<p>GPA: ~4.3 weighted (1 or 2 C's, numerous B's)
Rank: 22/~720 (crappy school though, I only scored a 201 on the PSAT but it was still the highest in the school)
Courseload: 7 AP classes and 1 dual-enrollment biology class (my school doesn't give much freedom and doesn't offer that many AP classes either so I pretty much took the hardest courseload)
SAT 1: 2290 (750 CR, 770 M, 770 W)
SAT 2: 2310 (750 Bio, 780 Chem, 780 Math 2)
EC's: The usual stuff, volunteer hours at a hospital, some clubs (no leaderships :( though), cross country and track (not good enough to make a difference), etc. The only remotely exciting thing was I interned/shadowed for a doctor in India and got some lab experience working in a clinical lab
Hooks: none, Asian male fml</p>
<p>So what you're looking at here is decent grades, great SAT scores and boring EC's. The schools that I'm DEFINITELY applying to are:</p>
<p>BU (Accelerated med program)
RPI: (Accelerated med program)
Drexel: (Accelerated med program)
Brown: (PLME) (a longshot but what the heck)
TCNJ: (Accelerated med program)
Tufts</p>
<p>As you can see, I'm interested in pursuing medicine. I wanna to apply to a few more (not necessarily accelerated) so what schools do you recommend based on my stats?</p>
<p>You should get into all of them (except Brown which is a crap shoot for everyone), but Drexel and BU have a bad reputation as far as significant financial aid. Colleges, from what I understand, are really looking for just one terrific EC that shows sustained commitment. Play up the India experience, because that is more interesting anyway than what most colleges assume are forced volunteer hours and the standard issue sports participation. Who hasn’t run cross country? I rather imagine Adcoms are sick to death of seeing this stuff. (not interesting unless you are an elite runner). My D had pretty much zilch in the leadership area, however, she worked as a coxswain which is sort of a leadership type of job. So, find leadership in other directions, rather than being elected ‘co-captain’ of something.</p>
<p>So what are the criteria for selecting non-accelerated schools to apply to? Any financial need? Geographic constraints/preferences? Schools size (LACs? State U?, etc…) Anything else except decent pre-med advising?</p>
<p>@Olipond
Thank you for your advice. I definitely plan on emphasizing the internship.</p>
<p>@M’s Mom
I would prefer schools in Massachusetts but I’m certainly not limited to it. The farther the school, the better it would have to be for me to go there. For example, if I applied to Stanford and got in somehow, I’d go there because, it’s Stanford, even though it’s on the other side of the country. However I wouldn’t be so keen on going to the UC schools.</p>
<p>I think we’ll be ok financially because my dad told me not to worry about money. School size don’t matter to me and state schools are fine. Good science/research schools is what I’m looking for.</p>
<p>UMass Lowell, UMass Amherst, Brandeis, Northeastern, B.C., Holy Cross, WPI (yes, WPI [Pre-Health</a> - WPI](<a href=“http://www.wpi.edu/academics/prehealth.html]Pre-Health”>Pre-Health | Worcester Polytechnic Institute)). Some of these may offer you significant merit aid, which you should consider because med school costs a fortune!</p>
<p>xthrillax:</p>
<p>All of those accelerated medical school programs, and not just Brown, are extremely extremely competitive, perhaps more so than the ivy league and peer schools. </p>
<p>Anyway there’s also University of Michigan, University of Illinois UC, Georgia tech, Cornell, RPI (non accelerated) and Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>This is far away, and probably nowhere on your radar, but take a look at St Louis U. With your stats, you have an excellent shot at the early med admit, AND at getting serious financial assistance as well.</p>