Still looking for schools ..is there anyone like me? (major concern too!)

<p>Class rank: top 5% (about 20/400)
GPA UW:3.9 W:4.0-ish
SAT: 1850. Taking again with goal 2000+
Taking SAT2 in Nov.
5 AP, 3 Honors
International student studying in U.S. (3 yrs)
Extracurriculars: Art, Photography, volunteer work
Some awards and honors.</p>

<p>So here's my list so far:</p>

<p>Reach:
USC (alumni)
UCLA
UCB</p>

<p>Match:
Washington,WA
Wisconsin
BU
RPI</p>

<p>Safety:
UCI</p>

<p>My intended major is pre-dentistry or computer science
but I am still not sure. </p>

<p>If I want to be a dentist, can I major in Chemistry ?
or does it have to be biochem or bio?</p>

<p>I'd like to add 1-2 more in match and safety.</p>

<p>I want school to be in urban/sub-urb setting, and in CA,DC,MA,MD,PA,VA,NJ,NY,WV, or ME.. and is well-known.</p>

<p>I was thinking about BC, GW, UMD for reach-match
but it seems like GW does not have much in pre-dent/comp.sc
and BC seems not giving much f/aid to students (is it true?)</p>

<p>Please give me a list of schools that will be good for me..</p>

<p>I'm pretty sure it's the same for dental schools, but for medical schools you can major in whatever you want as long as you fulfill all of the requirements (for instance I am a math major/chem minor, and one of my friends is attending Yale Med School after majoring in English literature with a chem minor).</p>

<p>GW is a huge school with a medical center. Pre-dental should be fine there. Yes, I am quite sure that any major is all right for dental school, and chemistry would be a great one. UMD-College Park should be a good choice for you, also.</p>

<p>Thanks OM and ugen! I guess then I can major in either chem or comp.science and still go to dental school. I never knew that. Is there any other colleges?</p>

<p>Holy Cross (45 minutes west of Boston) has an excellent Premed and Predental Program. Graduates are admitted to medical school at a rate twice the national average, and more than 10 percent of Holy Cross alumni are currently practicing medicine.
see: <a href="http://www.holycross.edu/academics/premed/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.holycross.edu/academics/premed/&lt;/a>
HC also has a computer science major.</p>

<p>Thanks innocentbystande, I will look up HC. Can anyone give me couple more names that are pretty big in size (5000+) and is member of commonapp? I just wonder..</p>

<p>Case Western.</p>

<p>University of Michigan is large but has an outstanding reputation. Your SATs are a little low so you may want to focus on schools that do not require the SAT like Mount Holyoke, Middlebury, Hamilton, Holy Cross, and Bates. I think you will potentially get into a better school w/o the scores.</p>

<p>University of the Pacific is probably a safety for you. Strong science and health programs. It has a school of dentistry and also a school of engineering and computer science. Excellent music program too. (Dave Brubeck went there. So did my dentist.)</p>

<p>Thanks guys.. I didn't think about applying to colleges where SATs are not required. That will definitely help. Is there anyway to see a complete list of schools where SAT is not required? Also thanks for CW, UM, and UP. I think UM is reaching for me.. CW too. But thanks</p>