ok, let me think on those issues. Temple actually has close to 20K students wiht many at the main campus so i am not sure it would count as medium sized but i agree with you, it is a good safety school. i think it would be a best match for you if you were in the honors program. if you want to message me for more details on that, feel free. northeastern is not a bad choice other than its price tag. so run its costs on northeasterns’ net price calculator to see it fit your budget. but be careful because i don;t know if you can get financial aid for semesters when you coop, i remember hearing that about being an issue at Drexel, which also has coops. practically speaking though, if you could swing it, doing coops during undergrad would be good because it would give you a break from 100 percent academics, which will get tiring with med school on top of 4 years of college.
Regarding Temple, on campus is great! fun and plenty to do. however, it is surrounded on 3 sides by some of the worst areas in the country so you have to be wise going off campus and travelling, the medical school is about 20 blocks north of main campus or about one to two miles, a lot of kids take the subway to get to the med school beacuse it’s the quickest but there is also a campus shuttle that can get you to and from the med school.
i would think michigan is a great choice too although that may be bigger than what you want. i don’t know if rpi is good with premed but it is certianly a good stem school. Also, i can’t remember what town it’s in. still, it is a highly respected stem school so it should have plenty of research options. kenyon may be a lot smaller than you want and i am taking a stab in the dark there because i have more about it;s liberal arts, theatre. etc. Still, it seems to be a very good school that takes care of its students so it could be choice. youd certainly want to check its premed strenght though.
Syracuse and pitt would also be good options. i think your stats are good enough for pitt although i have heard they like to see the equivalent of a 680 on math subtest for its stem programs. your ACT is below their scholarship criteria and honestly, my kid did not get a scholarship at pitt with a 33 ACT so don’t hold your breath for a scholarship at pitt. i heard some kids got a scholarship with a 32 though but most of what i saw were 34-36. pitt offers strong sciences, research, etc., and there is a lot of medicine in pittsburgh so it should be a great city and school for undergrad research, they alos have a guaranteed premed program so you could look into the stats for it. i’d say its a medium large school, a great place to go to school. and live, and you can get aroiund pittsburgh, esp if you have a car, easier then you can get aroind philly. plus pittsburgh is smaller than philly, which also helps wiht travelling around the city.
Temple’s location btw is great for public transporation but the area around it is rough so you have to be careful travelling i’d say after 10pm. that would be far less of an issue in pittsburgh. Temple has a subway stop on campus so if you had a research gig at a center city hospital, it would be very easy to get back and forth but be careful on your travel times, i mentioned the med school already and if you were there late, i would think it would be wiser to take shuttle back as i would not want to take the subway through between main campus and the med school after a certain hour(i am guessing 8pm, maybe earlier). the area between the main campus and the med school is very bad and although the Temple hospital is nice and very safe(i am assuming the med schoool is where the hospital is), even 3 steps off Temple properly, and it;s dangerous again.
