U of California uses a formula which stresses GPA, and the deadline is past, U of California deadline was Nov 30th. They do not use the common app., but I agree that California campuses have strong Asian American communities. The northeast will also offer more Asian American communities as will any big city, like Chicago and Atlanta. Emory campus is close to GaTech which is heavily Asian American, Emory is more southern feel though than other choices on your list.
Have you considered Case Western? They don’t have a public health undergrad degree, so you
would have to pick another major, they offer biochem or biology, neuroscience/psychology and many strong humanities and social sciences as well.
There is a dental clinic at the hew Health Sciences Center, for learning more about dental care -
https://cwru-newmed.com/info/about-the-campus/dental-clinic/
Thats part of the dental school, but you could volunteer or work there for some experience with dentists.
Also music is strong at Case Western.
@Coloradomama Thanks! I’ll check it out. I’ve heard that they really want to see demonstrated interest, so would I be at a disadvantage for not having an interview or anything?
It is my understanding that California public colleges and universities give no financial aid to OOS students.
Along with CWRU, I’d recommend you consider the University of Rochester, with offers a Health, Behavior, and Society major.
@londonmo7 California Public Schools are expensive for OSS and are competitive. It is true as rosered55 said that little aid is given.I was mainly looking at the Asian aspect and letting you know that you would fit in there really well and be very comfortable. Your stats are not bad at all, you have done a great deal, do not think badly about your stats. Maybe private schools like USC or University of the Pacific or Loma Linda U for dental school might give more aid? Good luck on your journey to becoming a dentist
I have seen some medical/dental interested students get admitted to CWRU without visiting the campus. Stress your music interests, they like musical students, especially if you wish to play in the CWRU orchestra. There are very good violin teachers at Case and Cleveland Institute of Music, they share some violin teachers. The ensembles are fabulous, and medical related students love the three hospitals close by (Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals and VA ).
Case is specifically interested in low income patent dental care. Case offers merit for your stats, but some may end up being lower than needed. Its a private school with a lot of support for medical/dental school applications.
U of Rochester is also wonderful for pre dental students.
. Rochester offers a fifth year of undergrad tuition FREE, and some premeds we know use
that fifth year to take extra classes, and study for the MCAT. Rochester also loves their undergrads to stay for medical and dental school there.
Rochester is a great place for undergrad public health. Their school of public health offers five separate public health majors for undergrads—“health, behavior, and society,” “epidemiology,” “bioethics,” “health policy,” and “environmental health.” They offer several internship programs for public health majors. And they also have a 3-2 MPH program where students can earn both their BA/BS and their MPH in five years. The med center (with post-grad educational programs and a teaching hospital) is located right next door to River Campus, which makes getting clinical experience, doing research, and taking grad-level classes easy for undergrads, UR’s flexible curriculum makes easy to double major, as well. My daughter is a graduating with a double major in public health and microbiology. She’s worked on several research projects, volunteered in community public health service organizations, and has had the opportunity to get experience and education in global health in Europe and Asia as well as in the U.S,.
Rochester meets financial need and would likely offer merit aid for someone with your stats .
Thank you all for replying! I will definitely be looking at Rochester and Case Western. This is my first post so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but wow… I really appreciate all the suggestions and advice!!
What can your parents actually pay? The NPCs aren’t wrong — the schools that give the best aid will take investments outside of retirement accounts and real estate into account. So your EFC for many of the schools discussed here may be really high.
The suggestion of UCs isn’t realistic, assuming your parents don’t want to be full pay there.
Being from WV will help a little with admissions at a lot of schools, but probably not at the very top schools.
I’d take a look at Boston University as well.
I also think you’d like Carleton. It could be expensive, though. Maybe add Macalester, also in MN, but more generous with aid.
@intparent they mostly have real estate… the EFC was so high I think I might’ve entered something wrong though. Could you elaborate on why being from WV won’t help much at top schools? Do they all not care about geographical diversity?
WVU would be fine for health science, pre-dental. Save the money for dental school.
Also you could apply to Pitt, maybe get some merit if it’s not too late. You might qualify for the dental guarantee.
The NPC may well be accurate, rental properties and investments are weighted pretty heavily in some calculators. It is shocking to many at first, how high the EFC number can be. I would suggest you and your parents be prepared that it is accurate, and choose schools accordingly based upon what you can pay. USC should give auto monies for NMF (half tuition) if you name them as your first choice.
I agree that the schools are reaches, but that does not mean you should not apply. It is 12/26 though and that is a lot of applications to a wide variety of schools and the application fees add up quickly. I’d personally suggest cutting the reaches down to a mix of top choices and ones you may have a slightly better chance at. You have some nice suggestions here if you are interested in adding to your list.
Geographic diversity is of some interest to them, but it probably is not enough to overcome what (for really top schools) are pretty mainstream ECs.
Once they have one student from each state, they only care about region.
@intparent is a great Common App essay enough to overcome average ECs? I tried really hard on my essay and spent months editing it
Maybe, but for a school with a less than 10% admission rate, chances are still not that great. Make sure you have affordable safeties that you like in case these other schools don’t work out.
This is just speculation, and I have no insider admissions info, but I would guess West Virginia may help! For example, Williams has only four states with NO current representation on campus. West Virginia is one of them. You are a solid candidate and should try for the schools you named. You have a balanced list with safeties, matches for you like Boston U, and reaches. If you added any, it should be a match, and you have some good suggestions here (U of Rochester, Case Western, etc.).
Good luck!