<p>I am planning on majoring in bio/premed and minoring in French... what are some good schools that I have a shot at????
I am a high school junior. I have a 4.3 on a 4.0 scale (3.98 unweighted). I am ranked 20 in a class of 530. I have won awards for my academics and a few of my literary works have been selected to appear in my school's literary magazine. I am vice president of our school's Diversity Club, corresponding secretary of History Club, and a member of Art Club (I will join NHS next year also). I participate in artistic roller skating, and practice about three hours everyday; with this I have won seven national and regional metals. For community service, I work as an assistant for my former chemistry teacher Wednesday's after school, I volunteer at the Michigan Humane Society every weekend, I teach a roller skating for beginners class, and when I turn sixteen I will start volunteering and job shadowing at the hospital near my house. Also, this summer I am doing a medical program at Michigan Tech, next summer I will probably do a study abroad or something like that.
I know I will have great recs, and I am taking the ACT for the first time in September.</p>
<p>Do you have preferences between the following:
-Big vs small?
-University vs LAC?
-Urban, suburban, rural?</p>
<p>Also, where in the country do you want it to be?</p>
<p>I am looking for a school with small class sizes, diversity, and not rural... and of course has a great science program... also I prefer a school that's in the east, midwest, or south. Thanks, any advice would be great.</p>
<p>I think you should go on Collegeboard or Princeton Review and use their college search engines.</p>
<p>Although I don't know how strong their science program is, I'm going to recommend looking into Swarthmore. Also, although it is rural, Middlebury has really good foreign language departments.</p>
<p>How about Barnard/Columbia?</p>
<p>Washington University in St. Louis, Northwestern, Duke?</p>
<p>Vanderbilt, Emory and Rice are all worth taking a look at</p>
<p>Three quick things.
1. Pre-med is not a major. Entrance into medical school requires taking (I believe) eight courses and doing very well in them. But according to discussions on these boards (see the medical school board) you can major in just about anything.</p>
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<li><p>Majoring in biology is not a requirement for medical school; some people advise against it.</p></li>
<li><p>It's a little early to start seriously thinkg about specific colleges but you certainly can begin thinking. In the end your ACT score will be an important factor in figuring out which colleges you should apply to.</p></li>
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