Looking for more east coast schools, please help!

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<p>What are some more schools for pre medicine located anywhere on the East Coast (minus florida and Maine) or a few states to the west of New York, but not too far lol. These are my stats, not the only thing is i only have SAT I and an ACT of 27, so whatever schools they are the SAT II has to be optional.</p>

<p>SAT- 1910 (630 reading, 630 writing, 650 math) Im gonna retake this though. I want 2000+</p>

<p>3.8 GPA- 2nd decile in a VERY competative high school in New York. Nationally known HS. </p>

<p>English 9h
Math 1h
Spanish</p>

<p>Bio H, Math II H, Principles of Engineering, English 10, CAD, Spanish II, Global History H</p>

<p>*CAD-computer aided design, engineering course</p>

<p>Chemistry, Math III, English 11, Spanish III, CAD II, Global History H (2nd part), Critical Health Issue (Honors Health course)</p>

<p>AP Physics, Spanish 200-201 H, Math 12 (Pre Calc), AP American History, College Business Law H, Social Physc, Public Speaking, Journalism (English electives because i finished a year early)</p>

<p>AP Micro economics, AP Macro, AP calc, AP Stats, AP Bio, AP art history, AP Lit, Public Policy H (required for graduation)</p>

<p>I also do alot of extracurricular stuff including: (the starred ones are my hooks, or at least i think they are)</p>

<p><strong><em>Ambulance Corps</em></strong>** My most Important and valued EC
-1500+ hours of community service
-Secretary of youth division-1yr
-1st Lieutenant-1 yr
-Captain-1 yr
-County Youth member of the year award given by countywide EMS and government representatives</p>

<p>***started a youth chapter of the American Red Cross...first ever in my county we organize blood drives and do courses for the little ones (more community service in addition to the 1500)</p>

<p>-Superintendant Advisory Council (4 years. It is a 2 year term and you must<br>
be chosen through an application process by the Superintendant of the
district. There are only 3 students per grade. All together in a district of
about 5000 High School students, 24 are in this.)
-JSA for 3 years
-National History Day 2 years-Placed 3rd one year
-president and vice president of Engineering Club for 3 years
-President of Red Cross for 2 years
-Headed a fundraiser as Red Cross Prez which raised $1000 for Hurricane
relief in Florida
-National Honor Society for two years
-National Archives honorable mention
-science achievement award (chem)
-Social Studies achievement award (3 years)
-Math National Honor society (Mu Alpha Theta 3 years)
-Spanish Honor Society
-Citizenship Award
-played hockey for 2 years in HS
-physics bowl
-camp counselor 2 years
-shadowing a plastic surgeon
-Shadowing ER chief nurse
-nursing home volunteer 2 years
-CPR-AED professionally trained and certified (its not the normal one msot
people get, its more advanced since im in EMS)
-Hazmat certified, Blood Bourne Pathogens certified
-Responded to 600+ emergency 911 calls</p>

<p>Gonna get a rec from a paramedic ive worked with for 3 years, it will be amazing and the plastic surgeon who is chief of plastic surgery at my hospital. </p>

<p>im also gonna have exceptional essays and reccomendations</p>

<p>these are the schools im certain about applying to but i need more. So any suggestions???</p>

<p>George Washington
Penn State
Villanova
Uconn
Boston U</p>

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<p>Here's a suggestion:</p>

<p>Instead of grouping all of your accomplishments in one clump, you should organize them into different sections.</p>

<p>If I were an admissions officer, I would be too dang tired to read through that entire list if it weren't organized better. However, since I'm not an officer, I did read the whole thing, and it would be MUCH better if you organized them into groups.</p>

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<p>point well taken...ok heres an edit</p>

<p>Special Notes</p>

<p>Ambulance Corps*</p>

<p>-1500+ hours of community service
-Secretary of youth division-1yr
-1st Lieutenant-1 yr
-Captain-1 yr
-County Youth member of the year award given by countywide EMS and government representatives
-Responded to over 600 calls</p>

<p>Started first youth chapter of American Red Cross in the County
-President 2 years
-3 Blood Drives
-$1000 fundraiser for hurricane relief
-2 elem school facing fears programs</p>

<p>In school activities</p>

<p>-Engineering club, 2 years (president and VP)
-Superintendant Advisory Council, 4 years, (elected 2 terms, currently serve as HS head rep)
-National History Day, 2 years, 3rd place once
-Physics Bowl
-JSA, 3 years
-Mu Alpha Theta
-National Honor Society
-Spanish Honor Society</p>

<p>Awards/Achievements
-Citizenship Award
-New York State Certified First Responder
-CPR/AED advanced training and certified
-Hazmat, Blood Bourne Pathogens certified
-Science award, chemistry
-National Archives honorable mention
-Social Studies achievement award, 3 years</p>

<p>Out of School Activities
-Nursing home volunteer (2 years)
-Shadowing ER chief nurse
-Shadowing Hospital chief plastic surgeon
-Hockey, 2 years
-All the EMS stuff listed above</p>

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<p>Holy Cross, Fairfield, Rochester, Union College for their 7 year BA/MD program, Bucknell</p>

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<p>bucknell i like...any other opinions?!</p>

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<p>buuummmppp</p>

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<p>Johns Hopkins, Brown, Penn, Columbia</p>

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<p>uhh yea theres is absolutely NOOO WAY id get into those lol, thanks for the morale booster tho</p>

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<p>Maybe you are selling yourself short the Doogie. You say your school is known and you seem to have some good resources for letters of recommendation.....whom have you spoken with?</p>

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<p>spoken with about...</p>

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<p>I second U of Rochester for pre-med.</p>

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<p>I third U of Rochester, but it might be a little bit of a reach. Also add Franklin and Marshall, Dickinson, Goucher, Washington & Jefferson, Wheaton College (Mass.), Allegheny, Lafayette and Muhlenberg as solid matches for your stats. F&M and Washington & Jefferson in particular do a very good job with med school placement. Further south, look at Furman and Rhodes. Moving west from NY, there's Case Western, Dension, the College of Wooster, Kenyon, and Oberlin in Ohio. Just over the Ohio/Indiana border is Earlham - they had a 100% admit rate to medical school last year.</p>

<p>Since you seem to like public universities, you might also take a look at the U of Vermont, UNC-Ashville, Miami U (Ohio), James Madison in Virginia, Clemson, and the U of New Hampshire. Towson State and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (both in Maryland) might also be worth a quick look because they allow cross-registration at Johns Hopkins for some classes. However, if you need financial aid, bear in mind that out of state students may not get the greatest financial aid packages at public universities so be sure to include a few privates.</p>

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<p>Holy Cross pre-med is better than most schools on the list. Long list of famous alums including Nobel Prize Winner .</p>

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<p>i heard of maybe about like 3 colleges on carolyns list....idk bout that, it worries me</p>

<p>James Madison i considered but it seems to be a party school and not particularly known for science. Am i wrong?</p>

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<p>Why worry? You asked for help identifying schools. It makes perfect sense that you may not have heard of many of them. It's probably time to get to their websites and other sources of information and find out about them and how they fit with what you want.</p>

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<p>i like holy cross, but the other schools dont seem to make sense for pre-med, any others?</p>

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<p>Lafayette
Case Western Reserve
Lehigh</p>

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<p>How do the other schools not make sense for pre-med? all of them will have the necessary courses. Most of them will have extra resources to guide their students in preparing and applying to med school. all of them will have some kind of track record for how well their students do in getting into med school. If the colleges mentioned in all the various posts don't meet your criteria for other reasons that's fine, but they all "make sense" for pre med.</p>

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<p>if u want to look at them from ur perspective, ur right they do make sense...but from my perspective, they arent in areas where there is an abundance of research opportunities or major hospitals, and they arent considered magnet schools for medical schools...some of them at least</p>

<p>lehigh is interesting tho, i looked into it, i love what the SCHOOL says about themselves but ive heard that drinking and greek life is very controlling over there, and im not down with that.</p>

<p>Case western i will look into tho. Lafayette too, those schools ive heard good things about concerning their pre-med/med acceptances. Especially case.</p>

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<p>If you're looking at Lafayette and Lehigh, definitely consider Drew University. Strong bio and science research programs, close proximity to New York and beautiful campus.</p>