Mid-way colleges?

College Search & Selection
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<p>So I have my reach schools: UC San Diego, Cornell, Brown
I have my safety schools: Rutgers and Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
I'm having a ton of trouble trying to find some in the middle. I have U of Michigan, but it is much more on the reach side than anything.
I want to go into Marine Biology, with more of an emphisis on biochemistry/cell biology. I would love a marine biology/science program, but an excellent biology program would do just fine. I want a program with research opportunities, and, if it is a bio program, NO MEDICAL SLANT. I also want a school that is well rounded; even if the biology program is excellent, if the rest of the school stinks, I don't want anything to do with it.
By the time I finnish high school I will have completed 11 or 12 AP classes, and so far I've gotton A's in the six I've taken. I've gotton three 5's and three 4's on my AP exams, with Bio, Calc AB, and World History being the 5's. My SAT's aren't so great, with a 670 in CR, 680 in math, and 740 in writing. My subjects are better: 720 in math 2, 770 in chemistry, and 790 in bio M. I'm either #2, 3, or 4 in my class of 400. I'm going to be a senior in the fall.</p>

<p>Thanks, I hope someone will be able to help me. My guidance counseler has been no help at all.</p>

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<p>If the UCs are in-state for you, you might want to try some lesser-known ones.</p>

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<p>forgot to mention that I live in NJ</p>

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<p>I think the University of Rochester is a match for you, it's a well-rounded school, great academics.</p>

<p>Also, I think Bucknell University is a pretty solid match for you and it has great academics as well.</p>

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<p>If you want Marine Biology, why not somewhere CLOSE to the ocean? UMiami, Loyola Marymount, USC, etc.</p>

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<p>Take a look at: UC Santa Barbara, U of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Miami, and possibly Tulane.</p>

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<p>Take a look at SUNY Stony Brook and its new campus in the Hamptons, centered on a marine science lab. I suspect Stony Brook itself gives youu the bio program you want, and the new campus the marine sciences, but a commute between the two may be awkward.</p>