Yeah you’re right- we get them back November 16th. Eager to get them back
Thank you!
I loved adelphis campus. I stayed in the dorms there for a program and it was great. However it felt a little small. I loved providence and High Point even more- I know people there and it’s absolutely incredible. I dont think either have pre med programs though. I saw URI, but something about it felt a little depressing, people were nice though.
A Christian school would be nice but ultimately religion wouldn’t be a factor in decision making, as long as the campus has a faith group, which im pretty sure they all do.
Yes. Probably a bad idea but I just didn’t wanna be too vague
Got it, ty. Got them mixed up
Meeting with guidance today!
Updated School List Based on ur suggestions. Chances calculated with my best friend college vine
Saftey:
-Pitt
-Providence
-UDelaware (a few aunts went there!)
-UAlabama
-USC
-High Point Uni
Target:
-Bighamton
-Wake Forest
-Chapel Hill
-UFlorida
Reach:
-Cornell
-JHU
-Emory
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Binghamton would be a safety. Unc and wake are reaches
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UNC is a reach. UF and Wake Forest are also in the reach category IMO.
I would put Pitt in as a solid match and other than that I think you have some nice safeties!!
I see Binghamton as a target school given your description of rank (I am a little confused). You might want to add SUNY Geneseo.
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You indicated on your other post that you are 15. Are you a current sophomore? If so, I think it is too early to make a list of schools.
Edit: I just read that you are a junior
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Your list so far looks well balanced. But please do not use college vine’s chancing tool as a data point. It is highly inaccurate. Good luck to you!
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You can take the required courses for medical school applicants at just about every four year college in this country, arts conservatories excluded. Pre-med involves taking courses that are required for medical school admissions. You can major in anything…as long as you can take those courses.
You mention your grands can fund college for you. Please keep in mind that by the time you get to medical school (if you do…which most don’t who enter college with a premed intention), the cost will likely be $100,000 a year. Will your grands fund that too?
Also, regarding funding by grandparents…make sure that is an iron clad agreement. What happens if they need their money for themselves…if if they die? This happens. And the grandchild then isn’t covered any longer.
Many, many of the SUNY schools are actually located in smaller towns, not in the middle of big cities. And they are well regarded. Binghamton and Geneseo would be very much worth looking at.
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Agree.
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Thanks for telling me! I use naviance too but i just started. Is that a bit more accurate?
Premed is a common goal for a lot of students going off to university. Most end up doing something else.
Biotech is relatively strong right now, and will probably be strong for a long time (?), although the future is hard to predict. One daughter works in biotech and has done well (up to now) in terms of finding good job opportunities.
So both of these are realistic, particularly given your strong academics up to now.
Medical school is expensive. You might want to figure on something like $100,000 per year for four years by the time that you get there, unless you go to an in-state public medical school (which even then will be expensive, just not quite as expensive). If you are serious about medical school, then it is a good idea to avoid debt for your bachelor’s if this is possible (and in your case it sounds like it will be possible). Leaving some $$ in a college fund or in the bank for medical school (or for a master’s degree) might be even better.
I have heard a lot of students under-appreciate their in-state public universities. This seems to be very common regardless of which state the student is in. You really do have very good in-state options among the various SUNY’s. Several of them will be very good for biology and also for premed.
To me it sounds like it was a very good idea to try out a pre-vet program. Deciding that this is not for you is entirely reasonable. Being a veterinarian is a difficult career which is appropriate for some very strong students, but only for ones who are driven strongly in that direction. There are lots of other paths that might be a better fit for you.
I think that you are likely to do well in terms of university admissions, and that you will want to think quite hard about what sort of school would be a better fit for you. You should visit some small schools, some large schools, some urban schools, and some suburban or rural or small town schools, and think about what sort of school would be best for you. Sometimes if you set up a tour you can also get to talk to professors and/or sit in on a class. Finding a good fit is important.
And if you are serious about premed, definitely plan on budgeting for a full 8 years in university.
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Im not a very… technically advanced person, lol. I used to be very into coding but that fell off in HS when i started focusing on bio.
Prevet and genetics also interest me. I mentioned taking the vet program- it was rough. I love animals but the unpredictable hours, lower pay for an expensive study, and emotional aspect of frequently having to put animals down just because the owners wont care for them is ridiculous. I really like genetics but I dont know how to make a decent career out of it, yet.
I also dont wanna be too close to home. And yeah im guilty of under appreciating these universities, but they seem a bit ehh. A lot are urban, which I dont like, and people with much lower averages who are a lot less passionate have gotten in no problem. This probably sounds really arrogant but id feel like I let myself down if I seriously considered a school with a 70% acceptance rate.
Out of state Chapel Hill is definitely a reach. OOS acceptance rate for that school is just 8%. Wake is probably a reach as well. Also, when you write “USC,” I’m assuming you mean the University of South Carolina, correct? (Because the University of Southern California is 100% a reach).
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I’m not sure on the Naviance. If done through your HS guidance counselor, it should give you a better picture than College Vine. And the CC community here is good. At the end of the day though, no person or program can really give a super accurate answer. That’s why you need a balanced list, which you have.
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That might be true. But are these people you talk about (less passionate, lower averages) going to succeed at these universities? College is what you make of it. If you take initiative and graduate at the top of your class, you’ve set yourself up for success regardless of where you go.
I would also wait a bit until you’ve started visiting schools to finalize your idea of what type of schools you want – it can surprisingly change through these.
You’re also fortunate enough to go to a private high school in NYC, so there’s a good chance you’ll have data available to compare yourself to past students’ college stats. I would trust those stats and your counselor’s guidance first and foremost. Don’t sweat it! It’s still very early in the process.
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I would keep 2 SUNYs on the list and carefully consider finances given the possibility of further schooling.
My daughter is in a genetics program if you have any questions. It’s a growing field with a lot of possibilities. You could change your career intentions 10x over the next 10 years.
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For a combination of strong biology/pre-med and Christian school, I would look into Baylor. Admission is very likely and would probably come with merit aid, though the amount is hard to predict. I agree with other posters that saving money for med school is important, so SUNYs might still be the best option, but Baylor seems like a good fit otherwise.
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