help! here are my stats. what col/univ should I apply to?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Kudos to the fabulous people who respond to these posts! Please tell me what colleges I should look into, and my chances at getting in . . . (Princeton Review's Counselor-O-Matic didn't give me what I had expected)</p>

<p>I just finished junior year, class of '06. Asian female from regular old public high school. Will take out as many loans as needed unless I don't get accepted into good enough schools to be worth the money.</p>

<p>4.0 on 4.0 scale unweighted, my h/s does not weight. Thus, I am one of 15 ranked 1rst out of 500+</p>

<p>APs:
World History - 4
Biology
English
Macroeconomics,
U.S. Government (scores come back in July . . .)</p>

<p>SATs: highest in one sitting and combined is 1530/1600, 740V, 790M
And I'm planning on taking the new one in October</p>

<p>SATIIs:
World History - 750
Biology
Latin
Math IIc (taking on 6/4)</p>

<p>PSATs: 206 sophomore year, 232 junior year</p>

<p>Next year's schedule:
AP English
AP Calculus
AP American history
AP Music Theory
Orchestra
Chamber strings
Physics Honors (AP not offered, and taking this online to avoid the teacher on campus and optional morning hour)</p>

<p>EC: 67 hours of community service so far, Midwest orchestra, All-County since 7th grade, All-State 2 years, Solo & Ensemble superiors and MPA festival superiors 3 years, math competitions through FAMAT and Mu Alpha Theta (placed in regionals), Latin competitions from Districts through Nationals, member NHS, member and president of school NJCL club, member Mu Alpha Theta 2 years, Odessey of the Mind 3 years (1rst at regionals every year, 5th at state one year)</p>

<p>Planning on majoring in Biology/entering an accelerated medical program (as if I would be accepted), possibly minoring in Music.</p>

<p>Please let me know if there's anything I left out. A thousand Thank Yous.</p>

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<p>...bumping... wow, this thread feels like a loser...</p>

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<p>What do you mean by Princeton Review's Counselor-O-Matic didn't give you what you expected? It seems like you already have some schools in mind. Can you be more specific about what you're looking for (location, social atmosphere, size)? As for combined med programs, they're extremely competitive to get into. You really should have some medical-related EC's, such as hospital volunteering/ bio research, shadowing doctors, etc.</p>

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<p>Well, it's a bit tough to gauge without knowing your preferences for college. Urban, suburban, or rural? Large university, mid-sized university, or LAC? West Coast, East Coast, South, or Midwest? Intellectual atmosphere or preprofessional atmosphere? I'll be happy to respond as soon as I know what you're looking for in a school =)</p>

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<p>Well, I've never heard of any of the match schools, whereas I had expected that at least some of the match schools would be ones I have at least heard of because they're supposed to send mail stuff only to prospective students, and my academics should fit their requirements. Further, I had not considered Emory a reach school, but perhaps I was underestimating; this is just not what I had expected regardless of the practicality of my whims. And also, I had not expected MIT and CIT, though that was because I did not enter info specific to primary care majors specific to surgery and ER occupations as opposed to lab/research work, since I hate research. And finally, I had expected a few more Florida schools as safeties, rather than the zero that came up. Again, I had not heard of any of these schools, and my expectations were that safeties were supposed to be actively recruiting you or something, since the chances are so high that you'll get in, right?</p>

<p>Location: Northeast-ish? Not that I'll turn down Rice for a much less fitting NE school.
Social atmosphere: All schools drink, and lots have Greek life, though I'd like to avoid both. As long as the student body isn't more than 75% Republican, I'll at least live. I'd prefer a more liberal environment.
Size: I think it'll be a shock to me when profs don't give me the specialized attention h/s teachers usually offer, so I'd like classes <100, though I think wherever I end up, I'll learn to deal with the class sizes no matter how large, and grab a taste of the so-called real world. :) Thanks for your interest, ForeverZero. :D</p>

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<p>My family is the type that puts academic-compatibility first, and we pretty much zone-out the other stuff. I know wherever I go it's going to be a huge debate with my parents though, who would ship me straight off to Harvard or JHU if I got accepted, in a heartbeat, regardless of how I'd feel about it. But I know, I'll have to live there for 4 years, not them. So there you have it. :/</p>

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<p>P.S. I don't mind rural even though I live in a suburban community, and I would LOVE an intellectual atmosphere. And BTW what is a LAC?</p>

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<p>LAC is liberal-arts college, like Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, etc. From what you've posted, I think that Brown seems to be a good fit for you (obviously a reach, but nevertheless worth a shot). It's in the northeast, Ivy league (which should satisfy your parents), intellectual, not too big, and very liberal. On top of that, it has PLME, an eight-year med program, which you should apply to if you definitely want to pursue medicine.</p>

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<p>I concur on Brown. You also might want to take a look at Wellesley and Smith, if you don't mind the all- girls thing; the all- female environment is great preparation for the sciences, from what I've heard, and I believe Wellesley's science department is geared towards premeds. Smith is a great admissions bargain, so it would probably be a match for you. JHU is outstanding for medicine, but the environment is definitely more conservative and cutthroat, so you'd have to visit to see if you'd like it. Brandeis might also be a good match. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advice. Is Brown really that much of a reach? I mean, obviously from all the stats I've seen on CC alone, there are some amazing students out there, but I kinda thought my creds were pretty good ... :)</p>

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<p>The Ivies are a reach for anyone. I think you have a great shot, especially if you apply ED, but there are no guarantees.</p>

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<p>Very true. Thanks again, ForeverZero.</p>

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<p>A friend of my daughters got a full scholarship to Drexel into a 7 year medical program. I don't know much about it but she was also active in a local chamber orchestra and played cello and I know that Drexel has a music engineering major....... Something you might want to look into. </p>

<p>If you need Financial Aid, the key is to be the top of the application pool, not a match. A college that you may not have heard of but has a an excellent admit rate to med school is Juniata College in Pennsylvania. They also give very good fin aid.</p>

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<p>Might look at Holy Cross-very good LAC 1 hour from Boston. Also Holy Cross- very strong in pre-med and classics-HC offers full merit aid for some classics scholarships.</p>

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<p>Carnegie Mellon University
Johns Hopkins University
Northwestern University
Oberlin College
Rice University
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Rochester
Yale University</p>