SOS! Please suggest some safeties/target/reach!!

College Search & Selection
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<p>I’m a rising senior living in Jersey. And I’m right now in a bit of a tight spot, because (in respect to college admissions and whatnot) I have no real clue what range I fit in!! So I would greatly appreciate it if some of you guys can suggest list of colleges (safeties/target/reach). </p>

<p>My specs are (they are err not that great as some I have seen browsing around this forum). And am an Asian female middleclass interested in Premed & biology area. Also interested in the 6/7/8 year BA/MD programs</p>

<p>A public magnet school
GPA – 3.7 uw /4.0
Rank – my school does not rank for the fear of students killing each other ;)
No clue what percentage I would fit into.</p>

<p>SAT I- Best combined 2370 (800M/800CR/770W)
One-sitting: 2280 (710M/800CR/770W)</p>

<p>SAT II – Writing 800; Math IIC 800; Math IC 800; Chemistry 750;
Biology planning to take it October.. hopefully high 700-800</p>

<p>Courseload- Usually took as many classes as I can & in a variety. As a magnet school, all regular classes are considered honors (yea right) Then, our school doesn't offer a lot of AP's. Took CalcAB(5), Chem(4). Taking this senior year AP Bio, AP Physics C, Single Variable Calc (AP+). </p>

<p>EC's
Board member of Multicultural club (2/4 years)
yearbook (4 years)
Spanish honor society (webmaster/newsletter editor)
Model UN (delegate (10), vicechair(11), chair(12))
math team, choir, etc</p>

<p>volunteered at a lot of open house & interview for my school, habitat for humanity, food bank, local nursing home, town ambulance corps (recently acquired EMT cert)</p>

<p>extra: attend columbia science honors program, will do a research internship during school year</p>

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<p>You may want to consider the Tufts 7 (or was it 8?) year combined MD program. Even if you don't decide to take that route or aren't accepted into that program, you may still get into the regular school of liberal arts - Tufts has a very rigorous premed program that prepares our graduates well. I would consider it a match on your list of schools, but it's still no guarantee that you'll be accepted as with all elite admissions.</p>

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<p>U of Rochester has a BS/MD program</p>

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<p>You should look into the Rice/Baylor combined program.</p>

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<p>Brown also has a combined program.</p>

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<p>Thanks guys for the replies.. </p>

<p>i'm aware of some of the medical programs mentioned (didn't know tufts had one!), but i'm afraid that they all might be reaches for me as they're highly competitive. if someone could suggest some safeties/matches as well as reaches even for regular undergraduate .. that would be great!</p>

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<p>Someone on this forum mentioned an RPI/Albany Med program a couple of months ago. Sounds like a safety for you. Regular undergrad- Cornell, Johns Hopkins, University of Chicago.</p>

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<p>If interested in the south consider these...though not combined programs.</p>

<p>Match: UVA, Davidson, Vandy</p>

<p>Safety: Richmond, Wake, Furman</p>

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<p>any more inputs please? :)</p>