Best schools for psychology? ["B average", pre-med]

[BoroDad]

Read this post. Scroll down especially to the linked PDF for a frank discussion of clinical phys grad programs

Schools to consider for D25 (psych/ballet, 4.0UW, strong academic vibe)

I know that she’s a junior, and that you’re in CA, but is there a plan for prepping for and taking the PSAT, which is given this month? The reason that I ask is that right now, your daughter falls into the “average excellent” pool, meaning that she has very nice grades, and not much else that would make her stand out in admissions (other than the fact that she is full pay). Unfortunately, her school doesn’t offer much in the way of honors or AP, although it appears that she is taking advantage of some of what is being offered. So for the CA public schools, if she is awarded national merit commendation or higher, she can list it as an honor. CA schools are test-blind, but are NOT honor/award blind, so the admit comm would see it, and it would help to put her GPA without substantial rigor into context. If it’s too late for this, it is still worth determining which test is better for her - ACT or SAT - and possibly prepping for it, since a high score on this would help with the many s…