Then you need to look into test optional schools. Schools like Bryn Mawr and Bard are great places with biochemistry that don’t hold so much to that score.
MODERATOR’S NOTE
OP have further defined his wants and needs, which I have merged from another post.
-skieurope
I have a 4.43 GPA weighted, 4.0 unweighted. I have a 1930 SAT score.
Must:
Have a campus and not be ridiculously urban (excluding BU)
Encourage research and have a biochemistry major
Be above 4,000 enrolled students
Not be unbelievably rural
With access to a city relatively nearby
Safeties: UConn, Providence College, UVM, and U Maryland College Park
Probable: BC, BU, UC San Diego, George Washington U, Northeastern, Pepperdine, Villanova, University of Washington, UC Davis, UCSB, University of San Diego, and RPI.
Reach: Brown, UC Berkeley, Tufts, UPenn, MIT, UVA, University of Michigan, and Duke
If anyone could help me with information to rule out schools for a biochemistry major, that would be much appreciated. I am very open to suggestions on shifting schools around in ranges. Thanks!
No school accepts anyone “on a whim.” It is naive to think that they do. They either accept students based on a matrix of gpa and test scores (large state schools, primarily) or carefully SELECT their incoming class. You are fortunate that you will not have to worry about money. This opens up a lot of good schools that either do not require test scores or where your scores put you in the running. Your GPA is very strong so you’ve probably for a very good shot at the test optional schools. But you really have to understand that about half of the schools on your list are in a position to cherry pick from tens of thousands of applicants. They aren’t going to take a chance on a whim simply because they don’t NEED to.
Take off all the Ivies and top publics and privates, your SAT score is way to low for these. Take off Cambridge and Oxford too(also you can only apply to one Oxbridge school)
I would also recommend that you look into test-optional schools.
Here is a list: http://www.fairtest.org/university/optional