Need help narrowing down colleges

<p>I'm a high school junior in Oregon. I'm planing on going to medical school, but I need help finding a college for undergrad. I'm looking for colleges on the east coast or mid west with a great pre-med. I've been searching all over and I still have no idea where to go. I know that I want a smaller college, great campus, sports, and possibly have a medical school as well. </p>

<p>I have a 4.0 Gpa.. but my SAT is 1680..(working on it).
I'm in NHS, I work at a hospital, I'm involved with dragon boating and I'm already in medical career program for high schoolers at my school.</p>

<p>I'm hoping to get into a prestigious school.. But that doesn't really matter since it's for my undergrad.
Thanks so much!</p>

<p>A 500 point rise in SAT would be phenomenal, and that’s what you’d need to make a prestigious eastern LAC pay attention. Unless you applied to one of these schools that don’t ask for standardized test scores. You might do better at a school that’s attached to a hospital and grad school, that is, one large enough that there’s room for you even if your SAT doesn’t leap and one where you can get more research experience. You need to do some reading, but you might think about Syracuse, Rochester, Tulane, Pitt, Temple, Ohio State, etc. </p>

<p>But while you’re looking for that book that’s going to help you organize this search, sit your parents down and have a frank conversation or two about an approximate amount of help you can expect from them in paying for college. Then begin to run those net price calculators to try to find schools whose EFCs align with your family’s approximate contribution. You have time, but work on this a little every week while you study for the next SAT ;+)</p>

<p>Then look for those LACs with which you can fill out your application pool.</p>

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<p>Some of those maybe on the expensive side compared to the Oregon public universities for an Oregon resident. A pre-med should consider avoiding debt and saving money for expensive medical school.</p>

<p>Agree, understand the finances first. Do you need aid or can your family finance a private school? The answer will make a big difference in how you structure your list.</p>

<p>If your 4.0 GPA is out of 4.0, then you need to address the discrepancy between your grades and scores. Usually there’s more to the story: not a native English speaker, some learning/reading issue, a wide unbalance between CR and math. Do re-take (and consider taking the ACT too). If you get similar results, ask your counselor to explain the reason why your grades and scores are out of sync.</p>

<p>Do you have any hooks or points of differentiation? Talents, accomplishments? Small LACs are looking for a balanced class and diversity factors play a big role in admissions - all types of diversity, racial, religious, economic.</p>