How do I narrow down my list?

Okay, these lists are huge and varied. If a college is good it usually has a good pre-med program, so don’t worry about that - you can go to med school from anywhere.

You need to make some decisions about preferences just like any other student would. Do you prefer a smaller environment, a medium-sized one, or a larger one? Do you want to be in an urban location, a rural one, or something in-between? Do you want to cheer for the team, discuss philosophy in your dorm room at night, or both? (They’re not mutually exclusive.) Deciding what you want in a college will help you narrow down these lists.

There are some excellent schools on these lists - Occidental College, USC, Connecticut College, American University, George Washington University, New College of Florida, University of Florida, Agnes Scott (if you’re a young woman), Knox College, Bard College, Fordham University, RIT, Skidmore College, Elon University, Case Western, College of Wooster, Willamette University, Bucknell, Dickinson, Duquesne, Drexel, Gettysburg, Franklin & Marshall, Lafayette, Villanova, Furman, Sewanee-University of the South, Bennington, University of Richmond, University of Puget Sound, Lawrence University, and Beloit College all stand out. There are some other good to great ones on the list, too.