Please help me NOT to apply all 18 schools!

College Search & Selection
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<p>Please help me </p>

<p>SAT total:2100
GPA(weighted):4.3
SAT subject: Math1:690 Korean w/listening:790 </p>

<p>University of Virginia
Uniuversity of Michigan-Ann Arbor
College of William and Mary
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Georgia Tech
University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
Penn State U Park
University of Washington
Syracuse University
Univ of Maryland-College Park
Rutgers-New Brunswick
PurdueUniv-West Lagayette
Michigan State U
Indiana U Blooming
Virginia Tech
SUNY-Binghamton
University of Illinois-Chicago
Temple University</p>

<p>I want to study pre-med and go to ivyleague med school. My family is financially not very supportive, so my options are limited. Mainly I'm thinking of public schools.
Which school sould I eliminate? or are there any more options for me? </p>

<p>Please any advice would be appreciated</p>

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<p>What are you looking for in a school specifically? That might help you narrow down your list.</p>

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<p>In which state are you located? Why do you have state schools from so many different places?</p>

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<p>Most of the above schools are really similar anyway. The main differences are in location (region of the country, urban/suburban/rural, etc.).</p>

<p>Determine what part of the country you want to be in, what kind of environment you want, and your list should narrow down to the perfect size.</p>

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<p>try UVa and Michigan of course....what state are u from?</p>

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<p>For example, if you're looking to be in on the east coast, with at least a decent sized town: Syracuse, Virginia Tech, William and Mary, UVA, Temple. Possibly SUNY and Rutgers. </p>

<p>Simple enough. The list easily narrows itself down to 5-7. Just tell us where you want to go. </p>

<p>Although, if you're really set on saving money, your best bet would be to just go to your state's flagship.</p>

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<p>Is there a reason you're only targeting public/large schools?</p>

<p>With your stats I'd say you have a pretty good shot at most of your schools, and I see quite a few you could eliminate from your list right off the bat.</p>

<p>The best way to do that is to choose a few from each of your categories.</p>

<p>Reaches:</p>

<p>UVA
U of M Ann Arbor</p>

<p>High Matches:</p>

<p>UW Madison
W&M
UIUC</p>

<p>Matches:</p>

<p>GATech
UW Seattle
Syracuse</p>

<p>Low Matches/Safeties:</p>

<p>The rest, here's where you could cut down your list.</p>

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<p>Many out-of-state public universities are not cheap. Some, like Michigan, approach top private schools in cost (about 40K). Publics usually do not give money to out-of-state applicants. If cost is an issue, you may be better off looking at private schools, including small ones, that are known for giving a lot of merit aid. You should also look at the costs carefully for each of your public choices.</p>

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<p>I;m an international student, so every college is out-of-state..of course.</p>

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<p>I agree with OneMom. I was looking at your list after you said "financially not very supportive" and was a bit shocked at seeing literally all public schools, albeit Syracuse. </p>

<p>You are going to get into every school on your list, if your family is not very supportive, apply to schools where you will get merit aid. This may mean looking down a tier for schools that will be more generous to an applicant with your statistics. Public schools almost never have need based grants available to applicants unless you are a URM, meaning the only money available is scholarships. </p>

<p>If you have a low EFC (have you checked this yet?) then look at private schools that fit 100% of financial need. Schools like Notre Dame, Boston College, Northwestern, Virginia, will do this for you. Here is a link to a thread about these type of schools:</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=203184%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=203184&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Yeah. A lot of times privates end up being cheaper. </p>

<p>But like I said before, with your current list, they're all similar on many levels, so the only real way to cut it down will be to decide on location.</p>

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<p>thank you for the information, but my chances of getting scholarship(or financial aid) are awfully low since I hold F1 visa(foreign student visa). thanks though.</p>

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<p>Starling, SUNY-Binghamton is the cheapest among the 18 universities listed. You should also add SUNY-Stony Brook, Albany, University of Texas @Arlington, and Texas A&M. Texas and New York public universities are generally cheaper for out-of-state students. </p>

<p>If you don't mind to study in NYC, add CUNY Queen, Brooklyn and Hunter to your list.</p>

<p>Hope this will help. :)</p>

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<p>CUNY? I;ve never heard of them? what about them?</p>

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<p>if you are interested in going to an ivy league med school, i'd reccomend applying to penn state schreyers honors college (instead of just U Park).</p>

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<p>CUNY is City University of New York. Public colleges in NYC that are known for being very very low-cost. I have no idea how good they are. I believe they are NOT residential colleges (someone correct me if I'm wrong) so you'd need to find a place to live.</p>

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<p>There are more than 120 medical schools in US. You don't have to go to an Ivy medical school to become a doctor. In fact it would be very difficulty to get into any US medical school as a foreign student.</p>

<p>If money is a factor, CUNY can give you a decent education without breaking the bank. If you are Korean, you could find rooms from other Koreans in Flushing. CUNY Queens will be accessible by buses. </p>

<p>Good luck! :cool:</p>

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<p>Hey starling!</p>

<p>So I actually just posted on a similar post to another international student. I ended up copying and pasting a good amount, but I have another school that you might want to look into because it has a great pre health program and is amazing with financial aid including international students.</p>

<p>So hopefully you don’t mind but I am going to recommend you a school that isn’t on your list yet because your scores and qualifications would make you perfect for the University of Richmond.</p>

<p>We have a great international program and since cost is a factor it also helps a lot that we are need blind and we make every opportunity for everyone to come to University of Richmond. Don’t let the price keep you from looking here. Our financial aid is absolutely incredible.
Here is the specific website for prospective international students:
<a href="http://admissions.richmond.edu/international/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admissions.richmond.edu/international/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>You already have great scores and GPA which will fit well with our first year class.
When University of Richmond looks at your transcript they also look at your school’s profile so they see if you have taken the most challenging curriculum possible and also what the normal grade average is. A break down of the first year class is located here:
<a href="http://admissions.richmond.edu/profile/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admissions.richmond.edu/profile/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>For the prehealth program here is the website:
<a href="http://prehealth.richmond.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://prehealth.richmond.edu/&lt;/a>
I would like to really point out that our acceptance rate to Medical School
for First-time Applicants is 89% which is much higher than the national average of 51%.</p>

<p>University of Richmond is a liberal arts college and is constantly updating the facilities. We are located right in Richmond, Virginia. For size we have a little less than 3000 undergraduate students. We are located in a suburban setting but are about 10-15 minute car ride away from the city of Richmond. We get all four seasons here so the winter are not too bad and we do get 1-2 snowfalls a year. There are so many opportunities here we have over 280 organizations and just in case we don’t have something that you would like you can start your own very easily. The University is constantly planning events on campus so technically you never have to leave. As for the party scene it is here, but there are also plenty of events that are not like that either so you have the best of both worlds in that you get to choose which you would prefer. </p>

<p>If you want to leave campus and explore the area we have restaurants, malls, all typical events like movies, mini golf, etc but also we have the downtown area with clubs, cute little street called Carytown and also lots of history everywhere. The James River is about 5 minutes away from campus for the warm days. If you want to explore even more during the year Richmond is less than 2 hours away from DC, Virginia Beach and the mountains. During breaks if you don’t want to travel all the way home, plenty of international students go home with their roommates or takes trips exploring new areas like New York as well.</p>

<p>Our study abroad programs are amazing in that last year’s graduating class over 70% studied abroad at some time. We have an Office of International Education who does a great job at helping with scholarships and funds and finding programs for where you want to study. If you don’t like the places we have listed you just have to say where you would like to go and they will work with you to find a program. This year we have students studying abroad in India and Egypt for the first time. Also your financial aid will still apply when you do study abroad.
<a href="http://studyabroad.richmond.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://studyabroad.richmond.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Good luck and sorry to add another school but I hope you do consider University of Richmond!</p>