<p>Hey guys, </p>
<p>I would greatly appreciate it if you guys could suggest me 10 colleges that are the best match for me. (including liberal art colleges and universities) Please also let me know what are my chances at those colleges. </p>
<p>I am currently a junior in high school. I moved to America in 2010, without my parents. I had to learn English when I moved to America, so for that reason, I have low ACT scores. I am extremely interested in the medical field and I want to become a surgeon. So It would be great if you could suggest me colleges that have a good medical programs. </p>
<p>Here is some background information about me: </p>
<p>My gpa is 3.96 unweighted.
my ACT score is 29 ( I struggle the most in the English and reading section)
I am president of two clubs, including the Future Physicians of America Club
I have been part of Varsity Water Polo and Varsity Swimming for 3 years in my school.
I have over 150 hours of volunteering hours at Kaiser Hospital<br>
I took Chemistry AP and Calc AP in my junior year. (the rest are non Honors classes.)
I will be taking Biology AP and Stats AP as well as spanish 4 H in my senior year. ( the rest are non Honors classes.)
I will be attending at the cardiovascular surgical skills internship at Stanford University of Medicine this summer.
I have also attended couple of summer camps at University of Berkeley and Stanford University.
I moved to America without my parents in order to become a surgeon ( if that helps my application) </p>
<p>Thank you in advance. </p>
<p>First, are you at a boarding school or other school that has good advising. No one can help you without knowing your budget, preferences, Premed requirements are basics at most every college regardless if the college has medical programs itself. There are too many colleges, just to pick for you I suggest you start doing research. But if you want a more challenging college than your ACT suggests, I’d suggest you look toward 1) publics where the <em>average</em>scores are lower making it possible to ‘get in’ but there is depth of offerings and advanced coursework and there are a cohort of strong students at the top, 2) test optional college, there are many good ones.</p>
<p><a href=“ACT/SAT Optional List - Fairtest”>http://www.fairtest.org/university/optional</a></p>
<p>Did you know it is extremely difficult for nonUS to get into a US medical school? In 2010, less than one half of one percent (.004) of the international students who applied to medical school were accepted and enrolled. - See more at: <a href=“http://www.hope.edu/admissions/apply/international-students/can-international-students-attend-medical-school-usa#sthash.GnMdtwg4.dpuf”>http://www.hope.edu/admissions/apply/international-students/can-international-students-attend-medical-school-usa#sthash.GnMdtwg4.dpuf</a></p>
<p>Thank you for your feedback. I forgot to mention that I am a U.S citizen. I have been attending a public high school in California and the counselors in my high school are not very helpful in terms of choosing colleges to apply to. I have made a list of colleges for myself, but I am not sure if they are good match for me in terms of their requirements. What are some other colleges that I can apply to? Here is the list: </p>
<p>UMich Ann Arbor
UNC - Chapel Hill
Boston College
Cal Poly SLO
Northeastern
University of Washington
USC</p>
<p>UC berkely
UCLA
UCSD
UCD
UCSB
UCSC</p>
<p>So no cost restrictions? It doesn’t appear you will be a CA resident for tuition purposes. But I suppose you are instate for admission purposes, I’m not quite sure how that situation works out. I think CA is very competitive for med students. In any case don’t overlook UC Riverside because of the new medical program and advising and emphasis on health fields. You look like you would qualify for guaranteed admission for Jrs, the application opens soon. That would give you at least a good safety you are assured of ahead of time.
<a href=“http://admissions.ucr.edu/whyucr/ourguarantee”>http://admissions.ucr.edu/whyucr/ourguarantee</a></p>
<p>Be sure to browse the medical forums here for hs topics, premed topics and undergrad college tips:
<a href=“Pre-Med & Medical School - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-medical-school/</a></p>
<p>Your scores are really going to disadvantage you for the privates and OOS you are looking at. The rest of your application looks good. That’s why the test optional colleges are something to look at. There are some very good colleges, even selective LACs like Bowdoin, Wesleyan, Colby (I know an MD who went there) and many more. UM - Flint is test optional and perhaps you could transfer to Ann Arbor. UT is test optional. Are you male or female?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for your reply and for the guaranteed admission link. I am a male. Correct, there is no cost restrictions. As you suggested, I looked at some of the test optional colleges and other liberal art colleges. Here are some of the colleges that I looked at: </p>
<p>Bowdoin College
Bates College
Hamilton College
Middlebury College (VT)
Wellesley College
ScrippsCollegeClaremont McKenna College
Wesleyan
University of Cincinnati
Colby College</p>
<p>Am I on the right track in terms of looking at the colleges to apply to? What are some of advantages/disadvantages of going to these liberal art schools instead of UCs and other Universities such as Santa Clara University and University of Washington? </p>
<p>I will work on my ACT scores this summer to bring them up, but what else do you think I should do to improve my chances of getting admitted? Thank you so much for you help. </p>