Need help with schools

College Search & Selection
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<p>Well, I applied ED to Rice and I'm wondering what other schools I should apply to... here are my stats, thanks for the advice! </p>

<p>GPA ~ 4.34 W/ 3.9 UW (only B's - first semester as a freshman)
Class Rank ~ 8 / 630
SAT's 2150-2200
SAT II's ~ 770/750</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities
US Tennis Association 9th-12th - nationlly ranked
Varsity Tennis 9th-12th Captain/MVP/District Qualifier
Student Government
NHS- honors graduate with distinction
Youth Group
Varsity Swim Team- district qualifier; state qualifier
YMCA Swim Team- district qualifier; state qualifier; volunteer coach
Piano
Spanish Club
Asst. Tennis Coach for Girls Varsity Tennis
Brain Drain/Equations/ other things like that
Work every summer as a lifeguard</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Well, you are probably not very limited. I'd say that you have a fair shot at any college that you apply to.</p>

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<p>It is important to know what your major will be. Do you live in Texas? Which part of the country do you prefer? Public or private?
University or LAC?</p>

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<p>I live in Pennsylvania... i dont really have a preferance where the school is, but im not allowed to go to CA. Prefer private schools, and have no preference between universitys/lacs.</p>

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<p>oh.. going into pre-med</p>

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<p>What made Rice your number one choice? Great school, by the way. My friend's son went there before attending med school and he raves about it.</p>

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<p>My mom went there, three of my cousins went there, one is still there... they absolutely love it. (plus most of my family lives in houston)... i think the college system is really cool, theres really not a single thing i dont like about Rice... its also excellent for sciences/engineering ( im considering engineering, but will probably do premed).. but my uncle is on the board of trustees, so im kind of assuming that i will get in, but i just want to have back-ups just in case it doesnt work out for me.</p>

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<p>Swarthmore
Haverford
U Penn
Cornell
Carnegie Mellon
Princeton
Columbia
Brown
Yale
Dartmouth
U Chicago
U Rochester
Johns Hopkins
Amherst
Northwestern
Duke
Tufts
Vanderbilt
Williams</p>

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<p>What do you think my chances would be at Dartmouth/Northwestern?</p>

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<p>Northwestern would probably be a slight reach, no clue about Dartmouth.</p>

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<p>Might look at Duke,Holy Cross, and Tufts all very good in pre-med. If want a campus with decent sports programs drop Tufts.</p>

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<p>... ill just pray that i get into Rice</p>

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<p>If you like Rice, apply to Stanford (that CA rule is crazy if you ask me). Other noted places for premed - Hopkins, URochester, Case Western, Northwestern - but also look into their programs for applying for admission to the Med Schools now (as a freshman) - very selective but you never know.</p>

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<p>I second Northwestern...and you'll probably meet some pretty cool people in pre-med here, as many of them are double-majors (one girl on my hall is doubling in Performance Studies and Pre-med!). </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>