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College Search & Selection
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<p>So here are my colleges I'm applying to:
Reach:
WUSTL
Brown
Tufts
CMU
(Maybe BC?)</p>

<p>Match:
Brandeis
U of Rochester
(Maybe BC?)
(Potentially Rhodes)</p>

<p>Safety:
BU
(Maybe Rhodes?)
Possibly Centre, not sure if applying</p>

<p>I'm interested in going the pre-med route. Financially I will be covered for 2 years under the post 9/11 GI Bill, not planning on going to schools in home state.</p>

<p>Here are my stats:
2050 SAT (660 M, 700 CR, 690 W)
4.14 W GPA, 3.94 UW
SAT II: 730 US History, 670 Chem, just took Math II
AP Scores: 3 World History, 4 Chem, 5 AP US His. Lan&Comp, now taking Gov and Politics, Bio, and Calc AB</p>

<p>ECs: JV Wrestling, Track and Field, Intern at the Obama campaign this year 12hrs/week, 10 weeks, Paid work at a grocery store 11hrs/week, NHS, Filmed various events for local TV stations, (Summer) attended NSLC on healthcare&med., co-leader of school's MUN for 2 years, red cross volunteer at hospital 3hrs/week, translator at special olympics</p>

<p>Awards: AP scholar with honor, NHS(not sure if its considered an honor or EC), 2 first place videos in regions film festival, plus academic awards in regular Chem and AP Chem</p>

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<p>bump anyone?</p>

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<p>Not enough safeties or even matches. If you have two years covered how will you afford the other two years plus 4 years of medical school?
Why are you rejecting state schools if they can provide you with what you need at a much lower cost?</p>

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<p>I’m not interested in attending large universities, and I also feel like Plymouth State U isn’t that fantastic of a school.</p>

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<p>I would add BC and Northeastern to your list.</p>

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<p>You need to apply to the best in-state school because it may end up being the one you can afford. You can’t afford to build up a pile of debt as an undergrad because medical school is very expensive. Please go to the premed forum and start reading some of the posts at the top.
UNH has an honors program that will help the school seem smaller to you. You may qualify for it. [University</a> of New Hampshire, Honors Program](<a href=“http://www.unh.edu/honors-program/index.html]University”>http://www.unh.edu/honors-program/index.html)
You haven’t seemed to consider finances and you are setting yourself up for disappointment by not doing so. What schools on your list are your financial safeties?
What is your family’s EFC? How much can they afford to pay each year for 4 years (not just 2)?</p>

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<p>I agree with BeanTownGirl re: debt. Try to keep it down. But also consider that the MCAT, unlike any other graduate test, will require an accumulation of knowledge that is gained over your undergraduate studies. For this reason, you want to make sure you look into going to a school that provides a good pre-med education. Tufts, Northeastern and BU all offer fantastic pre-med programs, but the flip side is that they are pretty pricey.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the advice guys! I’ll still be searching for relatively cheap colleges for a while.</p>

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<p>BU and Northeastern would be matches, not safeties.</p>

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<p>I don’t know where everyone keeps getting Northeastern from, I’m not planing on applying there.</p>