<p>Hey. I'm an international student from Australia with an SAT 2050 though I'm planning to retake it. I'm pretty sure I want to major in Biochemistry, maybe with a Classics minor. What schools would be good safeties?
I'm an international table tennis player, grade 8 violinist, diploma grade pianist, above average grades, some community service.</p>
<p>Just wanna get a rough idea seeing as I'm not too familiar with the schools :)</p>
<p>A safety must be affordable. How much will your parents pay each year?</p>
<p>What is your M+CR score</p>
<p>Money isn’t an issue since my parents are deadset on America as am. M+CR is 1380</p>
<p>“as deadset as I am” doesn’t mean they can pay $60,000 per year… Can they?
If they can, you have lots of choices.
If they can’t, you need to know how much they can pay for each year of your undergraduate education: the list we could suggest would be different from the list for a “full pay international”.
If you take the SAT once more, do you think you could get above 1400? Because that’d open nice merit aid in many places, regardless of need.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>I agree.</p>
<p>Ask your parents if they’re willing to spend $60k per year for you to go to college here. They may not know how expensive it is here. </p>
<p>That said, if money is no object for them, then you’ll have some good choices.</p>
<p>Tell us more about the kind of colleges you like.</p>
<p>I don’t like to say money is no object, but they are willing to pay 60k a year.
I don’t want the college to be in a region that’s hot all year around, that saying, I don’t mind if it has four seasons - especially snow, I love snow.
I don’t want a women’s college, I’m okay with any size, I want a curriculum that will allow me to explore different subject areas but I want the college to have a strong science focus. I’m planning to do premed, so it would be great if the school has a good reputation for premed.</p>
<p>And yes, I will probably get above 1400</p>
<p>If you want a college that will help you study different subject areas I would look into some liberal arts colleges such as—
Union
Skidmore
Hamilton
Lewis and Clark
Clark
Bates
Franklin and Marshall
Muhlenberg
Colby</p>
<p>Holy Cross is the most well-known LAC for Classics and it’s excellent for science. In addition, its classics majors have gone on to med school and they have classics majors-only scholarships (merit-based, not need-based), but you’d need to take the Latin SAT2.</p>
<p>This said: premed is not a major. It’s a set of required classes that American med schools require/recommend, including biology, biochemistry, math, chemistry, physics, neuroscience, English, psychology, sociology, and some classes with a diversity focus. However it’s very very very difficult for internationals to study in an American med schools; some do not accept international applicants and many want a proof that you can pay all 4 years of med school. Med schools like students who can handle a non-scientific major AND get high grades in all the premed core classes (hence the success of Classics Majors from Holy Cross).</p>
<p>Other schools with strong science programs and strong classics programs: Reed, Beloit, or Connecticut College would be matches rather than a safety; SUNY Binghamton, U Cincinatti, UNC Greensboro, and Ohio University in Athens are definite safeties for you (check to see how feasible it is to do both, and the criteria for the Honors Colleges); for LAC safeties: Gettysburg and Knox (there are probably others among the larger LACs ranked 50-75).</p>
<p>Rochester has a strong medical school and they have a curriculum that allows you to specialize in other areas.</p>
<p>Did you ask for several feet of snowfall or for periodic dustings?</p>
<p>Do you know that it’s nearly impossible for int’l students to go to med school in the US? </p>
<p>Int’ls can find it easy to be accepted to undergrad here in the US, but very, very, very few int’ls are ever accepted to our med schools. The purpose of US med schools is to educate future American doctors. The rare int’ls that get accepted have amazing hooks or are maybe thisclose to having citizenship. </p>
<p>so it would be great if the school has a good reputation for premed.</p>
<p>There is no undergrad in the US that will make a difference in getting accepted to med school for you. </p>
<p>Frankly, I don’t think it’s the best decision to spend $200k+ for an undergrad degree here if your goal is med school.</p>