<p>Penn is indeed the southernmost Ivy, and is warmer--albeit only slightly. Still will have freezing cold winters, but it will be warmer in Philadelphia than anywhere in New England.</p>
<p>I'd also add Emory and Georgetown.</p>
<p>Not sure about OOS admissions but can tell you UCB and UCLA are considered hard for ISS. There are a lot of foreign born students at these schools so I imagine OSS is possible too.
UC Davis is also a good school. It's less competetive that Berkeley or LA.
If you want weather, San Diego is probably the best. Maybe UCSD? Good luck.</p>
<p>I'm surprised no one has suggested Tulane. New Orleans is definitely warm, merit aid for good students (e.g. NMFs, we all know how much med school costs) and they supposedly have a good support and advising program.</p>
<p>my personal opinion is you are applying into way too many schools.</p>
<p>possible schools:
Harvard
UC Berkeley
U of Michigan</p>
<p>UMichigan, easily. I can't believe no one mentioned it! UC Berkeley, I heard that school is not good for premeds... That's what my friend who is now a premed at Hopkins said about the premed program at Berkeley. I heard it was tough, courses are very demanding, opportunites for research limited due to huge student population? Is this true UCBChemBE? Idk, I was just wondering...</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure 8 or 9 is the optimum number of schools to apply to..
And Michigan is freezing.</p>
<p>LOL: I guess being a Texan you feel MI is near the Arctic circle eh? I noted that the northernmost college on your list is UPenn. You're pretty serious about the "no-cold" thing, eh?</p>
<p>(I grew up in MI and lived for awhile in Ann Arbor -- it's not that bad)</p>
<p>Georgetown.</p>
<p>Tulane is also good because it is probably a reach for you, is in a good climate, and they give terrific merit aid and it is always nice to have a school with good ais on your list.</p>
<p>I would also recommend the University of Virginia.</p>
<p>I'm leaning towards UCLA and the USC BA/MD program now....</p>
<p>Georgetown is best for International Relations and Tulane is ranked pretty low for med...</p>
<p>May I suggest that you consider at least one public university. You might find that you like the culture of public schools over private ones. A lot of great ones have been mentioned but I would highlight U of Michigan, UNC, UCB, UCLA, UCSD.</p>
<p>^^^^ University of Texas at Austin is on my list.</p>
<p>it's really too bad UCSD only accepts CA residents for its medical scholars program, and its also too bad the UCs are in an economic tailspin along with CA state and unable to hand out aid to OOS students. I might finally choose to apply to USC's BA/MD...</p>
<p>UT-Austin is a great school and there really isn't any reason for you to attend another public school OOS unless Texas doesn't have the program you're looking for. I think your list of reaches is a good one. Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>It sure is, sorry.</p>
<p>I immediately thought of Emory.
Also Rice, it has a program with Baylor, I think 2-3 years at Rice, then a few years at Baylor for med school.</p>