Chances of getting into these colleges/ best colleges for premed?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I’m looking to major in biology on the premed track, and currently my top school is Northeastern. I also like Tufts, BU, and UConn. However I’m worried that my test scores aren’t the best, as my highest is a 30 on the act, and I’m retaking the sat in a few days. I was wondering if anyone could share their stats if accepted into any of those schools, and share their opinion on my chances at these schools and other schools I should look in to. I’d prefer to be in a city or place with hospitals nearby for premed opportunities. Here’s some more of my stats/ecs
-4.0 gpa
-30 act
-5 aps and all honors classes
-youth advisory board for my county’s district attorney, shadowed in the OR at hospital for a few days, student council member and president (3 years), 4 years of sports, internship at elementary schools phys Ed program, job at daycare program, red Cross blood drive volunteer, member of national honors society

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is that 4.0 unweighted? If so, that carries more weight than ACT score, especially with a rigorous schedule.
I would think at Tufts and Northeastern your chances are slim. But you have a shot at BU and UConn. Applying early to BU might make it happen for you.

3

Choose an undergrad place where you will be a star. You want to be able to get top grades, have time to study for the MCAT, and get LoRs that talk about you as the cream of their crop. Lots of colleges and universities have hospitals nearby. You can look up the averages for standardized testing (common data set + name of university)- ideally your stats would put you in the top 25% of admitted students.

Is your GPA w or uw?

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Brandeis perhaps since it’s test-optional and you’re still relatively close to Boston.

With higher standardized test scores, Case Western and the University of Rochester could be targets as well, especially since both schools are associated with well known medical schools.

Remember though that the best premed school is one that is affordable and allows you to earn a high GPA (preferably above ~3.7) as medical school is going to be expensive. Also consider a major that has a good ROI since one’s plans will change and perhaps you don’t wish to be a doctor.

5

An unweighted 4.0 GPA is better than an 800 SAT when trying to predict future college performance. If you really want to help a lot of patients and have job security, consider Biomedical Engineering. It appears that pre-med programs are built around what amounts to high grade pressure cookers. The game gets really silly when one picks a program and major so they can pump up a GPA to become our Doctor?

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomedical_engineering
See https://www.wpi.edu/academics/departments/biomedical-engineering
Read:

  1. https://www.wpi.edu/news/helping-hands;
  2. https://www.wpi.edu/news/new-liquid-biopsy-chip-developed-wpi-detects-circulating-tumor-cells-100-percent-blood-samples;
  3. https://www.wpi.edu/news/exploring-life-and-death-cells-wpi-biomedical-engineer-s-research-could-lead-better
  4. https://www.wpi.edu/news/wpi-and-albany-medical-college-developing-robotic-system-treat-brain-tumors
    5. https://www.wpi.edu/news/wpi-biomedical-engineer-helps-build-living-human-tracheas
    6. https://www.wpi.edu/news/wpi-team-grows-heart-tissue-spinach-leaves

Sorry… just got carried away!