I need a lot of help adding colleges to my list. I’m a Senior right now and I honestly just need some suggestions.
So info about me:
State: Ohio
3.5 UW GPA
3.9 W GPA
ACT: 33C (28M: 33E: 36R: 35S)
7 APs
A lot of Honors
Scored a 4 on all 3 of my AP exams last year
A “normal” amount of extracurricular activities. Good Mix of Sports, Clubs and Volunteering.
Soccer 4 years
Track 2 years
etc etc…
I want to go down the Pre-Med route so picking colleges that prepare kids well for the MCAT via there courses and such would be nice. I’m probably going to major in Biology or Psychology.
Colleges I’ve already applied to:
Ohio State
Case Western Reserve University
Miami (Oxford)
I’m willing to go out of state even though all of those are in Ohio
My parents don’t want to pay too much. Their EFC is like 4,500$ estimated.
Any suggestions or pieces of advice would be greatly appreciated.
No reason not to go to your state school - see if you are eligible for the honor program there. Medical schools are prestige insensitive - they care first and foremost about your grades and MCAT score. You’ll also want to spend your summers doing either medical volunteering or research rather than a job that’s primarily to make money. So make sure you aren’t in a position where you have to work in order to cover your expenses. It doesn’t mean you can never work - but your studying and medical experiences will need to take priority over making money for school if you want to have the necessary GPA and background to apply directly from college.
For more info on being pre-med just do a search on CC. There’s also a forum dedicated to pre-meds here.
Feel free to major in whatever you like most. 40% of premeds are non-STEM majors so you can study anything as long as you complete the pre-med pre-reqs.