Hi everyone!
I’m a rising junior and I’m looking for colleges where I would be offered merit aid. The dream college would…
a. be within 5 hours of NYC
b. have a strong, renowned biomed program
c. give me a merit scholarship or acceptance to honors college
d. have co-ops, internships, and study abroad opportunities
Current List of Colleges:
Tufts, BU, Northeastern (probably wont be able to afford these 3), Bucknell, SUNY at Buffalo, TCNJ, WPI, RPI, Rochester
Objective
UW GPA: 3.64 <-- dont expect it to change too much
Weighted GPA: 4.07
Rank: 10%
SAT I: 1580 (800 Math, 780 Reading)
SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Math II, 740 Biology (M)
PSAT: 1400 (I went in dry)
AP Scores: Biology (4), Calculus BC (?), Physics 1 (?), Seminar (?)
Senior Year Schedule: AP Statistics, AP Spanish Literature, AP Research, Gym, English 4H, AP Physics C- Mechanics, AP Environmental Science
Subjective
- Neuroscience Research- 2 published articles, presented at local and national conferences (10-12)
- Shell EcoMarathon Competition- Captain (10-12)
- Science Olympiad (10-12)
- Habitat for Humanity- President (9-12)
- Student Gov- Class President, School Treasurer (9-12)
- Hospital Volunteering- ~200 hrs by time apps are due (11-12)
Awards: 1st place in a national competition (bio related), going to submit research to ISEF/seimens/JSHS, hopefully NMSF or NMF, some other local/state awards for Sci Oly and stuff
If you guys could suggest some east coast colleges that would provide merit aid, I would reeeeeally appreciate it! Thanks for reading this!