<p>Hi! My SAT score is a 2230 (CR: 650 math:780 writing:800) and my GPA is a 3.6. By the time I graduate I will have taken 4 AP classes (Bio, Chem, Calculus, Stats) and a few honors (3 years math, one year history, and one year chemistry). My high school is in the top ten high schools in Massachusetts, and is a pretty hard school. I have been volunteering at a hospital for four years and have played a couple of sports for my school and dance competitively. </p>
<p>I am interested in doing pre med. I have a couple safety sort of schools schools (like Northeastern, Boston University, Lehigh, Drexel), some close shot schools (like Brandeis, NYU, Boston College, George Washington) and a couple reaches (Wellesley College and Tufts). </p>
<p>This list isn't finalized though so I would love some suggestions. Thanks!</p>
<p>have a couple safety sort of schools schools (like Northeastern, Boston University, Lehigh, Drexel</p>
<p>You might be assured of admittance, but are you CERTAIN that your parents will pay the costs? If you’re not 100% certain that you have all costs covered, then those aren’t safeties.</p>
<p>Your GPA and your CR SAT may be an issue at reach schools. You have a very high SAT because of your writing score, which is often meaningless at many schools. </p>
<p>Your math + CR score is a 1430. That is a good score, but when combined with your GPA, you may have trouble at reach schools. </p>
<p>Your list seems ok as long as you know FOR SURE that you have all costs covered at your safeties. </p>
<p>What is your rank?</p>
<p>How much will your parents pay each year? If you don’t know, ask. However, if they will pay all costs, then you’re fine. :)</p>
<p>Lots of threads on pre-med and best schools for… Do a search. Bottom line: Most reputable schools have good enough basic sciences to prepare you well for the MCAT. You need an excellent GPA so going to the most selective school you can get into probably isn’t going to be to your advantage - and watch out for schools with weeder classes that report high success rates at getting their kids into med school. Those are the schools that give lots of first year bio and chem class students Cs to discourage them from pursuing this path. And save your money - med school costs a small fortune.</p>
<p>Costs will be covered for undergrad, but med school will be on me. mom2collegekids my high school doesn’t have rankings so I’m not sure. And I agree, hopes aren’t high because of my gpa/reading score, but Tufts is my dream school so I figured I’d give it a shot.</p>
<p>What are you looking for in a school besides pre-med?</p>
<p>One tidbit I’ve heard from a few students in med school now is that they either wish their undergrad school had a hospital within walking distance or are glad their did. It’s not necessary, of course, merely nice for being able to work/volunteer at the hospital while still doing undergrad. You might keep that in mind as you’re looking.</p>
<p>Pending what you are looking for in a school, you could also consider Pittsburgh, Case Western, and U Rochester. At all of these you could be competitive for merit aid. The less expensive undergrad is, the more you’d theoretically have for med school (unless your parents put strings on their money).</p>
<p>If you were my daughter I would suggest you try to get the best possible merit package from a small LAC known for its pre-med prep and then I would set aside the difference for your med school. The advantage of LACs is that in many cases they are more supportive and not as competitive as some of the larger universities. They start preparing students for med school right at the beginning of freshman year. I am not as familiar with schools out east but in the Midwest/South you can’t go wrong with St. Olaf, Knox, Beloit, Hendrix, or Rhodes.</p>
<p>While most kids do volunteer work in hospitals, there are actually many options for medically related volunteering: Hospice, public health clinics, rehab centers, EMT with the fire dept, etc… Because hospitals tend to have a lot of restrictions on what volunteers can do - and a lot of volunteers - many end up doing work that’s not terribly interesting even if they do get to see the professional staff in action. S did no hospital volunteering at all - he was an EMT in high school and worked for two summers in college at a public health clinic. Exposure to hospice as well. Lots of ‘hands on’ experience that he would never have gotten at a hospital. As always, it pays to think outside the box.</p>
<p>I’m looking for a school on the east coast, I’d prefer to be close to Massachusetts but I wouldn’t mind a 5-8 hour drive from MA if I like the school. I definitely wouldn’t want to be in a small town in the middle of nowhere, I’d like to be in a city, close to a city, or in an exciting town. And of course I’d want to go to a school with good for pre med .</p>
<p>I would be looking to attend an elite liberal arts school and if you are 100 percent determined on med school, I would be going where I borrowed the least money. You don’t want to be financing your freshmen year and letting that interest compound for the next ten years. </p>
<p>In all reality, you only need about three classes to get into med school. You can go to any school in the country and get in to med school if you are med school quality.</p>
<p>All of the schools you listed are great schools and I would apply to all of them, if you can. there is nothing wrong with applying to up to 10 schools. </p>
<p>Take a look at the Liberal Arts College rankings. Liberal Arts Schools have the highest professional School placement rates. They just don’t have the ‘main street’ brand name recognition like other schools which are known based on their graduate programs, not their undergraduate. </p>
<p>University of Rochester, Davidson College and Franklin & Marshall College are schools that I would offer as suggestions.</p>