Does anyone know an schools simular to UIUC

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<p>I really like this school, it is my first choice but I need a few more schools to apply to. Anyone know schools simular to UIUC??</p>

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<p>Similar in what way(s)?</p>

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<p>Similar in that they have good psychology programs and a pretty high pre-med placement. I would like to find more schools in the Midwest within about three hours of Chicago that would be good for a B+ student. The school must have good research and volunteer opportunities for the medical field. I want a school that has a larger sort of feel to it as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>UI Chicago, Illinois Wesleyan, Bradley, Loyola.</p>

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<p>[Best</a> Psychology Programs | Top Psychology Schools | US News Best Graduate Schools](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/psychology-rankings]Best”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/psychology-rankings)</p>

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<p>pretty high pre-med placement.</p>

<p>Colleges do NOT have “pre-med placement”. The school does not “place” you into SOM and often has little to do with getting accepted.</p>

<p>Getting accepted to med school is about HIGH GPA and strong MCAT scores and your medically related ECs. </p>

<p>Besides, a school’s med school acceptance rate means nothing to an incoming frosh. Most frosh who declare themselves to be pre-med never apply to med school. So, any advertized % of a school’s acceptance rate never includes the fact that 50-75% of their pre-meds never applied to a SOM.</p>

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<p>Take a look at Univ Iowa – a lot of Chicago area kids when we visited, not sure exactly how long the trip is from Chicago. My son was in between a B+ and an A- average, so we were looking at Iowa and Minnesota as matches and UIUC and Wisconsin as reaches. </p>

<p>Admission at Iowa can be readily predicted because Iowa uses the Regents Admission Index – a formula based on gpa, testing, class rank and number of core academic courses taken. You can fill out the RAI online and see if your record generates a high enough score to be admitted. Higher scores for OOS students lead to automatic merit money ($4500 per year). </p>

<p>The health sciences and Med school are on one side of the river, the campus is beautiful, and Iowa City a neat college town.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>Ignore the link in Sparkeye’s post. The rankings are utter nonsense.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the help!</p>