Good Pre-Med/Cognitive Science Schools

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

<p>I'm looking for some new schools to broaden my search; I don't really care where in the US it's located. I'd like a relatively large school (5,000+)..the bigger, the better.
I have a 1910 SAT score, really good extracurriculars (yearbook editor, speech & debate national qualifier, 200+ hours of community service, etc.), and a 91 unweighted/98 weighted GPA.</p>

<p>My prospective list so far is
Rice
UCLA
Northwestern
Berkeley
Carnegie Mellon
UCSD
SUNY Stony Brook
McGill
Purdue
Penn State
Ohio State
Davis
UMaryland
JMU
Wisconsin-Madison
Franklin & Marshall
Urbana Champaign</p>

<p>Are there any other schools that people would suggest for premed/cogsci/neurosci? The premed program is the most important. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Berkeley would be a VERY good choice for you, and I think you would recieve admission based on your previous chance thread.</p>

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<p>Your SAT scores are somewhat low for some of the schools on your list.</p>

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<p>Rochester
Pittsburgh</p>

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<p>Tufts, Holy Cross</p>

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<p>F&M could be a good choice for you. Good pre-med rep and advising. In addition, very good psych department. However, it’s smaller than you are looking for - about 2,100 students.</p>

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<p>Are you instate for Calif? </p>

<p>Will you be testing again?</p>

<p>How much will your parents pay each year? If you don’t know ask.
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If your parents won’t pay full freight, then you need to take off most/all of the OOS publics on your list because they won’t be affordable.**</p>

<p>If you are out of state for these schools and your parents won’t pay all costs then these schools will be unaffordable. These schools cost $35k-45k per year for an OOS student.</p>

<p>Purdue
Penn State
Ohio State
UMaryland
Wisconsin-Madison
Urbana Champaign</p>

<p>If you’re not instate for Calif, then take those schools off unless your parents will pay for them.</p>

<p>What is your SAT breakdown? If your M+CR SAT is high enough then there might be some OTHER schools that would offer you scholarships.</p>

<p>Once we know your financial situation and know your M+CR SAT, we can recommend some schools for you.</p>

<p>Thankfully, there are many, many schools that are good for pre-med.</p>

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<p>Replace Penn State and CMU with Pitt or Penn for premed/neuroscience. Drop JMU. You can’t go wrong with any of the UC schools on your list. UCLA, UCSD, and Cal are all excellent.</p>

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<p>U Minnesota:
[Dept</a> of Neuroscience - Undergraduate Program](<a href=“http://www.neurosci.umn.edu/prog_ug.html]Dept”>http://www.neurosci.umn.edu/prog_ug.html)</p>

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<p>I’d also look at University of Washington, Washington University in St. Louis, Case Western, Michigan, Johns Hopkins, North Carolina, and Duke, depending on where your final stats end up.</p>