I’m a junior in high school and am in the process of making the list. I would appreciate any changes you collegeconfidential posters would make.
I have a 4.3 on a 4 scale, 34 ACT and 710 on Chem SAT, 750 on a math 2 and biology.
Stanford
Penn
Vanderbilt
Cornell
WashU at St. Louis
Georgetown
USC
Notre Dame
Boston College
Colby
Northeastern
Georgia Tech
Syracuse
Villanova
Rutgers
Thanks for the comments!!
If you use the SuperMatch tool on the left panel of this page, you’ll be able to narrow down the list yourself a bit. Give it a try!
They are all very different so it depends on you major, where you want to go locationwise, and financial situation (among other things) so if you could supply more information, it could be easier to help.
I am looking at doing a pre med track. Also let’s assume financials don’t matter.
It is bad planning to just “assume” finances don’t matter. Either finances matter to your family or they don’t. And remember that you expect that med school will be down the road.
And please give us an idea of what you are looking for in your college experience.
You may want to consider the questions and topics in this thread:
@happy1 I think he means that he wants to see a list of schools that fit for him first and then weed out all the expensive/unaffordable schools from the given list.
But yeah, as others sad, you need more information to narrow down the options.
Weeding out the unaffordable schools should be one of the first steps, since (by checking net price calculators and scholarship listings) it is not that hard to do compared to researching other aspects of schools. No sense in spending a lot of effort researching (or applying to) a school only to later drop it due to no chance of affordability.
Your list will probably experience a few major changes by this time next year, which gives you plenty of time to research. I think you should just spend the next few months visiting the schools you can and researching them all thoroughly. You have a lot of high reach schools which will probably all want supplemental essays about “why.”
The only odd man out college on your list is Colby. It is much smaller than any of the others. I am guessing Villnova, Syracuse and Rutgers are your safety and match schools. In terms of majors, you can do premed anywhere, so I am having a hard time figuring out your common denominator, other than prestige. You haven’t given us anything to go on in terms of campus vibe, location, etc…
@HardOREasy Really it is best to weed out unaffordable schools from the start. Otherwise a student can risk wasting a lot of time researching, visiting, and applying to schools only to have his/her heart broken when it is ultimately unaffordable. Every year there are students who ignore costs throughout the process assuming that “things will work out” and end up with no affordable college options.
And I agree with the above that Colby, the lone LAC, certainly looks out of place with the other schools on the list.
Sorry for all the confusion with the finances part. What I meant is that finances are not a problem for me, so that isn’t a concern. About the type of school etc, the only thing that really matters to me is the academic prestige and how good their premed track is (options etc). Thanks for all the comments so far.
Colby is only on my list because it is free to apply and requires no additional essays or supplements. I guess there’s nothing to lose from applying there.
Remember that medical school is expensive. If you go to a less expensive undergraduate school, will your parents use the money saved for your medical school costs, allowing you to finish medical school with less debt, and hence less financial pressure when making life and career choices?
If the only thing that matters is prestige, be aware that most of the colleges on your list are wary of prestige-hunters. Just sayin’.