Chance me for T20s - Asian male, Molecular Biology major, Pre-med track

Can you put your UW on a 4 point scale ? Take out +/-.

Seems like you have great rigor. And overall just greatness. Congrats to you.

So I don’t love your list. The reason is that you likely won’t receive aid and you don’t want to spend $80k a year.

So Cornell and Brown should be out. Two similar that offer merit would be Chicago and Rice. Or a USC.

Are you a junior ? If a senior, why didn’t you apply EA to UNC?

Here’s the problem with the rest of the list…there is merit and you may earn some. But it’s unlikely and it often requires a lot more work…ie Vandy and WUSTL.

You can save a ton of money. If you did an Alabama or Arizona, your tuition would be $3k a year. U of SC and ASU have top Honors programs. Miami of Ohio is aggressive.

If you took money out of it, I’d say your list is likely fine except that you need to add matches and safeties…you said you are but are you sure?? What are they ??

So for example, have you applied to Rutgers? Instead of the very top schools, how about a Brandeis, Rochester, Case Western which may offer aid.

Or a bit smaller - Union, Macalester, Dickinson, Hobart, Denver, Miami, etc. depending on the environment you seek…but somewhere that merit is likely….that’s where I’m headed.

Btw have you discussed budget with your folks? That’s step one…always.

They might give you a max…or they might not.

Hope that helps.

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