Looking to add a few colleges to my list

College Search & Selection
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<p>This is my current list:
Match: University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (in-state)
Kalamazoo College
Safety: Michigan State (in-state)</p>

<p>I'm looking to add 2-3 colleges which would be matches or realistic reaches for me. A strong pre-med program is a must and maybe a decent business program if pre-med, for some reason, doesn't work out for me. I'd prefer that the school be: small/medium in size, urban/suburban location, big on school spirit, and located not too far from home (not in west/southwest/south). Can someone recommend some colleges that somewhat fit this criteria and my stats? Thanks for the help.</p>

<p>Info:
White male from Michigan</p>

<p>GPA (UW): Sem1/Sem2/Overall
Frosh: 2.8/3.0/2.9
Soph: 3.6/4.0/3.8
Junior: 3.4/4.0/3.7
Overall: 3.5 (3.8 U-M GPA)</p>

<p>Rank: Top 25% (mostly because of my freshman year)</p>

<p>ACT: 28 (31E,30M,21R,29S), not sure what happened with reading so I'm retaking and will probably score a 30-31.</p>

<p>APs: Bio, Chem, American History, American Gov, Spanish.</p>

<p>ECs: Mediocre, some leadership.</p>

<p>School: Competitive Private Catholic, 90%+ attend 4yr colleges, and a little under 10% of the class are NMSF.</p>

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<p>Denison and the College of Wooster, two very good LACs in Ohio, are worth considering.</p>

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<p>Lawrence University?</p>

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<p>Dang, how do you have a 3.5 GPA, and a 3.8 Michigan GPA!</p>

<p>I got a 3.53 unweighted academic GPA, but Michigan changes that to 3.3!</p>

<p>Syracuse could be a nice school for you. I'm applying there. About 10,000 students, lots of OOS students as it is a private school, great school spirit.</p>

<p>Miami FL, I know you don't want to go far from home, but that's another college i'm applying to. When I read your description, the first school I thought of was Miami, until I read the "Not too far from home" statement.</p>

<p>Sorry, I don't even know if these two schools offer pre-med though.</p>

<p>Have you looked at GVSU? The 4 most prestigious colleges in MI are UMich, Kalamazoo, MSU, and GVSU, IMO. I don't know too much about LACs though, Calvin College may be good too.</p>

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<p>kalamazoo is a great LAC. i think they have a pretty good pre-med program. another good small school is oberlin, just south of the border.</p>

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<p>BTW - I don't know if you are a match for Michigan. About 95% of their applicants have top 20%, and you are outside that. I know they don't weigh class rank as high as GPA though, and you fit that.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the suggestions everyone, I'll look into them soon.</p>

<p>A2Wolves6 - Both my GC and Alexandre have told me I'm a match. I'm hoping they're right and you're wrong haha.</p>