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UMiami might be a very good fit for your marine bio interests. My husband went there for marine bio just a few years ago. You major in marine science and then put a specific on top of it, like bio or chem. So you end up with a double in marine science and biology (which would be good for pre-med). If you are interested in seeing marine life regularly, Miami is great. The scuba diving club goes on trips really regularly and everything is so close. The other schools (public U's further North...can't remember which ones). My husband also went abroad to Australia while at Miami and had a great experience. Definitely consider it. You are the same person that was looking for LAC in midwest and northeast, right? So which one is it? Are you open to the entire east coast? Is the marine bio the odd, limiting criterion? Or is it the money? The 'quality' of the school for your stats? It's kind of confusing keeping track of your actual needs and interests...we could all be more helpful if you'd lay it all out there.

john6391

I dont want to go to the west coast as it would be too far away and expensive. The entire east is perfect, money is not really an issue its just we would like it to cost as little as possible. Schools with marine biology programs are important but someone told me majoring in marine bio is bad for undergraduate and you would want to major in it for graduate school. UMiami sounds perfect but I dont think I have a great shot of getting in. So I hope I covered everything if I missed something let me know.

Thanks

TooRealistic

Check out Coastal Carolina University. It's by the beach and, at one point, they actually owned an island off the coast for research. Also, it's not that hard to get into.

Good Luck!

Nightmarerec0n

I agree with URI, I live in Rhode Island and we have some the best Ocean related courses in the country...Hell we even have Robert Ballard as a professor.

gocanes

There are tons of options within Florida.

Obviously UMiami has been mentioned here quite frequently as it is the most well known in the field. Though a reach I feel it is an extremely plausible reach as I got into UM a year ago with a 3.4 UW and 1750 on the SAT. The trick is writing more essays than the required amount, sending a resume, and lots of letters of reccomendation. they look at that highly there.

Other great options:

Matches: University of South Florida: Located in Tampa, Fl. Has a marine campus in St. Petersburgh right on the beach. definately worth a look.

Safety: If you really like the Miami area, Florida International also has great programs at a much cheaper rate than UMiami (though not as prestigious).

LakeWashington

Ahem...as has pointed out on past CC threads (see posts from myself and Warblersrule86) Marine Biology, Marine Science, Biological Oceanography etc. is by and large a GRADUATE field of study. There are relatively few undergraduate programs and it is best to not to major in the field if you intend to pursue graduate study because few UG courses will count towards your MS or Phd. That being understood, a few notable programs are located at...

B.S.
U of Rhode Island
U of North Carolina-Wilmington
College of Charleston
Robert Stockton College (NJ)
SUNY Stony Brook
U of South Carolina
U of Washington
Oregon State University
U of Miami (FL)

MS and Phd
MIT-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
U of California-San Diego/Scripps Institution
U of Washington
Oregon State University
Duke University
U of South Carolina
Columbia University-World Wildlife Foundation