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College Search & Selection
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I would like to get some suggestions on my College List. I have been trying for months to come up with a list of places to visit over the summer with my parents, but just can’t seem to narrow it down.

I currently live in Mississippi and will be entering my Senior Year of high school. I don’t foresee that I will be eligible for any need based financial aid and am looking for merit based scholarships. I would like to attend a great pre-med program and have my parents save their money to help with med school. Looking for places that offer good opportunities for internships and research.

I really don’t have a preference as for as location yet, because I have not been to visit any yet. I just need to start somewhere and hoping someone on here can point me in the right direction.

Here are my stats:

ACT: 34
Currently Ranked #5 in a class of 327 at Public High School.

EC: 4 Yr. Varsity Girls Soccer, Varsity Archery, Varsity Tennis. Select Team Soccer Player for past 5 years.
Member of Student Council; Key Club; National Honor Society; Mu Alpha Theta; State Science Olympiad; BETA Club, etc. Current Member of JABOS Crown Club which is a Community Service Volunteer Program. Member of the 2016 Class of the Harrison County Junior Leadership Program.

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URochester?

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The Seven sisters and Scripps, St Olaf, Skidmore, Dickinson, Muhlenberg, Denison, Kenyon, Grinnell, Wheaton MA…

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Smith college

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Case western, u rochester

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Are you looking to play soccer in college? if yes, there are a bunch of great Midwest LAC’s that would provide an opportunity to be a student-athlete as well - Carleton, Grinnell, Kenyon, Oberlin come to mind, with the last three giving merit based aid.

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If your career goal is in patient care, good opportunities for research are not an EC you really need to consider. Research is not a “must” EC for med school and to participate in research just to check off a box will not help you. When you visit schools, ask about opportunities that involve patient care (eg volunteering in nursing homes, hospice, etc). Good luck.

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Miami University. (Don’t know about internships and research there though.)