<p>Chance me bu.</p>
<p>Female
Asian
Competitive Private Highschool (98% out of 450ish go to four year colleges)
Unweighted GPA=3.9
Our School doesn't weight or rank</p>
<p>I'm taking a pretty hard course load. I mean, I guess it could be a little harder, but I'm in the highest levels of everything, and I do have a life you know.</p>
<p>SAT: 2110 (790 math (ya know; just joking), 700 Writing, 620 Reading)
SATII: Math 2=760
Chemistry=780
US=710 </p>
<p>Waiting on Chem and US AP scores.</p>
<p>Extracirriculars: NHS, Volleyball (captain), Track and Field, Key Club (event organizer), Outdoor Education Counsellor, Japanese Tutor, Math Tutor, Volleyball Junior Assistant Coach, Chem Honors and AP Chem Awards</p>
<p>Thinking about majoring in biology and doing something with animals. </p>
<p>Some of the colleges I'm thinking about (no order):
Upenn
Cornell
Washington U Saint Louis
Notre Dame
U Chicago
Stanford</p>
<p>I'm not planning to go ED on any of them, but definately EA to those which take it.</p>
<p>Any other suggestions are much welcome :) I want a bigger university, with people who are pretty nice (although I know you can't really generalize the student body). I would also like to be in a city, so there are lots of things to do on weekends and such. </p>
<p>Jahbless.</p>
<p>Not chancing, because I'm not very experienced with that and I'm sure others can provide more beneficial advice, sorry D:</p>
<p>If you're a CA resident, UC Davis provides an Animal Science major and their own veterinarian school to intern and eventually practice at. </p>
<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/515790-good-schools-pre-vet.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/515790-good-schools-pre-vet.html</a> <- This thread also provides a huge list of schools that provide pre-vet degrees as well as a few choice recommendations, Purdue being one of them.</p>
<p>I've also heard as Johns Hopkins as being a hotspot for bio, but not so sure for pre-vet, as they usually have the pre-meds flocking there.</p>
<p>By the way, you're an event organizer for your Key Club? I'm just starting out as one for our just established Key Club - how's that been for you?</p>
<p>mmm, well I don't really want to be a vet, but maybe some sort of research or interactive things. Like on animal planet :)</p>
<p>I would also like to study abroad in Australia, but this isn't really that out there.</p>
<p>Key Club is pretty cool. It's not that hard being the event organizer, but it still keeps my email full.</p>
<p>That's true, but think about it this way - usually places with pre-vet degrees have animals to tend :D</p>
<p>Actually, it is - there are quite a few schools that can provide study abroad programs. I'm in California, so the only example I know is UCSD - my phenomenal English teacher studied abroad in OXFORD for her Literature degree for two whole years. Look for programs that support studying abroad as an option in their curriculum.</p>
<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/386694-study-abroad-new-zealand.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/386694-study-abroad-new-zealand.html</a> <- This thread is all about animal-loving study-abroaders in the New Zealand-Australia part of the world. </p>
<p>That's pretty awesome - I'm just hoping to do good and impactful enough events so that people won't confuse us with our Interact Club, sigh. Did you have any events you particularly enjoyed?</p>
<p>yeah, true that on the vet/bio thing. I never really though of that.
I'm sadly not from California, so the UC schools are not as easy for me to get into. Thanks for the link too :)</p>
<p>I think you got a great chance at BU.</p>
<p>we're twins! 780 math, 650 reading. us asian femals..haha.</p>
<p>apply non restrictive EA to chicago, restrictive EA to stanford.</p>
<p>all of your schools are reaches, but that has nothing to do with you. all of those schools are crapshoots. good luck!</p>
<p>i suggest uva and umichigan if you're into big schools like i am :)</p>
<p>You mention biology and research; consider this list of the top undergrad future-PhD producers:</p>
<p>Percent of PhDs in Biology/Health Sciences per undergrad degree
PhDs and Doctoral Degrees: ten years (1994 to 2003) from NSF database
Number of Undergraduates: ten years (1989 to 1998) from IPEDS database
Note: Does not include colleges with less than 1000 graduates over the ten year period </p>
<p>1 California Institute of Technology 5.4%
2 Reed College 4.8%
3 Swarthmore College 4.4%
4 University of Chicago 3.3%
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3.1%
6 University of California-San Francisco 3.1%
7 Harvard University 3.0%
8 Kalamazoo College 3.0%
9 Harvey Mudd College 2.9%
10 Earlham College 2.8%
11 Johns Hopkins University 2.7%
12 Princeton University 2.6%
13 Haverford College 2.6%
14 Mount Holyoke College 2.6%
15 Yale University 2.5%
16 Rice University 2.5%
17 Lawrence University 2.5%
18 Carleton College 2.5%
19 Stanford University 2.5%
20 Oberlin College 2.4%
21 Cornell University, all campuses 2.4%
22 Grinnell College 2.3%
23 Hendrix College 2.3%
24 Bryn Mawr College 2.1%
25 Bowdoin College 2.1%
26 Wellesley College 2.1%
27 Amherst College 2.1%</p>
<p>I don't believe Stanford's SCEA option allows you to apply to another school under their EA program.</p>
<p>Here's what the website says:</p>
<p>Restrictive/Single-Choice Early Action allows you to apply to as many colleges as you want under a regular admission timeframe, but it does require that you not submit an application to any school under another early decision, early action, or early notification program/plan with the following exceptions:</p>
<p>"Students applying to Stanford's Restrictive/Single-Choice Early Action program may apply to:</p>
<p>Any institution, public or private, under a non-binding Rolling Admission option;
Public institutions under a non-binding Early Action program;
Foreign colleges/universities on any application schedule;
Institutions whose early application deadlines are a requirement for consideration for special academic programs or scholarships only if the notification of admission occurs after January 1; and to
Institutions under an Interim Decision program only if the notification of admission occurs after January 1."</p>
<p>Boring I know, but you do need to find a rock solid safety. This is a school that will admit you for certain based on your stats, and that you can pay for with nothing more than any federally determined financial aid for which you qualify. In other words, look at your home state publics and your local community colleges and figure out which would do if you lose the admissions lottery everywhere else. Most of these are rolling admissions so you can apply on September 1 if you want to and not mess up Stanford's SCEA.</p>