Good Colleges for a B.S. in Nutrition?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi!</p>

<p>I've recently started looking at colleges and was hoping that some of you might have some suggestions for a school with a good nutrition/food sciences program? I'm hoping to double major in Math/Nutrition and maybe go on to medical school. Just to sum up my stats real quick, I have about a 3.7 unweighted GPA with hardest courses possible, 2000 SAT (hopefully 2100-2200 with prep), going to NASA SHARP this summer:), lots of community service, and competed a ton in taekwondo. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I believe Cornell is #1 for nutrition and Tufts is pretty good as well.</p>

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<p>Do you have any geographic preferences? Want a small or large school? Will you need financial aid? I may not be around tommorrow, so I'll just break my list down into large and small schools, but there are others. This list is probably not all-inclusive, it is from Rugg's Recommendations of the Colleges. To find other options, do a google search for "undergraduate nutritional science programs"</p>

<p>Large universities: University of Arizona, University of Alabama, Auburn, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Clemson, Cornell, Colorado State, U of Connecticut, U of Delaware, U of Florida, U of GEorgia, U of Minnesota, U of Missouri, U of New Hamshire, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Greensboro, Oregon State, Ohio State, Oregon State, Purdue, Rutgers, U of Tennessee, Texas A&M, Virginia Polytech, U of Wisconsin-Madison</p>

<p>Smaller schools : Chapman U, Case Western Reserve, Tufts, Russell Sage, SEattle Pacific, Simmons College, Winthrop, Maywood (PA), Marygrove (MI), Dominican U (IL)</p>

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<p>I love University of Wisconsin (Madison) and will be there this summer for NASA SHARP:)</p>

<p>Do you think I would be able to get into Wisconsin Madison if I have a kinda low GPA (3.7 UW)? Also, is University of Wisconsin-Madison really expensive out of state? My parents are paying for my college and I don't want to ask them to pay too much. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>With room and board you're looking at 30K. That's about 7K cheaper then Michigan and 15K cheaper then other comparable private universities.</p>

<p>3.7 GPA UNweighted is a good GPA. If you're ranked in the top 10% of your class and break what the ACT 28 score is on the new SAT.</p>

<p>The intro level Nutritional Science course is VERY difficult, but is taken by people not majoring in Nutri Sci, so I imagine you'd do well.</p>

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<p>Cool, I think while I'm at UW Madison this summer, I'll look around and explore the campus a little. So far, Wisconsin looks perfect! 30k sounds like a lot but maybe I'll try for some scholarships to help.</p>

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<p>Not sure if Penn State has undergrad nutrition, but the woman who wrote Volumetrics is on faculty there. Carolyn do you know?</p>