<p>I'm only a sophomore in hs right now, but I want to start compiling some sort of college list.</p>
<p>I'm sure my stats will be close to these
GPA: 4.1-4.2 weighted, 3.8-3.9 non weighted
SAT 1: 2100-2300
SAT 2: Math IIC-800 (sure on this, took it), Physics 750+, Chemistry 750+
Rank: Top 10% (doesnt get more specific than that)
EC (when I apply): hospital volunteer 200-400 hrs, shadowing doctors 50-100 hours (heh I don't think this really matters right now), president of rocketry club 3 years, math team officer 4 years, youth orchestra member 6 years, wrestler, stuff like that xD
Qualified for AIME as a sophomore, but failed (3 on AIME!!! xD)
APs taken: Calc BC, Stats, Physics B, Chem, Bio, Gov, Econ, Lang/Comp, Lit/Comp, maybe APES</p>
<p>I'm hoping to be a podiatrist, so I'll be a pre-pod in college. Thinking of majoring in math (not too bad at it, finished calc BC this year, math at community college next year (multivariable calc, linear alg, diff eqn), self study higher math senior year). So I'm looking for colleges that:
-Have good math, bio, chem, physics departments
-Have a friendly atmosphere, not cutthroat
-Have small class sizes (30-)
-Are good at preparing undergrads for med/pod school
-Have good research opportunities for undergrads (ideally start freshman year)
-Fairly warm weather (tshirts+shorts, maybe with a jacket)
-Wrestling club/program that females can join (hopefully)
-Pre med advising (hopefully)</p>
<p>If it helps, I live close to SF</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>LOL pre-pod.</p>
<p>Where you go for college doesn’t matter if you’re pre-whatever. Good research opportunities are important, though, but that depends less on the school and more on you. The quality of the math/bio/chem/physics departments doesn’t really matter unless you want to do research in one of those fields, and even then departments are only ranked by graduate program and the ranking says little to nothing about the undergrad major.</p>
<p>Try Emory and Vanderbilt - both are large schools, but in warm locations that have smaller class sizes and a generally friendly atmosphere. Emory is known for preparing their students well for medical school. Not sure about the wrestling thing. Also, perhaps Harvey Mudd (great math + science school), and Pomona, and if you are female, Scripps. And you should also apply to your University of California and Cal State schools, especially since the UC schools are a great value for you (all the usual suspects - Berkeley, LA, SD, Irvine, Riverside, whatever). New College of Florida is also right by a beach, but it’s a more crunchy-type school – their graduates are said to do great in graduate school, though. UT-Austin is also in a warm place and has a good reputation but it may be hard to get in OOS, don’t know. And Rice is also in TX, and doesn’t have those restrictions because it’s private.</p>
<p>Here are some schools you should look into:</p>
<p>Lawrence University (Match)
Smith College (Reach)
Bennington College (Safety)</p>
<p>Yea, I know, but pre-pod sounds cool :)</p>
<p>Really, the quality of the departments don’t matter? Does that mean I’ll probably get more or less the same education about anywhere? </p>
<p>I’m not too interested in an all female school. I’m thinking of applying to Berkeley, LA, SD, Davis, Irvine, SB. Probably no state U though.</p>
<p>I’ll look into all these schools you two listed, thanks!</p>
<p>there are some really small state schools that provide an excellent education for a low price, I’d look into New College Of Florida and especially St. Mary’s College Of Maryland,</p>
<p>Find the cheapest undergrad school you can find! The podiatry schools are basically taking anyone who applies. Obama and the HMO’s are going to destroy all of medicine. Some schools are even having a spring admittance group. You can easily make a million a year as a surgical podiatrist but will have to be office-based and hope universal health care dies.</p>
<p>Ugh…best wishes for future health care workers</p>