More Safety Schools?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hey All!</p>

<p>Let me start off by saying that I've already Narrowed down my college list. I am a Maryland resident, and my list consists of LACs and U's.</p>

<p>I am a rising senior interested in Majoring in Biology/Neurobiology and minoring in philosophy/political science.
I have a 3.8 W/3.7 UW GPA
We're only allowed to take 2 APs in junior year at my school, so I took 1 , scored a 4 on the test. </p>

<p>Have not taken the ACT, my test date is in October
I will retake the SAT in October as well, my superscore was 2100.</p>

<p>*I have lots of leadership in school/church
*I have 50> service hours in nursing homes daycares summer camps and food pantries</p>

<p>Varsity Volleyball
Varsity Track
Varsity Lacrosse </p>

<p>*I'm a Political Ambassador</p>

<p>*My Clubs consist of :
NHS
4-H
Christian Club
Mock Trial
Art
Band
Student Government
Drama
Tech</p>

<p>*I have to work more in my award department: so far I have multiple science awards, honor roll, and one presidential education award. </p>

<p>My schools will be:</p>

<p>Georgetown U
Duke U
Boston College
John Hopkins
George Washington U
The U of Maryland
U of Maryland-BC
Loyola Maryland
Towson U</p>

<p>Now I'm just having a few issues with deciding my safety schools. I would appreciate some suggestions regarding U's and LACs in the east coast (preferably in DC, Maryland, PA, NJ or VA) with good pre-med programs and awesome financial aid.</p>

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<p>Safeties don’t generally give much/any need-based aid other than small fed aid.</p>

<p>What is your Math + CR score from your BEST sitting? </p>

<p>How much will your family pay each year?</p>

<p>Are you low income?</p>

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<p>One safety you should definitely consider is St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the public LAC. Cheaper by far than any other LAC (unless you qualify for significant scholarships and/or significant financial aid). Pretty campus on the Chesapeake, nice facilities. Here’s info the the neuroscience program: [Neuroscience</a> Program: St. Mary’s College of Maryland](<a href=“http://www.smcm.edu/neuroscience/index.html]Neuroscience”>http://www.smcm.edu/neuroscience/index.html)</p>

<p>Most schools don’t have ‘pre-med programs.’ They just have pre-med advising and a club for premed students- I’m betting St. Mary’s has this too. The gold standard for pre-med advising is available on line from Amherst: [Amherst</a> College Guide for Premedical Students](<a href=“http://www3.amherst.edu/~sageorge/guide2.html]Amherst”>Amherst College Guide for Premedical Students)</p>

<p>And do a search on pre-med here on CC. There are lots good threads offering excellent advice, the most important of which is to avoid going into debt as an undergrad because medical school is wickedly expensive and medical schools care primarily about your GPA and MCAT score (and your state of residence), rather than prestige.</p>