Need some options! help needed please

College Search & Selection
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<p>Lebanese Male from Massachusetts</p>

<p>GPA: 3.8</p>

<p>Class Rank: 13/170</p>

<p>Courses: All Honor and AP Classes- could only take AP's in Junior and Senior years. The max was 3 per year. I took 2 Junior year (Bio, Stats) and 3 Senior year (Chem, Micro, Gov)</p>

<p>SAT: 1860
M:650 CR:600 W:610
Planning on giving the ACT a shot in October
Taking the SAT II in October for Math and Biology and possibly taking the SAT Reasoning again in November if I apply RD.</p>

<p>** My school doesnt offer many clubs, until this year- during fall i will join more clubs
Member of S.A.A.D
Volunteered at Library over 30 hours
Volunteered at a Hospital in Lebanon in summer of 2005
Participate in recreational activities- baseball, basketball, flag football
Altar Boy at St. George Greek Orthodox Church- 200+ hours
Member of Teen SOYO (Church Youth Group)
Volunteer for Girls Recreational Fotball Team- Assistant Coach
Volunteer at Sports Center- Coached T-Ball Clinics- Over 40 hours
Work Experience- Market Basket
Member of National Honors Society
Principals Award all years of High School
Volunteer tutor- Math and Science</p>

<p>*Hopeful Pre-Med and Pre-Dental Major</p>

<p>Schools I am considering are-
BU
BC (long shot I know)
UMASS Amherst Honors Program
Holy Cross
NYU
Northeastern
University of Rochester
Tufts (also long shot i know)</p>

<p>*** The only way I will be able to go to one of these schools is if i get financial aid or a scholarship so that pay less than 20,000ish. My parents make over 100,000 combined, but cant afford more than 15,000-20,000 max. </p>

<p>--If you some people could please give me a list of schools with a good pre-med program that match my stats and would give me a reasonable chance of getting a scholarship or aid, please list a few! I would like to remain on the east coast within 2-3 hours of Massachusetts.</p>

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<p>as long as you can get your test scores up then I would say you have a pretty good list so far. </p>

<p>BU - match
BC - reach
UMASS Amherst - safety ( maybe a match if you're trying for the honors program)
Northeastern- low match/safety
University of Rochester - match
Tufts - reach</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins has a good pre-med program but I know that you want to stay closer to MA and it would be a reach for you. and it looks like you are looking for a lot of merit aid. Northeastern, BU, and University of Rochester give a good amount of merit aid, but if you don't get enough from them you always have Amherst as a financial safety. </p>

<p>I don't know too much about the med programs at these schools, but they are similar to the ones you are already looking at. </p>

<p>Syracuse - low match, safety
Lehigh - high match
Carnegie Mellon - high match, reach</p>

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<p>Try taking the ACT for sure because Tufts and Carnegie Mellon are just way way reaches right now</p>

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<p>ok, thank you for all the advice and suggestions so far.. any more? should i apply to NYU.. do i stand a decent chance or is that school also a reach?</p>