So I built a college list, and I just realized I ended up with 7 <20% acceptance schools. Can you recommend some matches?
I’m interested in biology/biochemistry major, looking at medical school
Current safety: UT Austin (Auto-admit)
Others: Harvard (REA), MIT, Stanford, Duke, WashU St. Louis, Johns Hopkins, UPenn
Things I’m looking for:
Medium to large campus
Less of a party-hard environment
Not rural
Tuition isn’t a problem
Outside of Texas
Profile: Asian male, $200k family income
School stats: Asian male, GPA 3.80/4.00 (number system), Rank 1/250 (Magnet school)
Test Scores: 1570 SAT, 3 800’s SAT II, 9 5’s on APs
Notable award: International Biology Olympiad Gold Medal
As a pre-med, staying in Texas may be helpful when you go to interviews at Texas public medical schools and Baylor, which are relatively inexpensive for Texas residents, so you can finish medical school with much less debt than you would otherwise have from medical school.
Note that no specific major is needed to do pre-med, although biology does cover most of the pre-med course requirements automatically.
If you want to have money left for medical school, consider SUNY Stony Brook. It’s suburban, but not rural, and even OOS tuition will be less than many other schools. In addition, a large Asian contingent could help you feel more at home.
Brandeis, University of Rochester, Emory. These are not safeties; they are very competitive and filled with smart students, but you would be a very, very strong candidate for each. Add some state schools or other schools that admit over 50% to be very safe if, for some reason, you would not be happy at UT Austin.
As a Tx resident, staying instate will make it easier to interview for med schools, for sure. Utdallas. Are you a nmsf
Most premeds end up attending a med school in their state because of instate preference and cost…and Texas meds have unbelievably low cost med schools…amazing.
I agree with several other posts: If you are premed, then you must take cost into account. A family income of $200,000 does not make it easy for parents to pay nearly $600,000 over 8 years to pay for four years of undergrad plus 4 more years of medical school. You have really excellent in-state options. After getting your MD you can go anywhere in the USA for your residence.