<p>I am 85% sure I'm going to go on pre-med track as an undergrad (I am a rising senior at the moment), but I don't want to sacrifice a good humanities/liberal arts education at the undergrad university or college I choose. </p>
<p>My hope for my undergrad experience is to grow culturally and intellectually. While I take the classes required for MCATs, I want to be academically stimulated and challenged in English Literature and social sciences classes too (fields I am considering majoring in).</p>
<p>Also I want flexibility in the curriculum so I can fully explore my interests before declaring a major. Right now, in terms of career choices, I'm between journalism and medicine.</p>
<p>I'm open to both mid-sized research universities (<10,000 undergrads) and small LACs (>1,000 undergrads). No rural settings though. OK with large town settings/urban settings. And I want a community, collaborative feel on-campus, but also lots of internship/job opportunities.</p>
<p>Some schools I've been looking at: Brown (PLME), Carleton, Pomona, Emory, Northwestern (Medill), Rice (Rice/Baylor), U.Rochester (REMS), U. Southern Calif. (Liberal Arts/Medical Education 8 year program), and in-state safeties</p>
<p>Rice and U.Rochester are big concerns for me - strong sciences, not so strong humanities I've heard?</p>
<p>I have no idea how pre-med is at USC but I like the goals of the 8 year program.</p>
<p>ANY SUGGESTIONS OF COLLEGES THAT MATCH THESE CRITERIA?? Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!!</p>
<p>Carleton, located in the small town of Northfield, is about 45 min-hr from a major city. If you are open to LACs within driving distance of a city, then there many that would meet your criteria (even, for example, the decidedly rural Grinnell, which is 45 minutes to Des Moines and an hour from Iowa City). </p>
<p>I mention Grinnell in particular because it has outstanding sciences and no distribution requirements, which makes it easy to complete you major in a non-science area. Of course, because Carleton is on the quarter system, that too would add flexibility. I’d also look at Oberlin (about 45 minutes from Cleveland), as well as other top LACs like Haverford, Swarthmore and Vassar.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins. While it may be world famous because of its medical and public health programs (as well as international studies), far fewer people are aware of how good (and how highly ranked) are its humanities and social science departments. For example, did you know that the field of biblical archeology was started in the US at Hopkins and that the Dead Sea Scrolls were authenticated there? Did you know that USNWR rates Hopkins’ writing department as #2 in the country, and English, Art History and History departments in the top 10? Did you know that the term “political science” was coined by Hopkins’ professor of history Henry Baxter Adams? Check it out.</p>
<p>dinosawr – I urge you to look more closely at Rice. Their humanities program is very strong. And having the Texas Medical Center (with its 14 hospitals and 2 medical schools) next to campus is a huge bonus if you’re interested in pre-med since it offers great research opportunities.</p>
<p>Might look at Holy Cross-very good pre-med program. HC just built a $70million science addition. The Holy Cross website has a feature on it about science program and internships. Holy Cross(don’t have to be religious) has nice campus 1 hour from Boston and the school is need blind for financial aid. HC is one of the few LAC"s that has produced a Nobel Prize winner in med.</p>
<p>As New York resident, you should give Cornell a strong look. Yeah, I know that Ithaca is not a metropolis, but at instate rates…think of all the $$ you could save for grad school.</p>
<p>I second Ursinus and would add Rhodes (in Memphis) – If your are competitive for the schools you listed then you should easily walk away with merit money at both of these.</p>
<p>There is a parent poster – forget her name – whose daughter was accepted to Yale undergrad but turned it down for Rhodes with loads of merit. Fast forward, she is now attending medical school at Yale.</p>
<p>I believe Rhodes does work with St. Jude’s Hospital too.</p>
<p>Duke seems an obvious choice. English and classics are exceptionally strong, but the rest of the humanities are very strong as well. Pre-med is, of course, excellent.</p>
<p>Penn is another excellent option if you’re willing to compromise slightly on size. Slightly less selective options include Tufts, Brandeis, Tulane, and Wake Forest. </p>
<p>Many LACs would suit you rather well, I think. Haverford is perhaps the first to come to mind, but there are many other options - Macalester, Goucher, Lewis & Clark, and Trinity (TX), to name a few.</p>
<p>Amherst and Brown–Open Curriculum, so that you can grind through premed requirements without worrying out the additional burden of distribution requirements.</p>
<p>A lot of people are unaware that our humanities department is very strong. Great for premed, and you have the opportunity to dabble in a lot of different fields as well. </p>
<p>You’re welcome to PM me if you have any questions</p>
<p>Stats - 33 ACT; 740 CR, 740 M, 780 W in SAT</p>
<p>I’m pretty positive I’m applying to Emory, but I was a little concerned that it is too pre-professional/competitive/science oriented/school-spirit lacking. I’m still applying though - I like that 50% of students double major (I might double major in journalism and a science), located near big city, lots of research/internship opportunities, etc.</p>
<p>I come from a pretty competitive, huge, apathetic/detached, urban HS. I really want undergrad to be the traditional experience - community feel, campus-centered, collaborative/not cut-throat.</p>
<p>I feel like Brown is perfect and it’s hard for me to find other schools like it that are less of a reach.</p>
<p>I agree with Wash U, and would emphasize Vandy and Tulane. If you have a pretty high UW GPA to go with those great SAT scores, you might have a really good shot at full tuition scholarship at Tulane. Not clear if money is an issue for you.</p>
<p>The top rural LACs have really tight alumni associations, active career centers, and are often the ‘biggest player’ in their communities, so I wouldn’t discount them for lack of internships and job opportunities. You won’t have the range of choices that an urban area would offer, I suspect, but you won’t have the competition either.</p>