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The original readers gave him a score of 2 out of 5 in that category, observing that he wanted to major in pre-med “but we don’t see activities to support that,” one of the admissions officers said. 
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other than taking all available bio and chem classes, how exactly does a high school kid demonstrate a love of premed? [/quote]

Hospital shadowing and research (which is a whole other issue—not really acessible for kids in rural or suburban areas if they don’t have their own cars)[/quote]

Yep. One of my friends who is a doctor spent high school summers and weekends as “Candystriper.” I don’t know if they even have that program anymore, but it involved volunteering at local hospitals. They wore a striped smock to identify them as young volunteers, thus the name. 
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My sisters and I did the same. Ours were jumpers (similar to what a first grade Catholic
School uniform looks like) and they were pink and white. We wore white shirts. I don’t remember doing much more than delivering flowers from the gift shop.

If you want to torture yourself, you can go to Princeton’s web site. The financial aid page has a calculator where you can guesstimate your DC’s cost of attendance for the year.  Spoiler alert - they think you can pay way more than you think you can for DC to be a Princeton tiger. 
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I had the polar opposite experience with Princeton’s NPC. You must have a high HHI,[/quote]

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