Need Safety Schools

College Search & Selection
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<p>So I have already applied ED to my number one school, but i need some help picking safety schools in case I don't get in :(. I'm a hispanic girl from NY and i want to major in biomedical engineering. I want to be on the east coast or maybe in the midwest</p>

<p>GPA: 3.9 unweighted, 5.0 weighted
Rank: top 4%, 345 students in my class
SAT: 2240- 740 reading, 780 math, 720 writing</p>

<p>I am in IB and going to take tests for SL Math, SL Psychology, SL Chem, HL English, HL Spanish, and HL Physics</p>

<p>ECs/Volunteering
Field Hockey 4 years
Swimming 4 years, captain
Habitat for Humanity
Orchestra 4 years, vice president
Science League 4 years, we have placed second last year in a regional tournament
Relay for Life 4 years, captain of a team for 3 years and a committee member for 2
I volunteer as a teacher's aide for my church's religious education program (100+ hours)
I volunteer at a local hospital for physically disabled kids (100+)
National Honors Society
National Spanish Honors Society</p>

<p>Awards:
National Merit Scholar, National Hispanic Scholar</p>

<p>Summer activities:
Spanish immersion program run by Dartmouth, I took 2 precollege courses at Boston University, volunteering, a community orchestra, a computer course at a local college, job at a local ice cream shop</p>

<p>any suggestions?</p>

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<p>Georgia Tech (Atlanta), Case Western (Cleveland), and Boston University are all safeties for you and are all top 10 for biomedical engineering according to USNews.</p>

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<p>Do you need safeties that will help you with costs? Or can you pay full freight?</p>

<p>If you need financial aid help, schools like Georgia Tech might not work unless you got a merit scholarship there.</p>

<p>Actually, most financial safeties are rather lousy with aid, so you either have to pay full freight or get merit scholarships to go there.</p>

<p>So, what is your situation?</p>

<p>Can you pay for whatever school that you’ll go to? Or do you need financial help?</p>

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<p>I do not need nor will I be applying for any financial aide</p>

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<p>Two programs that might work for you in Maryland:</p>

<p>[UMBC</a> Chemical and Biochemical Engineering : Prospective Undergraduate Students](<a href=“http://www.umbc.edu/cbe/undergrad/index.php]UMBC”>http://www.umbc.edu/cbe/undergrad/index.php)</p>

<p>[Bioengineering</a>, Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland](<a href=“http://www.bioe.umd.edu/]Bioengineering”>http://www.bioe.umd.edu/)</p>

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<p>[RIT</a> - Programs of Study](<a href=“http://www.rit.edu/programs/program_detail.php?id=709]RIT”>http://www.rit.edu/programs/program_detail.php?id=709) RIT, Rochester, NY </p>

<p>[Biomedical</a> Engineering at Rensselaer](<a href=“Welcome to BME at Rensselaer | Biomedical Engineering”>Welcome to BME at Rensselaer | Biomedical Engineering) RPI, Troy, NY</p>

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<p>Georgia Tech, BU, University of Minnesota. Maybe University of Rochester?</p>

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<p>Then I think ClassicRockerDad’s suggestions will work for you.</p>

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<p>Wow–great stats! Good luck. Hope you get into your dream school.)</p>

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<p>Tufts, Holy Cross, Boston College</p>

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<p>i thought boston college didn’t have engineering</p>

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<p>According to Collegeboard, it doesn’t.</p>

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<p>Tufts wouldn’t be a safety school…it could be a fit though…</p>