Hi I’m currently a junior and I have recently been stuck when considering which colleges I should apply to and which college I should pick for early decision… I was hoping some of you could take a look at my stats and recommend a list of colleges that would be a good fit!
-Female
-Unweighted GPA: 3.84
-Weighted GPA: 4.1
-SAT: first time (1840)
-second try in predicting a 2050-2100
-Am hoping to score a 32+ on the ACT
Courses:
9th grade-
Honors biology
Honors geometry
Orchestra
Honors English and SS
Drawing and painting
Spanish 2
10th grade-
Honors chemistry
AP biology (4)
AP European History (3) (probably won’t send that score)
Honors Algebra 2/Trig
Honors English and SS
Spanish 3
Science research 1
11th grade-
AP physics
Pre-Calc honors
AP art
Spanish 4
AP Lang
AP US history
Science research 2
SS research
EC’s (in school):
Environmental Club (president)
National Honor Society
National Art Honor Society
Mathletes
Science Olympiad (4 time medalist)
Envirothon competition
Key club
Spanish Honor Society
EC’s (outside of school):
Internship at a research lab
Summer research program (sophomore and junior year)
100 hours of hospital volunteering
Shadowing a cardiologist
Edited out some details
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How much can you and your parents afford? Home state? Large/small/urban/suburban/rural/religious/Greek life/sports oriented/private/public?
And what are you hoping do study? Are you pre-med? Without the answers to all these questions, we can’t help.
@gumbymom I live in NY so they’d prefer it if I could get in state tuition, they’re willing to pay a lot of it’s a very presitgious school but if not then they’d prefer a school in the $10,000-30,000 a year range. I don’t mine whether the school is in a city or in the suburbs. I’m hoping for a school on the larger size but with not too big of class sizes.
@N pre med. also I am planning on applying to some accelerated programs if you have an suggestions for those.
Since medical schools are not prestige sensitive, there is little point in going into debt in order to attend somewhere prestigious as an undergrad. Most reputable schools - including your affordable in-state options - will do a fine job of preparing you for med school. They all offer the basic pre-req courses you require. Medical school is already incredibly expensive so save your tuition dollars for that.
You should head over to the pre-med forum here on CC (go to the Forum Home page, and then scroll down to the pre-med forum). Read the sticky threads there. There are many threads on the best schools for pre-meds, pros and cons of LACs vs. universities, what to major in, how to schedule your coursework so you don’t crash and burn early on, how medical schools make admissions decisions, etc…
Once you understand what medical schools are looking for, the college selection process is a lot less fraught.
People often say if you plan to go to medical school the college’s reputation or prestige does not matter. I don’t think prestige usually matters. But it just so happens that some of the schools that are viewed by some as prestigious also have some wonderful things to offer that are not as common in other schools. But it is hard to project or suggest given that you don’t know what your more recent scores are like and the earlier ones were not that strong. Also, you have a laundry list of ECs but don’t elaborate enough to know how successful you have been. In terms of SO, for example are those national medals? What about the math? How well did you do? etc
I would stay in-state, unless you raise your scores. It’s likely you’ll get into an honors program.
Run the Supermatch tool on the left side of this page.
Why are you intent on early decision? You are aware that it is a binding decision?