Confused rising senior needs a college list before the school year starts [NH resident, 4.0 GPA, 1470 SAT, 33 ACT, biology (pre-PhD, not pre-med)]

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These are my guesses as to what your chances for acceptance might be at the schools on your list:

Extremely Likely (80-99+%)

  • U. of Vermont

Likely (60-79%)

  • Rutgers

  • UConn

  • UIUC

  • UMass

  • U. of Wisconsin

Toss-Up (40-59%)

  • NC State

  • U. of Washington: But be aware that almost all of the majors related to bio are capacity-constrained, which means not only do you need to pass the prereqs with an appropriate grade, but there’s an additional application process beyond that to be accepted to the major.

Lower Probability (20-39%)

  • Northeastern (if you want to start the fall of your first year in Boston, if you’re open to NUin or other campuses, then I would guess this is a likely)

Low Probability (less than 20%)

  • Dartmouth (but maybe better better than students with a similar profile because you’re from New Hampshire)

  • Tufts

  • Columbia

  • Johns Hopkins

  • UNC – Chapel Hill

  • Duke

  • UMich

  • Northwestern

  • WashU

  • U. of Southern California (assuming this is the USC you’re referring to)

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