Where should i start?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey, I'm currently a junior in western new york and i'm thinking i definitely want to go into premed. </p>

<p>with this, can you tell me some matches and reaches for when i'm applying?</p>

<p>1410 SAT/2140 on new scale (750 V, 660 M, 730 Writing (10 on essay)) - (I'm planning to take satII's in math to get 700ish and not retake sats)
Taking SAT IIs in Spanish and US History this week and should get above 700 on both
My weighted average for the 3 years is 96.7, 93 something unweighted, so i guess around a 3.7 gpa?
I will have taken 4 AP's by the time i graduate (Eng Lang, American History, English Lit, Bio) and most all of other classes honors</p>

<p>e.c:
national honors society
8th place in western new york for national spanish exam freshman year
Club member - young democrats, peer helpers (big sister program), political debate
copresident/cofounder Vegetarian and Healthy Choices Club
1 yr JV soccer, 2 yrs Varsity soccer and summer travel team
2 years jv track
freshman basketball
cycling - i'm going to be riding my first century (100 miles!) this june!
4 years of drums
100+ volunteer hours
Hospital volunteer/internship
Student tutor sophmore year</p>

<p>I will have very strong teacher recommendations from my AP english teacher and Spanish 5 teacher and a counselor recommendation.</p>

<p>I'm interested in emory and cornell but i'm sure those are reaches. dartmouth would be a dream school, but i know thats a serious reach.</p>

<p>where should i look for some reaches and matches?</p>

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<p>ok. first of all, you need to tell us more. </p>

<p>do you have preferences for size of school?
what part of the country?
urban vs suburban vs rural?
stereotypes of student body, i.e. liberal/conservative/preppy/jocks/artsy/social life/etc etc etc etc?
anything else important for you?</p>

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<p>ah yes, i'm sorry -
size - i think i'd be most comfortable in a middle sized school around 6-7000 but i could go smaller or larger - just not under 3000 or larger than 10000
location - northeast or south
prefer suburban / urban
i'm more liberal but i would be fine in any environment
social life - i like having fun but i'd prefer to be in a city or town where there is more to do than just drink all the time</p>

<p>but now i'm just looking and i'll see the different things i like and dislike so really anything that loosely fits in here would be great, or really just any suggestions for me in general... thanks</p>

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<p>just a bump...</p>

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<p>You nwould need to retake the SATs for a shot at Dartmouth (average 1490 this year) Cornell is also a reach but less so and Emory a match. You need some serious safeties. The 660 math will hurt for pre med and a 700 on the IIC won't help.</p>

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<p>hey thanks. yeah, i do have safeties... those were just some that i knew were reaches and i just mentioned. i am very interested in emory, and cornell i may apply to as a reach. but yeah, any matches people have as suggestions would be awesome... thanks for the input</p>