What northeastern colleges should I look into?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I’m going to be a senior in high school this September and I’ve recently began to look into my college options. I’m the eldest of my siblings so I’m not really familiar with the whole college application process. I was hoping you could help me establish some safeties, matches, and reaches within the northeast region of the United States (particularly from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania). I live in New York, so I’d like to stay relatively close to my home-state. </p>

<p>Please help me select northeast colleges that fit my background.</p>

<p>Intended Major: Pre-med courses with a double major in Biology/English </p>

<p>Location: New York (willing to go anywhere in northeast region)
Race: Asian/Indian
Financial Aid: Yes, needed but not a major issue.</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: ~96 before junior year, I assume it stayed the same or went up.
Weighted GPA: ~99
Rank: top 10%</p>

<h1>of AP/IB/honors courses: 10 APs by the end of 12th grade</h1>

<p>SAT/ACT scores: 2180 (M: 740 CR: 700 W: 740) ; I’m taking this again in October, so I’m hoping for a slight increase.</p>

<p>AP scores: 5 on Chemistry, World History, U.S. History, and Language & Composition</p>

<p>ECs: 5-6 leadership positions through the Newspaper, Foreign Language Honor Society, Spanish Club, and Math Club. I attended FBLA competitions and I attend Model UN conferences. I’m part of National Junior Honor Society and some service organizations like Red Cross. </p>

<p>Volunteer: at least 200 hours at a hospital, volunteer at a reading program for younger kids at the library, I volunteer through church events and programs as well</p>

<p>Awards: AP Scholar with Honor and minor ones </p>

<p>I really want to attend a college with a good biology program and many laboratory facilities/research opportunities. I’d love to get involved with the research of my professors and help them in the lab. </p>

<p>So far, this is where I’m looking into:</p>

<p>New York Institute of Technology
St. John’s University
Stony Brook University </p>

<p>I’m not really sure if these colleges would be safeties or matches, so if you could indicate what they would be, I’d really appreciate it. Please also point out other colleges (safeties, matches, and reaches) that I could look into. Any input would be awesome!</p>

<p>Thanks so much!</p>

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<p>Hello.
You and I have the same major in mind :wink:
Based on your stats, it is cl</p>

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<p>Sorry for ending like that accident!
But yes, based on your stats I would recommend you to look into ivy leagues as well. Your grades and accomplishents are exactly what they’re looking for!
Recommendations:
Cornell university
Rice university (top notch biology program
Tufts university (really terrific for bio major)
Brandeis u (def a safety)
Colgate u (bio is good here)
Brown u (very popular for bio)
Apply to Harvard as well! Their bio program is the best in the world and I think you are in their league!
Open up your chances…u have the scores for top universities!
Nyu is good too, like u.said l;-)
Good luck fellow bio major ;-)</p>

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<p>Brandeis does sound like a great fit for you. However, with a record 9,000 applications last year, I wouldn’t call it a safety. Perhaps a match.</p>

<p>Brandeis is a small liberal arts college functioning within a world-class research university. It’s a trick to pull that off, but they do, and the undergraduates benefit from that special combination.</p>

<p>As for pre-med, its acceptance rates are excellent (and the early acceptance program with Tufts Med is a big plus).</p>

<p>Take a look at this:[Find</a> Out What?s Cooking in the Chemistry Lab | Brandeis University](<a href=“BrandeisNOW”>BrandeisNOW)</p>

<p>If you haven’t seen this piece, including the video, it may be helpful to you in understanding the excellent undergraduate research opportunities that are available at Brandeis. These are the foundation of both its exceptional med school acceptance rate and excellent rates of admission to top doctoral degree programs. One great example is Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, Rod MacKinnon who began his research career as an undergrad at Brandeis, went on to med school and then returned to Brandeis for post-doc studies. Another good example of the exceptional science teaching/research environment at Brandeis is Biochem Professor, Greg Petsko who left MIT to come to Brandeis to conduct his ground-breaking research and teach undergrads in a nuturing environment. All of this is possible because of Brandeis’ special position as a top tier research university combined with a small liberal arts college. Oh yes, the brand new Science Center is fantastic as well. Finally BTW, here’s a brief article describing the impressive ranking of Brandeis’ own doctoral programs (many among the best in the nation): </p>

<p>[Brandeis</a> doctoral programs rate high in national survey | BrandeisNOW](<a href=“http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2010/november/nationalresearchcouncil.html]Brandeis”>Brandeis doctoral programs rate high in national survey | BrandeisNOW)</p>

<p>This is very relevant to undergraduates because, at Brandeis, undergrads and grad students both work side-by-side with the same professors.</p>

<p>Plus, here’s an article about the large number of recent Brandeis undergrads, including Physics majors, receiving NSF graduate research fellowships:</p>

<p>[NSF</a> graduate research fellowships soar in 2011 | BrandeisNOW](<a href=“http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2011/april/nsf.html]NSF”>NSF graduate research fellowships soar in 2011 | BrandeisNOW)</p>

<p>As for your English double major, you may find this interesting:</p>

<p>[Four</a> Great College Professors - The Daily Beast](<a href=“http://www.newsweek.com/2009/08/11/in-search-of-great-professors.html]Four”>Four Great College Professors)</p>

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<p>Sorry for the late responses, but…</p>

<p>@Desi…thanks so much! I don’t think Harvard’s for me, but that’s really kind of you. Thanks for the advice.</p>

<p>@B77 Thanks, that was some AWESOME information right there, really helped. I’ve heard nothing but great things about Brandeis so I’m definitely looking into that. It’s selective for sure, but hopefully I can bring up the SAT grades, get good SAT II grades, and bring up my ACT grades and apply!!! Thanks for bringing that college up, it totally escaped my mind. Very insightful links. As for the double-major, I don’t think I’ll be able to graduate in time with that and pre-med courses, so I’ll have to settle for a single-major in a subject I really want to do…Thanks for everything guys!!!</p>