It's already August, but I need some more options.

College Search & Selection
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<p>So I always planned to have my college list finalized by the end of July, but I really don't. I'm interested in science and history the most, and I want to go pre-med. I'm a white (well, Middle Eastern) female from NJ. I prefer urban/suburban schools on the Eastern Seaboard that are medium-sized.</p>

<p>Stats are a ~3.95 GPA, 2200 SAT and 33 ACT (retaking both), decent ECs but nothing outstanding. </p>

<p>Current list includes Penn, Yale, Duke, Vanderbilt, Rochester, Pitt, TCNJ, and maybe Amherst, UVA, and Rice. </p>

<p>Any schools I've overlooked/should take off my list? Thanks so much!</p>

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<p>I have similar stats and in common we have Yale, Duke, Vanderbilt, and UVA. One that you might want to look into is Georgetown… I really love the campus and it’s (as you probably know) a decent school.</p>

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<p>I like the idea of Georgetown, but the whole Catholic thing is a major turn-off. I’m a pretty staunch atheist, haha. But yeah, Georgetown is very appealing minus the religious associations.</p>

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<p>I would add Case Western to your list, it is very often compared to University of Rochester. It has a very strong reputation for premed. It is as “Eastern Seaboard” as many of the other colleges on your list. (i.e Rice, Vanderbilt, Pitt).</p>

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<p>You should add Brown, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins to your list</p>

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Only 50% of the student population is Catholic, and the education isn’t centered on Catholicism whatsoever. It’s actually very diverse… they have Jewish and Muslim chaplans and student organizations as well, for example.</p>

<p>Not that I’m trying to change your mind, just pointing out things that I didn’t know before I had visited.</p>

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<p>Haha well, obviously Rice and Vanderbilt aren’t on the East Coast. Thanks for the suggestion!</p>

<p>I’ll keep looking at Georgetown too.</p>

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<p>I think LACs are great places to be pre-med: Small classes, lots of faculty attention, strong sciences and no cutthroat competition. If Amherst is on your list, consider some of the other top east coast LACs like Middlebury, Bowdoin, Vassar, Swarthmore and Haverford. Middlebury and Bowdoin are in small college towns, but Swarthmore and Haverford are in the Philadelphia suburbs and Vassar is in Poughkeepsie (an urban school but with a large secuded campus).</p>

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<p>shaheirunderdog, I didn’t see your post before, but any reasons why Brown, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins would be good fits?</p>

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<p>^ You mentioned Urban/Suburban setting, East Coast, and Pre-med.</p>

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<p>Are there any schools on your list that you’re SURE you can get into AND sure that you can pay for? </p>

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<p>Yes, TCNJ and Pitt are my safeties.</p>

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<p>Since your pre-med, it’s really a good idea to go where you don’t have to pay too much (unless parents are affluent and can pay for med school too), and you will have a high GPA…and the school has good bio, chem, math, and physics courses.</p>

<p>Remember that pre-med pre-reqs are weeder courses and some/many schools limit the number of A’s given in those courses.</p>

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<p>Don’t worry too much, my college list wasn’t even finished in December! There may be schools you look into more and that grow on you even after you think you have a “finalized list”.</p>

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<p>How about Boston College and Georgetown.</p>

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<p>Check out Tufts.</p>

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<p>Boston College, Georgetown, Duke, University of Chicago, Northwestern, etc.</p>

<p>Also, neither BC nor Georgetown have much of a religious feel to them on campus. I’ve been on both campuses and you can’t really tell they are affiliated with a church.</p>

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<p>Seems like Brown should be on the list.</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone (: do you guys have any suggestions where I have a shot of getting some sort of merit scholarship at?</p>