What reaches should I apply to?

College Search & Selection
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<p>So far I've applied to:
UMich
Butler
Northeastern University
Purdue (accepted)
Ohio State (accepted)</p>

<p>All for pharmacy majors/chemistry. Since I've already been accepted to some schools, what are some more reaches I could apply to? </p>

<p>From Illinois, female, white, competitive public high school
UW: 3.72
W: 4.32
Class Rank: None
ACT: 30
English: 34
Math: 27
Reading: 33
Science: 25
Writing: 7</p>

<p>ACT w/o writing: (Although schools won't superscore, some will take different subscores into consideration. Something to keep in mind I guess).
Composite: 31
English: 33
Math: 27
Reading: 32
Science: 30</p>

<p>Brief ECs: Lots of volunteering at an animal shelter, kitten foster parent, school sport 4 years, knitting club (lol), and a service club at my school for 4 years. Small random awards. I also did a pharmacy job shadow for a day; not an EC but I put it on some apps. I know my ECs aren't spectacular compared to the people on here that have done research etc.</p>

<p>Teacher recs and essays are great. First semester grades aren't looking too good.. like all B's and a few A's whooops senioritis. Will that hurt my chances?</p>

<p>Right now I'm not really sure what type of school I want.. preferably out of state and not in a rural area. Suburban is fine though. Maybe nothing smaller than 5,000 kids as I'm still deciding between big vs small. Other than that I'm open!</p>

<p>Finances are not a problem for me AT ALL (so please don't ask what I can afford). I'm really interested just to hear some names of schools thrown around. Thanks!</p>

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<p>I thought I had heard good things about Toledo Pharmacy and I think they offer incentives to Michigan residents. They may be worth a look.</p>

<p>If you are dead set on pharmacy, there is no doubt I would be looking at 2+4 programs or any school that will offer guaranteed acceptance into the Pharm School. You don’t want to waste time and money in trying to get that Pharmacy degree. It just isn’t worth the extra time and money.</p>

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<p>I am an Illinios resident.</p>

<p>I applied to Northeastern’s 6 yr program and I am assuming I’ll get in to Butler’s early assurance program. OSU has an early assurance program although I don’t know if i will apply. I also applied to pre-pharm for Purdue, but I’m confused about how it works (if someone could clarify that’d be awesome!). Is this program non-degree seeking? Is it only 2 years? I read that while PharmD programs don’t REQUIRE a bachelor’s degree, stronger applicants have one, so would it be bad if I did 2 years of pre-pharm at Purdue, DIDN’T get accepted to their PharmD program, and had to apply elsewhere with no bachelor’s degree?</p>

<p>I’ve searched for other 6 yr programs but they are mostly through very small, not well known pharmacy schools, and I’d prefer to go to a traditional university.</p>