Help me find matches PLEASE!

College Search & Selection
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<p>OK, so I'm looking for a private college, preferrably northeast but I'm open to anywhere. I want the setting to be in a college town, NOT a big city. Prestige is important to me, and I'm planning on doing premed (biochemistry).</p>

<p>SAT I Scores:
CR: 650
M: 680
W: 690</p>

<p>I'm taking SAT II Biology and Math 2 on October 4, and my projected scores are probably around 730.</p>

<p>ACT: 31</p>

<p>Class Rank: 57/1298 (I go to the largest high school in the state of Texas)</p>

<p>I'm in NHS, SNHS, FFA, and I do a couple hours of community service a week. I've also held a consant job since the middle of my sophomore year.</p>

<p>I've got excellent letters of recommendation from my math and english teacher.</p>

<p>So what are your thoughts on good schools for me? Reaches, matches, and safeties?</p>

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<p>Here are a bunch of schools to get you started... </p>

<p>In my top group for biochem I would suggest you consider Bowdoin, Carleton, Grinnell, Haverford, Reed, Swarthmore, Wesleyan, and Williams.</p>

<p>Also, you might think about Amherst, Bates, Colby, Conn. College, Colgate, Denison, Dickinson, Franklin & Mashall, Hamilton, Kenyon, Lawrence, Macaelster, Trinity (CT), Vassar</p>

<p>If you are female, I'd also suggest Bryn Mawr, Mt. Holyoke, Smith, and Wellesley.</p>

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<p>Look up NESCAC. They're a bunch of new england schools that are harder to get into. Liberal arts education and are on the smaller end of the population scale. I know middlebury has a pop. of only 2k.</p>

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<p>thank you both so much! I really like Middlebury, Bowdoin, and Trinity.</p>

<p>One question though. I saw that Middlebury is really well known for its language program, but how is its science program? Is it equally as good?</p>

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<p>Add Bucknell.</p>

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<p>Middlebury's science programs are excellent and are getting better every year. The college spent a lot of money building Bicentennial Hall, which is one of the premier science facilities in New England.</p>

<p>McCardell</a> Bicentennial Hall at Middlebury College (RJO's Views)</p>

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<p>Colgate...</p>

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<p>Boston University
A BU rep just came to my school the other day that graduated from BU. He says that Boston is a college city with I think 60% of the population as college students. They have Biochemistry as a major and also a 7 year accelerated program for medical school.</p>

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<p>Holy Cross nice campus with strong pre-med program. HC is 1 hour from Boston.</p>

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<p>if you want to stay somewhat south - for that warmer weather check out Davidson, Mercer</p>

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<p>Middlebury's language program is incredible. The science program, while good, is not its equal.</p>

<p>You don't specify school size. Larger schools with large college towns/small cities include, SUNY Binghamton, UVM, UVA, and Cornell. Binghamton and UVM would be safeties, the other two high matches, low reaches.</p>

<p>Smaller schools in large college towns/small cities include Lafayette, Lehigh, Bates, Colby, Holy Cross, Clark, RPI, and WPI. RPI and WPI are technical schools where females are in demand, and would probably be safeties. The Maine and Pennsylvania schools would be matches.</p>

<p>Smaller colleges with small college towns: Colgate, Bucknell, Hamilton, Gettysburg, Dickinson, Franklin and Marshall, and Goucher. Colgate and Hamilton would be high matches, the others low matches/safeties.</p>

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<p>I second Smith College. Smith is a wonderful place and is known for small classes, academic excellence, terrific advising and mentoring, and available, committed professors. It has an open curriculum, and great science and premed, as well as liberal arts. </p>

<p>Also, Smith is part of a 5-college consortium (with Amherst, Hampshire, Mt. Holyoke and Univ Mass). You can take classes at any, and there is a free shuttle bus to get to classes and activities at the other campuses. </p>

<p>BTW, Smith no longer requires SAT or ACT scores for US applicants.</p>