Help Me Make a list of colleges

College Search & Selection
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Hi, I am a little undecided about where I want to apply to, and how many schools I should apply to. I am thinking a major in computer science with a pre-med path, and planning on doing research, internships, etc in prep for med school.

I don’t really understand how my school’s GPA system fits in with the norm so I’ll just post my grades.

Fr. All Honors
Bio- A
Geometry- A-
US History I- B+
Freshman English- A-
French II- A
Intro to Comp Sci- A
Phys Ed- Uhh? Does it matter?

Sophomore. All honors except health which is required CP I
Chem- A-
Algebra II- A
US History II- A-
Intro to Lit- A-
French III- A-
Comp Sci I- A
Health- A
Phys Ed- ???

Junior. All Honors and AP
AP Bio- A
AP Comp Sci- A
AP World History- B+
French IV- B+
American Lit- B+
Pre-Calc- A-

Upcoming Senior Schedule All AP and Honors
AP Stats
AP Calc BC
AP Chem
AP Psych(might change)
Anatomy and Phys
British Lit

SAT: 1960 (R660, M680, W680)

Honors/Awards
NHS- Grades 11
Saint Michael’s Book Award- Grade 11
Honors Roll- Grades 9-11
1st Degree Black Belt in Kempo- Grade 10
World Martial Arts Federation (WMAF) Tournament Spring 2015
Black Belt Weapons Division- 3rd place
Black Belt Open Hand Form Division- 3rd place

ECs
Martial Artist since 4th Grade, have been in the adult’s class since 8th grade
Med Career Club since 9th grade, hoping to become president in 12th grade
Model UN- grades 11-12
Went to St Johns Prep Conference- December 2014
BHS Robotics Team- Grades 11-12
Biotech Club- grades 11-12
Italian Club- grades 10-12

Volunteering
Hospital volunteer- should have more than 200hrs soon, started the summer after sophomore year
I have been helping teach younger students in my martial arts school since I am part of the adults class, dont really know how many hours.
WMAF messenger- 2 hours
Ushering- 4 hours
Youth Track- 2 hours

Sports
Spring Track all four years, varsity junior year
Winter track all but freshman year
Football freshman and sophomore year
My track team was league champ my freshman and sophomore year both seasons, and we won state relays last spring in my jr year, I competed then.

I don’t know if this matters but my parents are immigrants from India and I am a 1st gen college student.

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Great pre med programs:

Tulane- Match might get merit money too
U of Miami - Match
Colgate- Match
Bucknell- Match
Bates- High match /low low reach (test scores)
Emory- Low low reach (test scores)
Franklin and Marshall - Low match/safety???
Bowdoin- Low reach (test scores)
Case Western- Match
Colby - Match
Holy Cross- Match
NYU- High match
U of Rochester- Match

A lot of these schools are liberal arts colleges so you might not get the research you’re looking for and some don’t have comp sci but I wouldn’t recommend comp sci if you truly want to go to med school. Med schools only care about your gpa, MCATS, and ECs. That’s it. They don’t take into account how difficult the school you went to was or how hard your major is. A 3.9 philosophy major would easily get in over a 3.6 comp sci major.

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By the way, your uw gpa is a 3.77-3.78 (3.83 freshman, 4.0 sophomore, and 3.5 junior) but why didn’t you include gym? Did you do badly in it or something?

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@MegaMetalHead99
I honestly don’t know what I got in terms of A,B,etc, but I got an “H” freshman year, a “P” sophomore year, and an “H” junior year for gym, I think H means Honors, and P means pass. So they would probably only slightly increase by gpa correct? Btw i live in massachusetts

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SATs? 1960 or 2020?

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Oh my bad, 640 CR, 660 M, 660W, but I am planing on taking it again after studying hard this summer and getting 2000 or even breaking 2100. Realistically, how much better can a 1960 go up in two months?

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A parallel OP reported going from a 1980 to a 2160. With focused preparation, a lot is apparently possible.

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How much can your family afford? There is no point in compiling a list of colleges before you know your budget. What state are you a resident off? What else are you looking for in a school - and what constraints do you have, if any (re distance from home, etc…)

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I’m a resident of MA, and I’m looking for a school with ample research and internship opportunity in preparation for med school, while I pursue a major in computer science. Money is not an issue for the most part for undergrad.