Please Help Me Find East Coast Colleges for Biology

College Search & Selection
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<p>After my second year in high school, I left to attend a early college program. Now I am a sophomore in the college but I want to transfer somewhere else. Unfortunately, my gpa is only a 2.7 but I can explain. I still live at home which has hugely affected my grades which is why I want to transfer to somewhere I can live on campus and be focused. I have two young siblings at home so I don't have somewhere quiet to study and I have to juggle everything that happens at home that I am responsible for and still try to stay focused on my school priorities. I am really stressing because I was a top student in my class (3.9 UW gpa) which is why I thought the early college program was good and I still am happy I chose to do it, but now I am having to look at lower ranked colleges because of my gpa. I want to transfer somewhere I can get internships and research and be able to get into a top graduate school. </p>

<p>Also, I am a biology major and I am simply not happy with the biology program so I want a college that has a lot of research opportunities whether it is a large university or small LAC in a city. I am a first generation college student so my parents can't really help me with the college search process so I need help. I would like to know the quality of the biology programs at these colleges or other colleges that would be good for biology. Any suggestions would be great!</p>

<p>Right now I am looking at:
UVA (long shot)
Agnes Scott
Virginia Tech
Meredith College
Rhodes College
VCU</p>

<p>By the way, I am Native American so I would like a college that has a established group of Native Americans like a club in the college or social group in the surrounding city and it needs to be in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, or Tennessee.</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>What state do you live in?</p>

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<p>Virginia</p>

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<p>you can look up some SUNY schools, my friend is doing biology in one of them and really enjoys it. I am not sure but I think you can get an in-state tuition after second year so it is quite good if you want to save some money. I don’t know about graduate schools though sorry. </p>

<p>I feel you… I live with my aunt and two super noisy cousins. I seriously just don’t want to go home everyday </p>

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<p>Finding a good bio program is easy compared to transferring with a 2.7 to UVA where the avg transfer has a 3.5. VTech it’s a 3.0. If you need a lot of FA support, that makes it even tougher. Paying room and board tougher yet. An in-state school is a good bet for what you want to do, and VA has a lot of other good public colleges with good bio programs. I’m not familiar with all their transfer records, but I have heard that George Mason and Virginia Commonwealth take a lot of transfers. I would be leery of moving out of state to a public college without thoroughly investigating what it takes in each state for you to be able to pay in-state tuition.</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>