<p>Hi! Ok so I'm a junior in high school and my GPA is about a 97 (sorry I don't know what that is on a 4.0 scale), I've only taken a practice ACT and I scored a 30 on that, and I just took the PSAT and I haven't received my score on that yet. I'd like to believe that I work hard, study well, and I'm quite involved in extra-curricular activities (I don't mean to sound vain in anyway whatsoever nor do I know if that info was necessary but I put it anyways).
Sorry the info about my grades and work ethics are quite limited, but I was wondering if anyone could suggest some schools (that aren't Ivy League) with great science programs that I have a chance of getting into? I want to be a doctor (or anything close to it if I can't be a doctor for whatever reason) and even though majoring in science isn't necessary for med school, I still feel like it's right to attend a school with a strong science program.
It would be really nice if the schools you suggested were in the New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut area :)
Thank you so much!!</p>
<p>How about Juanita for science.
Northwestern while not in your preferred region but I’ve read it’s good for science.</p>
<p>Being a junior, you have a lot of time to consider the many colleges with excellent life sciences, math and physics departments in the northeast. Almost too many to mention, but here goes:</p>
<p>St. Lawrence University
Hamilton College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Vassar College
Connecticut College
Wesleyan University
Allegheny College
Juniata College
Lafayette College
Lehigh University
U of Scranton
Richard Stockton College
The College of New Jersey</p>
<p>Thank you so so much!! 
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<p>Juniata, Muhlenberg, Allegheny, & Franklin & Marshall if you like smaller LACs.</p>
<p>U Rochester if you’d like a mid sized research U.</p>
<p>Pittsburgh if you’d like a larger city school.</p>
<p>All could work well with your scores and desires.</p>
<p>Have you talked to your parents about how much they’ll pay for college? If not, do so. You need to know that since most schools don’t give great aid. </p>
<p>Have your parents run the Net Price Calculators on each schools’ website.</p>
<p>Nearly every univ has a good science program. It’s a basic at virtually any college. It’s not as if you’re applying to art schools. </p>
<p>NY:
SUNY Binghamton (public)
Union
RPI</p>
<p>PA:
Penn State (public)
Lafayette
Bucknell
Haverford
Swarthmore
Lehigh
Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>NJ:
Rowan (public)</p>
<p>Pitt for a good undergrad science program and med school following that. Not inexpensive though. </p>
<p>I’d really suggest that you get your hands on a couple of good college guide books (ex. Fiske, Princeton Review, Insiders Guide) and do some reading. Also check your HS Naviance system if you have one to get ideas of where you would get in with your stats. You should have a lot of good choices. Offhand, I’d say schools like Lehigh, Lafayette, Villanova, Bucknell, Franklin& Marshall, Union, SUNY Binghamton UConn might work but not knowing your preferences for size/location and any price considerations it can be hard to give ideas.</p>
<p>Agree with Mom2 that you need some guidance from parents about college budget. If you really think med school is in your future, make it a priority to pick the undergrad institution where you can graduate with no debt.</p>
<p>NOT RPI if you want to be a doctor unless you get into their accelerated BS/MD program. It is very hard to maintain a competitive GPA. I would put Lehigh and Carnegie Mellon in the same boat.</p>
<p>I second U of Rochester. Also, going a bit further east to Ohio (where many fine colleges are about a 6-hour drive of Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washington DC) I would suggest…</p>
<p>The College of Wooster
Ohio Wesleyan University
Miami University
Ohio University
Case Western Reserve University</p>
<p>and don’t forget the U of Maryland-Baltimore County</p>
<p>Maybe Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. </p>
<p>Thank you so much guys!! As for preferences of size, I would prefer to go to a medium to large sized school. My bad for not including that!</p>
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<p>Ask your parents how much they’ll spend each year on college. </p>
<p>Are you low income? </p>
<p>do you have a non-custodial parent? If so, will that person help pay for college?</p>
<p>Once you know this info we can better advise you. </p>
<p>We don’t want to waste your time giving you names of schools that won’t be affordable. </p>