<p>I'm not sure which colleges to apply to. I am going to be a senior in the fall. My cumulative gpa in high school so far is a 3.5, but I hope to raise that in my first semester. My SATs are low at a 1800, but I'm hoping to improve that as well. I do a few extra curricular activities: cross country, indoor track and field, track and field, Latin club, student government, and will join young Democrats in the fall. I do community service at the city hospital, the aquarium, and in a environmental program. I've done chemisty and biology at my local community college to enhance my knowledge in those areas since they are my favorite. I definitely want to go for medical. I want to stay in the northeast. I don't have a preference in size. Any ideas will be appreciated.</p>
<p>Have you done the College Board and Princeton Review match searches? Don't pay attention to the rankings, but they can give you an idea of what to be asking yourself, as well as colleges you may not have heard of, but that could be of interest. I would try those first and then come back. Also, colleges pay attention to improvement, so if you work hard, they'll notice. I am also a rising senior, so good luck to us both. :)</p>
<p>I've done the Princeton Review search. The results were somewhat helpful, but I was wondering if anyone could give me their ideas.</p>
<p>Thanks and good luck to you as well spirit892!</p>
<p>Well, in that case, I'll tell you what I did. I talked to people around me. People who had known me since I was a baby and they gave me their recommendations. I mean, you want advice from people who know you better than you know yourself. So, once I got a recommendation I liked, I checked out the school. If the school wasn't exactly what I was looking for, I branched out by looking at schools that were similar, maybe in size, location, curriculum, etc. That way, I didn't overload myself with schools to choose from. I also looked at academics too and matched myself with schools in the northeast that I felt comfortable with. I hope that helps somewhat. And, if you want to know my schools that I am applying to:
Wells College
Gettysburg College
Moravian College
Arcadia University
Mount Holyoak</p>
<p>Some schools to consider:
Holy Cross
Penn State
Rutgers
UConn
Boston University
Villanova
Providence College
Fairfield
UMass
TCNJ
Fordham
Syracuse</p>
<p>These are some schools that are in the Northeast and that would be reasonable academically. If you could be more specific about what you are looking for in a school, I could be more specific in giving you schools :)</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>To be more specific....medium sized campus, suburban setting... I want a school that has a good science program. What other specifics would you like me to state?</p>
<p>Maybe what kind of social scene you want. Also, is cost a factor? What specific science(s) are you interested in (biology, chemistry, etc)?</p>
<p>What state do you live in? Hartford, Trinity, Fairfield, Drew, and Fordham may be good. If Baltimore is acceptable, look at Towson and Goucher, both in nice areas outside the city.</p>
<p>Small town/suburban Northeast U.S. Excellent assets in the life sciences;</p>
<p>Allegheny College, PA
Westminster College, PA
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA
SUNY Stony Brook
SUNY Plattsburgh
U of New Hampshire
U of Rhode Island
College of Wooster, OH
Case Western Reserve University, OH
Wellesley College, MA</p>
<p>Holy Cross and Trinity might be good choices. Holy Cross has very good Latin program and strong pre-med.</p>
<p>I live in Connecticut and am most interested in molecular biology.
Thanks for everyone's help so far =)</p>
<p>have you looked into cmu? if your raise your sat's some, you should try for sure.</p>
<p>I don't think Carnegie Meelon has a pre-med program.
I could be wrong though.</p>
<p>There is no such thing as a "pre-med program." CMU has all the necessary sicence & math prerequisites for applying to med school.</p>