<p>I’m looking to attend a smaller school and go on a pre-med track. All input is greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Stats? Rural, suburban, or urban? Type of student body?</p>
<p>How much your family can afford? Home state?</p>
<p>Here’s a partial list:</p>
<p>Virginia:</p>
<p>William & Mary
Washington & Lee</p>
<p>North Carolina:</p>
<p>Davidson
Elon
UNC Asheville</p>
<p>South Carolina:</p>
<p>Furman
College of Charleston</p>
<p>Tennessee:</p>
<p>Sewanee
Rhodes</p>
<p>Georgia:</p>
<p>Agnes Scott
Berry College
GCSU</p>
<p>Florida:</p>
<p>New College
Rollins</p>
<p>Kentucky:</p>
<p>Centre
Berea</p>
<p>Alabama:</p>
<p>Birmingham Southern</p>
<p>Mississippi:</p>
<p>Milaps</p>
<p>I had a hard time finding something I didn’t like about Davidson and it is definitely my favorite among the southern LACs. Top academics, a very homely town that loves its college students, DI sports in a school with less than 2,000 kids that drives even the most apathetic sports fans into cheering for their school, the combination of inclusiveness and camaraderie through the eating clubs/fraternities, arguably the best financial aid program in the country, the list goes on. The only thing I guess that’s “wrong” with it is the fact that they don’t have grade inflation, which might hurt your med school chances a little (but I wouldn’t be surprised if med schools know davidsons reputation as a non-inflating school).</p>
<p>Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. Very strong for pre-med.</p>
<p>Sorry about the lack of info guys. I was in a rush to make the thread. I have decent, but not great grades. Im aware I’m not ivy material. My mom is an anesthesiologist and my dad is a regional insurance supervisor so the money isn’t a big deal. I’m just trying to get the best education i can that will prepare me. As far as location, as long as it isn’t COMPLETELY isolated from society, it will be fine. My parents are going on work trips all the time so I’m used to being by myself.</p>
<p>Stats
ACT
Composite-28
English-27
Math-25
Reading-30
Science-30</p>
<p>GPA 3.65/4.3</p>
<p>Rank: 10/225</p>
<p>AP Classes
US History
European History
Chemistry
Biology
Physics B
Psychology
US Government</p>
<p>ECs</p>
<p>5 years-Varsity Baseball
4 years- FBLA President
4 years- Beta Club
2 years-Science Club
2 years-Student Missionary
Freshman Treasurer
Freshman/Sophomore Student Government</p>
<p>I’m from eastern Kentucky, so I have no idea if that would affect my admission status at any of these places. </p>
<p>Thank you all for your input so far.</p>
<p>Shameless plug for my school: Although it’s only a liberal arts college for the first two years, consider Oxford College of Emory University. It has about 900 students, and upon completion of the program, students go to the main Emory campus. Because of its affiliation with (probably) the best school for biology in the South, biology at Oxford is very strong.</p>
<p>Other schools not listed by Quakerstake are University of Richmond in Richmond, VA, Wofford College in South Carolina, and Eckerd College in Florida. </p>
<p>All of those on Quakerstake’s list are very good schools, but you should cross of Berea College, and Sewanee. Berea is only for low income students and Sewanee is in the middle of nowhere. Although if you ever have the chance to see Sewanee, I’ve heard the school and the surrounding forest (aka “The Domain”) are absolutely incredible.</p>
<p>It isn’t a LAC but you should look at Trinity in Texas</p>
<p>@whenhen</p>
<p>Being from Kentucky, I saw where he posted Berea and i automatically crossed it off. I have had some smiley members go there, but my financial situation wouldn’t let me. </p>
<p>I appreciate everybody’s input. I’m just trying to make my list of schools and this definitely helped me narrow it down. You guys helped me tremendously.</p>
<p>How about Transylvania University in Lexington? I don’t know much about it but it seems well-regarded locally. </p>
<p>Sewanee, while in the middle of nowhere, is a very good school with a gorgeous campus (great for outdoor activities). It is between Nashville and Chattanooga so those 2 cities are reachable. It’s also not far from where the Bonnaroo festival is held each year.</p>
<p>@quakerstake</p>
<p>I already had Transy on my list. It’s about an hour and a half away, so it’s doable. Sewanee is a good school, but I just haven’t done a lot of research on it.</p>
<p>Furman has good financial aid opportunities, IIRC - they sent me a flood of information when I was a senior in high school (2003-2004). I wish I had looked more closely at them, although I am happy with where I ultimately ended up.</p>
<p>Sewanee is in the middle of nowhere, but some students seek the school out for that outdoorsy atmosphere.</p>
<p>There’s also:
Hampden-Sydney (a men’s college) in VA
Greensboro College (Greensboro, SC)
Huntingdon College (Montgomery, AL)
LaGrange College (LaGrange, GA)
Lynchburg College (Lynchburg, VA)
Newberry College (Newberry, SC)
Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, GA)</p>
<p>I know about Oglethorpe; it’s a great small school in a great location - in a pretty part of Atlanta. Buckhead is like the Upper East Side of Atlanta, and the suburbs surrounding Oglethorpe are some of the wealthiest suburbs in the metro area. Good school, too. And they have a full scholarship competition as well as smaller scholarships.</p>
<p>DOn’t know about the other schools but I’ve heard good things about Greensboro.</p>
<p>Bionic Man:</p>
<p>If you are indeed interested in Davidson, you should definitely attend one of their Davidson weekends. My son was waitlisted, and I think the reason he did not get in was that he did not show enough interest in the school to attend one of their weekends. They have very good financial aid, because of the Doris Duke scholarship, and their small size. However, I would guess the school is a bit insular, being so small.</p>
<p>Looking at other suggestions…love Davidson and w&l, but your scores may be a little low. In SC, I guess you can lump College of Charleston with LACs, even though it is a state supported school (which would keep cost down). Is right next to Medical University of SC. Love Furman (and Greenville) also. Might also look at Wofford. Spartanburg is smaller town but very loyal alumni base and very good reputation for getting into med school - kind of has the same look at Washington and Lee but in SC.</p>
<p>William & Mary, Davidson, Washington & Lee, Wake Forest are the top small schools in the South.</p>
<p>Roanoke College has very good med school placement, particularly with UVA.</p>
<p>I realized pretty quick that my stats won’t get me into W&L so I never looked at them. I’ve been looking at Furman some. I see everybody has a really high opinion of Davidson, but do I have the stats to get in?</p>
<p>In NC, the BEST LAC is Davidson College, but your stats probably wouldn’t give you in. Try looking at UNC Asheville, like someone suggested earlier. Not only is the school in a mid-sized town, it’s a public institution, so tuition wouldn’t be high and it has about 3,200 students.</p>
<p>I think I will apply to Furman, Rhodes, Centre, Transy, and Hendrix.</p>