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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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All schools have a net price calculator that estimates the price. My kid and I put together his school list based on his interests and my estimated payment.  Schools that we can’t afford don’t go in the list. Our goal is for him to have zero student debt.
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