There should be an option to create an account to save the information so that you can use it to run another college’s NPC that is based on the CB template.
GW might be a good school to look into for the scholarship opportunities opportunities they may offer (as well as for their academics).
I know that I originally created this thread for match schools–but how is Johns Hopkins? Baltimore seems like a good city and I like how it’s in the city, but still somewhat independent from it geographically. I also heard they give good scholarships (if you manage to get in). The campus diversity is also relatively good, which is very important for me.
JHU has a highly competitive reputation due to the large number of pre-meds, and Baltimore is one of the more racially segregated cities in the US.
JHU’s an example of a reputationally high stress school that nonetheless recieves ~25,000 applicants annually from students who believe they will do well there. In terms of graduation rate, a measure of student satisfaction, JHU recently “over-performed” by one point.
Most of these colleges offer compatably well-funded need-based scholarships:
Thanks for the article–I’ll check that out. I’m aware that Baltimore is racially segregated–unfortunately, I’ve found out that most of the racially integrated cities are in California, and I’m not really interested in going there. I know Sacramento is both racially diverse AND integrated–which I think is amazing, but there’s no colleges there that I’m interested in going to. That’s why I’m focusing on racial diversity inside the school, since that is where I’ll spend most of my time.
@merc81 wait, what do mean by overperformed? Over-performed in student stress?
Also, I think I’m ok with a competitive atmosphere. I do want to attend an academically rigorous setting, just not one with excessive grade deflation and gunners.
Also, my parents filled out the NPC so I’ll be running it on the colleges in this thread 
“Over-performance” in that context (#64) represents an entirely positive indication. Specifically, at JHU more students recently went on to graduate than would be predicted by general statistical factors.
Regarding campus diversity, consider the threshold you wish to reach. Most top colleges currently enroll more than a third of their students from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds (to the extent that this characteristic can be defined), particularly if you were to include international students in this figure.
Oh I see, that’s good!
Diversity-wise, I was considering maybe at most 50% white, with the rest minorities or international students.
Honestly, I know I should keep my goals realistic, but top schools really do sound amazing. The diversity, the opportunities, and the atmosphere sound really appealing. I know I can find diversity and opportunities elsewhere, but I don’t think I could find atmospheres that match top schools. I have a friend who’s attending med school in Columbia from UT, and she said that so many people are just so driven and innovative. In UT, it’s considered an achievement to start a club, etc. In Columbia, it’s the norm. Literally everyone excels, and it seems like a great environment where I can grow.
Of course, I’m not saying UT is sub par–it’s anything but that. This is probably a no, but is there any top school I have a realistic chance of getting in, along with a financial aid package that keeps net cost to about 30-35K?
Sorry about this comment; the appeal of top schools are creeping back up on me. It’s harder to let go of this than I thought.
Try Brown. For a match. I’m comparing you to kids I know that got in.
Good suggestion @fivesages
@theminkim
@theminkim,
I realize that you’re looking for match schools: nonetheless, you may find some value in the following list of schools.
Using student-level data provided by Linkedin, these college and universities send the highest percentage of graduates to a top-level medical program.
Amherst
Williams
Swarthmore
Pomona
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Duke
Harvard
Brown
Johns Hopkins
MIT
Princeton
Rice
Stanford
Berkeley
University of Pennsylvania
University of Chicago
Washington University
Yale
NPC Results ( @MYOS1634 & more )
Macalester - 27K
Georgetown - 27K
U Pittsburgh - 38K
U Mich Ann Arbor - 45K, 30K with student loans (for UMich–Ann Arbor didn’t have its own npc)
Rice - 25K
Boston U - 30K, 20K with student loans & work
Northeastern - 20K w/ 5K student loans
Georgetown - 25K (with a substantial Georgetown Scholarship)
George Washington - 35K, 25K w/ some student loans
Caregie Mellon - 25K
UNC Chapel Hill - 30K, 20K w/ student loans
Notre Dame - 22K
Please let me know if I missed any schools. I left out American, Vanderbilt, Case Western Reserve, and Rochester because they had their own npc thing.
@theminkim You might want to consider one or two of the schools @CrewDad listed. You’d be a peer of any Brown student
Knowing students going to both Northeastern and Brown, I think you’d be selling yourself short if you didn’t try.
@theminkim
Hopkins is also on the ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ “dishonor” roll for having less than 15% Pell students – which means there may be less economic diversity than other schools.
@theminkim,
I agree with gearmom that you seriously should consider looking at Brown. Fabulous university with an open curriculum. D2 came very close to applying ED. I’ve always been very impressed by Brown students and alumni.
Providence is an exciting and vibrant city. Ease and cost of travel is an important consideration. Airfare from Dallas to Providence is very reasonable, and there are numerous flights per day. Leaning toward a match school, Vassar is extremely diverse, has very few core requirements, outstanding pre-med advising, as well as a new $125 million science facility.
Brown and Vassar have a significant number of cross-applications. Wesleyan is another LAC worth investigating.
@AroundHere I was a Pell Grant recipient. I didn’t know that was a thing until I came here. When I was in college I just thought it was a state grant sponsored by our senator, Senator Pell.
Brown ED for the match. No guts, no glory. 
Well since @CrewDad is talking up Brown let me feed the fire and say, it’s in a vibrant city. Federal Hill would be your ethnic Italian district. Authentic and good quality. A college town with PC, RISD, Brown. Artsy. An easy hourish train ride to Boston. An inexpensive bus ride to NYC. You can visit Newport. Take a ferry to Martha’s Vineyard. Students won’t be cut throat.