Question by Marie: Stanford University? DO I have a Chance?
(You dont have to answer all the questions just answer what you can and thank you its apreciated)
I want to go to Stanford University to become a psychiatrist and major in psychology. Because one of the ways to become a psychiatrist is to go to medical school and then get certified by the board. SO ultimately I want to get into Stanford medical school (plus I am highley interested in other medical things besides psychology).
In 7th grade my GPA was 3.63 and in 8th grade it was still above 3.0
I am now currently a Freshman I was in a normal public school for the 1st half of the year I was in all honors courses, and I made the basketball team too (That would be my third year of being on my schools basket ball team two of which where higher level teams).
But for the second half of the year I am now in what’s called Roads Advanced Academics Which is online high school courses (I did this for personal family reasons). And I was wondering how this could affect my chances of getting into Stanford? Currently my GPA is some where around 3.0 to 3.36 (I plan on increasing it in the years from here on out)
These courses are the same curriculum taught in normal high schools and you have to take all the same required tests and reach all the required credits to graduate (sometimes they offer honors classes but its rare). Since I am involved in this program I will graduate up to a year earlier than I would have in public high school, and I plan on graduating with an Advanced State Diploma, the normal diploma is 22.5 credits and you just have to pass required curriculum
The Advanced diploma is 24 credits with required curriculum plus 1 extra credit in a higher math and another in a higher science class, (Stanford likes bilingual people so foreign languages are a must that I’m trying to get). I will be about 17 maybe 17 ½ when I should be eligible to graduate.
If the schedule I have works out ideally it will look like this
Freshman:
0.5 English I A
0.5 English I B
0.5 World Geography A
0.5 World Geography B
0.5 Algebra I A
0.5 Algebra I B
0.5 Biology A
0.5 Biology B
0.5 P.E. (basket ball class + team)
0.5 Life Skills
0.5 Computer lit. A
Total: 5.5 (Currently the only class I have left to take here is Biology IB)
Sophomore:
0.5 English II A
0.5 English II B
0.5 World History A
0.5 World History B
0.5 Geometry A
0.5 Geometry B
0.5 Earth Science A
0.5 Earth Science B
1.5 Elective (IA and IB foreign language) plus (Computer lit B)
Total: 5.5
Jr.:
0.5 English III A
0.5 English III B
0.5 American History A
0.5 American History B
0.5 Algebra II A
0.5 Algebra II B
0.5 Trigonometry
0.5 Chemistry A
0.5 Chemistry B
1.5 Elective (IIA IIB Foreign language) plus (Graphic Design)
1.0 PE (Tae Kwan Do)
Total: 7
Senior:
0.5 English IV A
0.5 English IV B
0.5 United States Government A
0.5 United States Government B
0.5 Economics
0.5 Calculus A
0.5 Calculus B
0.5 Physical Science A
0.5 Physical Science B
1.0 Elective (Career & Technology Skills A & B)
0.5 PE (Tae Kwan Do)
Total:
Grand Total: 24 credits = Advanced Diploma
What can I do to raise my chances? Is this good enough? Do I even stand a chance? More comuniety service? Get a Job? (Which I cant do until I am older) Is it possiable to go to another college for the basics and then enter Stanford for medical school? Would that depleat some eligabiliety for scholarships?
All the As and Bs next to the classes are not my grades for the classes those are the names of the classes because each class is usualy divided into part A and Part B
As for my Current grades I have
A in English I A and IB
A in World Geo IA and IB
C in Algebra IA and IB
B in Biology IB
B in Computer litrature part A
A in PE
Im only a freshman the rest I havent taken yet
Best answer:
Answer by eri
A psychiatrist has an MD (that’s the only way to become a psychiatrist), a psychologist has a PhD or PsyD. You don’t have to attend Stanford for undergrad to get into Stanford for med school; most people will not.
Colleges don’t look at any grades before 9th grade. Stanford is very competitive, turning down hundreds of 4.0 students, perfect SAT scorers, and valedictorians every year. You have way too many B’s to have a shot at Stanford – you need to get mostly A’s to even be competitive, and then you need to find some way to stand out from the crowd.
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