<p>@Kokko2k15 What state do you live in?</p>
<p>I think that having one safety is sufficient, because in my terms a safety is a school that you are guaranteed admission into. A safety is also a school that you will enjoy going if you get rejected by reach and matches. In your case OSU is a perfect safety, especially if you are instate. You will probably get a hefty scholarship as well. Also another low match is UIUC, they also have a wonderful chemistry program. </p>
<p>@235423, Ohio! :)</p>
<p>@RugbySingh, That’s true. If I don’t get into my colleges I would like to (knock on wood), OSU would make a good choice. I’ll look into UIUC. My friend (perfect ACT, near perfect SAT) wants to head over there for engineering! </p>
<p>UIUC is not that well respected of a college, it is near the top in many fields such as Engineering, Chemistry, and Accounting but does not get respect in Western PA</p>
<p>@RugbySingh, Oh I see. Do you have any other match school recommendations?</p>
<p>I agree with everyone else, have you looked into Case Western Reserve in Cleveland? They have great STEM and premed programs </p>
<p>UPenn: reach
Brown: reach
Yale: high reach
UC Berkeley: high match
UCLA: match
Boston College: match
Vanderbilt: low reach
U of Southern Cali: high match/low reach
Northwestern: high match
Rice: high match</p>
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<p>@alsa2000, Thank you for the suggestion. I’ve really heard bad things about Case Western although it provides a top notch pre-med program. For starters, it’s ranked #1 in the “Least Beautiful Campus” section of Princeton Review’s 377 Best Colleges book. It doesn’t sound too appealing to reside there for the four years… Also, what is the STEM program? What is that exactly? I’ve heard numerous people talking about it but cannot define what it truly means. I know what pre-med is. Is STEM the same? Just another program? Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>@phoebecaulfield, Thank you! I chanced back. </p>
<p>STEM stands for:
S.cience
T.echnology
E.ngineering and
M.athematics</p>
<p>Pre-med is not necessarily a STEM path although, in practice, for most people, it is. Obviously biology and chemistry are sciences. English and philosophy are not. They are humanities.</p>
<p>@NROTCgrad, Oh thank you! STEM programs seem nice since I do have an interest in engineering, but will my participation in a STEM program be a chance for med school? I know that pre-med combined with its advising and pre-reqs gives students a push or path, rather, to med school. Will STEM do the same? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Because pre-med is not an actual major, but a set of prerequisites for med school, you have a choice about whether you choose a STEM major or not.</p>
<p>Majoring in engineering as a pre-med program is not typical; mostly because engineering is demanding all by itself and adding pre-med to it makes it even harder.</p>
<p>Lot of pre-med students major in biology or microbiology, but also often chemistry.</p>
<p>Personally, I think mathematics is a hugely overlooked major for pre-med. Math could be particularly helpful to a pre-med student who specialized in statistics. This would help in truly understanding the effectiveness of various pharmaceuticals and other treatments. A person who deeply understands statistics cannot be bamboozled by numbers. Statistics is also essential for any serious research.</p>
<p>Oddly enough, students who major in Classics – ancient Latin and Greek literature – do very well in medical school. Maybe this is because so much medical and biological terminology uses words derived from Latin or Greek.</p>
<p>Anyhow, there are lots of ways to pursue pre-med.</p>
<p>@NROTCgrad, Thank you for the very informative post. I will explore my different major opportunities soon. Thanks again!</p>
<p>Going back to the schools in Seattle… The UW is known to NOT provide much financial aid to out of state students. So, keep that in mind. On the other hand Seattle University, because it is private, is reasonably generous with financial aid. In other words, it probably would cost you considerably less to attend Seattle University than UW.</p>
<p>Many state universities are using out of state students to make up for budget cuts by the state government. UW appears to be one of them.</p>
<p>@NROTCgrad, Oh thank you for touching up on that issue. I will consider this in my application process!!</p>
<p>Bump! :)</p>
<p>DOnt bother for OSU, you can do so much better even with “safety schools” (Tufts - UMASS - Amherst)
- chance me? </p>
<p>@kappytom37, Whoa! Amherst as a safety school? That’s a ranked #2 for liberal arts! Tufts also only has a 21% acceptance rate. UMASS can be one but tuition will burn a hole in my wallet since it’s a public institution. Maybe any other safety schools? I’ll look into Tufts. However, I like the liberal arts colleges of Swarthmore and Haverford although they’re in Penn. </p>
<p>@Kokko2k15 I’ve been on Case’s campus and I didn’t find it ugly in the slightest, it’s urban yes but there is lots of cool art and architecture. Premed is just Calc, Inorganic Chem, Organic Chem, Biology and Physics so basically STEM. I suggest visiting Case before you give it a bad rap, different people have different tastes.</p>
<p>Also have you considered UMich?</p>
<p>@alsa2000, thank you for the encouragement. I will look into Case at a greater depth. </p>
<p>UPenn: Minor Reach
Brown: Reach
Yale: Reach
Northwestern: Minor Reach
Rice: Match
Berkeley: Match
Vanderbilt: Reach
USC: Match
Boston College: Match
UCLA: Match
Swarthmore: Match
Haverford: Match
OSU: Likely</p>
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