSD. These universities are all excellent, and they take pride in having a lot of international students. The odds are stacked against everyone who applies to Stanford and Princeton because the rate of admission is so low. As I wrote above, you should still apply, but you have to be aware that over 90% of the people who apply to these universities are denied admission to them. Throughly read over all the information for applying as an international applicant. Most universities have it posted on their admissions website. Good luck! ~ skylark : ) By the way, your question isn't that long in comparison to some here, haha.
Has anyone received application result from Stony Brook University for fall 2017?
Yes, I have received acceptance from Stony brook university for Mechanical engineering in undergraduate. I am an international applicant and I did not receive any scholarship news from them.
Why do people choose Binghamton over Stony Brook?
There are many reasons why people choose one over the other. As a graduate of Stony Brook, I think that the major difference is that we are usually thought of as a hard science school, and Binghamton is perceived as better in social sciences and humanities. However, I was a history major at Stony Brook, partially because I felt that it was the better program.There are also more economic reasons. I worked my way through school, and I’m from Long Island. Stony Brook was easier for me in terms of balancing studies, work, and living arrangements. If you are from Upstate New York you may have similar considerations.
Is it worth pursuing a low ranked PhD program for physics, or is it better to wait a year and re-apply to more prestigious programs?
School rankings in physics are useless. Prestige matters in physics, but prestige comes from your advisor and not the school, and there are a lot of schools that people have never heard of that turn out to be the top school in their field.For example, the top schools in nuclear physics are Michigan State University and SUNY Stony Brook. The best school for numerical relativity in North America is Florida Atlantic University. And with an undergraduate physics degree you should be able to read the literature well enough to know if the school that you are applying to does research that impresses you. If it impresses you, then you can make it impress other people.One final thing. You should go in to graduate school expecting that you will not get a faculty position. Trying to go into physics in order to climb the academic totem pole will doom you. You should also go into graduate school and life knowing that you will not get the top position and that your life will consist of making do with whatever life hands you. When I was in high school, I couldn't wait to get out because high school was all about knowing the right people and getting into the right clubs and being "popular". One reason I got into physics and science was to get away from all of that. Ha. Ha. Ha. It turns out that I just got out of one social hierarchy into another one. So you have to play the game and try to get ahead, but it's a losing game, so at the end of the day, you have to ask yourself what the point of this exercise is. I want to find out stuff about the universe before I die, and as long as I'm with a decent set of people, I've stopped caring whether I'm ranked #1 or #150. The people that care about that sort of thing can go get their MBA's.One final think to think about. Last year there were about 1800 physics Ph.D.'s awarded. Harvard alone awards about 900 or so MBA's each year. There were about 1200 first year players selected in the Major League Baseball draft, and the number of athletes in the 2012 London Olympics was 10000. Once you see those numbers you realize that just getting a physics Ph.D. *anywhere* is impressive, so don't worry too much about where you get it at.
Which school should I attend for a math graduate program: Stony Brook or UIUC?
If you are interested in applied mathematics, then select an applied mathematics program. The Applied Mathematics and Statisitics graduate and research program at Stony Brook has been rated in the top ten nationally. There are several tracks withing the department depending on what area of practice the student is interested in: Computational Applied Math, Statistics, Operations Research, Quantitative Finance, and Computational Biology. All students complete a common background and then specialize. The tracks are quite permeable; you can take electives in the other tracks and it is not unusual for a student in one track to select an advisor working in another, e.g., a someone in Statistics doing the dissertaion under the guidance of someone in Quantitative Finance. The important thing is that all of these programs are designed to create applied mathematicians and students generally find a broad array of opportunities when they graduate.
Which to choose for a BS in CS, Virginia Tech, Penn State, ASU, and NCSU?
A2A. Which to choose for a BS in CS, Virginia Tech, Penn State, ASU, and NCSU?To do a cost benefit analysis, I need to know your real cost of attendance to say if the benefit of a higher ranked school is worth the extra cost.If you are evaluating schools, I would use the National Universities Rankings and the Graduate Computer Science Rankings to give a relative ranking, and then figure out how much more are the higher ranked schools costs.For example, Penn Stat is the highest ranked National University, so how much more does Penn State cost? If Penn State is the lowest cost, Penn State would be the best economic choice based on cost.Rankings:Virginia Tech https://www.usnews.com/best-coll...Penn State https://www.usnews.com/best-coll...ASU https://www.usnews.com/best-coll...NCSU https://www.usnews.com/best-coll...
Is 1290 sat score out of 1600 a good score? In which universities can I apply?
First of all congrates for scoring 81 percentile in SAT.Yes, you can get into some decent universities with this score but the scholarship opportunities is not so good with the score you have.Trust me no matter how good US universities are its not worth spending all their tuition fees ranging 25k to 50k. Plus whatever living amount.Its must to get scholarship.Apply to those universities which will give you some good financial aid.Just type “collegeboard” and name of whichever university you want to apply, these will give you basic requirement of universities.If you have more question feel free to ask me.Do upvote if you like the answer as it will help more and more student.Best of luck!
How should I pick a college within 5 days?
Hey! I'm a designer and developer and just wrapping up at RIT in New Media Design! I seriously suggest that you check out the program. It's absolutely one of the best.New Media Design is focused on UI/UX but will also teach you 3D, motion graphics, graphic design, and programming. We take a few courses in the engineering school with our sister major New Media Interactive Development, which is the more technical side of what we do (a B.S. degree). I transferred from Graphic Design at a SUNY school, and I was trying to decide between New Media Design and New Media Interactive Development, the department chair Adam Smith sold me on New Media Design. Like you, I'd never really programmed before and I wasn't sure if I would like it. I was always interested in it, and also had always played around with Adobe programs like Photoshop. When I took the intro to programming classes the all New Media Design kids take, I decided I loved it, but I also like design. So I kept with it and kept teaching myself and taking courses on the side. NMD will give you the tools to pursue whatever interests you. There are students in my class that are wonderful 3D and motion artists, there are some awesome visual designers and some purely UX focused students. I focus on UX/UI and web development. We have amazing faculty who will help you and push you to learn whatever you're passionate about. They genuinely work to help you become whatever you want to be, you just have to take advantage of the resources offered.I was choosing between SUNY schools and RPI. I just didn't feel at home at RPI, and the SUNY programs aren't as great as RIT's. The financial situation rectifies itself at RIT. They are very generous with scholarships and financial aid, and the New Media Design program has a 98% job placement rate. You honestly have to try really hard to not graduate with a job. I'm going to be interning at Adobe this summer as a web developer, and people are already trying to hire me for when I graduate in the fall.I hope you can give the program a look! I really love it.