suggestions/comments/ideas please!

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi All,
Hoping for some comments regarding my D and her "list" of schools. Here's her stats:</p>

<p>Rising senior at fairly competitive suburban NYS school, all honors/ap classes (will have 8 by end of senior year, AP scholar), GPA about 4.0 UW, rank as of last year 6/225, high honor roll all terms, ACT comp 33 (36 on reading), SAT 2110 (math 660, CR 800), RIT medal winner (a junior book award), editor school paper, editor literary mag, student reporter for biggest regional newspaper, summer research internship at Univ Buff this summer plus a 30 hr/week summer job, varsity track last 4 years (captain last year and senior year prolly), varsity volleyball2 yrs, JV 1, scholar athlete, volunteer at hospital and other community orgs prolly 100+ hours total, NHS, Key Club, horseback riding 10 years, etc. you get the message. Can write well and will have great recs.</p>

<p>Looking for a biomedical engineering program, planning on at least a masters at some point. Likes research, wants to do it in undergrad. Wants a "well-rounded" college experience, ie not techy but not too greek or preppy. She's quiet but friendly, independent, liberal, not one of the most popular girls because she doesn't "play the game" if you know what i mean (we have a cliquey school). Likes lots of interesting things to do, hiking, shopping, museums, movies, poetry, etc. I think you all probably get the picture here.</p>

<p>Looking at: Univ Rochester, Boston U, Univ Pittsburgh, UMich, UPenn, Case Western, one of the SUNY's for my sake.</p>

<p>Need merit and need based aid.</p>

<p>Thoughts?</p>

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<p>She should also look into Rice and Wash U in St Louis.</p>

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<p>You don't mention whether your daughter has taken the SAT Subject Tests yet. Some schools want them, and for her intended major, she should probably be taking Math IIC and one of the science tests.</p>

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<p>yale sounds like a good place to apply</p>

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<p>Yes, she has taken two subject SAT's, Physics (i think 710) and Math (low 700's, but I don't know which one it was). Any comments on the schools already on her list?</p>

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<p>since she is doing summer research she should talk with the postdocs & profs about where they'd recommend for undergrad. You'd be getting the info from the horse's mouth.</p>