You might like Colorado College. Also, the University of Colorado.
@Publisher usually schools with students that have exceptional intellect tend to facilitate what i am given to understand is a cutthroat premed culture. that is what i am worried of, not challenging academics.
thanks for those lists though, ill make sure too stay away from those universities!
@Publisher also I am not avoiding high end elite schools because I dont want to work hard, i know premed is hard, i just dont want to work hard for nothing, Malcolm Gladwell’s Theory is very interesting and it explains how top level students shouldn’t go to top schools and should instead position themselves in situations where they are the big fish in the small pond. (i highly suggest it as a good read)
@Student1928 if the end game is healthcare go to a school for fit and get a 3.8gpa +, do well on the MCAT, and get in medschool lol.
Good read and I agree!!
My ENT went to Univ of Houston and Dermatologist Texas State the end game is getting in med school and gpa and mcat is all that matters.
Rice University is consistently at or near the top of Princeton Review’s rankings for happiest students, overall quality of life, and race/class interaction. It boasts an inclusive and collaborative environment (due in part to the residential college system), and in general it seems to attract applicants who are smart, well rounded, and just plain “nice.”
The campus is beautiful, and Houston is a happening town (museums, classical and popular music, great food scene, robust business and research environment, etc.). Rice is also historically very strong in pre-medical education. Your stats would make you a competitive applicant.
I’d put Haverford on the happy friendly students list.
TBH, I don’t think you need to even leave the state of Virginia. There are plenty of suburban campuses full of happy-go-lucky students all over the state that will set you up for the MCATs, starting with U of Richmond. Add, Virginia Commonwealth University. Further west but nor entirely without its perks is Virginia Tech, ranked seventh for Happiest Students by Princeton Review. I think you’d be very happy at Washington and Lee, too.
@Student1928 medical schools are pretty meritocratic. They care about MCAT and GPA (particularly in relevant subjects) and you need to check the other boxes. My point on GPA is the top schools tend to have significantly higher GPAs on average, so the average graduate will have that advantage in applying to medical school. They also tend to do well on MCATs because SAT/ACT is a pretty good predictor, and admits have high SATs on average. Not surpisingly, then, top schools tend to have a significantly higher percentage of grads going on to medical school (on a per capita basis). You can see on this site if you look at this data, that top schools have a significantly higher percentage of their graduates applying.
Maybe you should consider Emory. We have a decent Chem program and Princeton Review gave us the #1 spot for quality of life.
https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=best-quality-life
If you don’t trust the ranking, you have to visit and decide for yourself.
I’ve read somewhere that Rhodes College has some sort of happiest student ranking, it is also known for pre-med with connections to St. Jude, and also the campus is top ranked for beautiful.
With your grades, you could get some very good scholarships. Check out Alabama, Texas State, TCU and Baylor.
Oklahoma, Iowa, Rice, Georgetown, Mississippi, Auburn, South Florida.