Eastern US School Suggestions for DD

Clover2018
Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:03:24 +0000

Hello. My DD asked me to help her research some schools that may be a good fit for her to dig deeper into. She is currently a HS Junior, interested in a medical research career (so Biology or related undergrad degree), and would prefer to stay in the Eastern 1/3 of the country. She is not interested in our state schools. She doesn’t want “too hot” or “too cold” (maybe SC through PA/NJ area). She does not want a religious or all girl school and has good stats but not great. Her GPA is about 3.85 (had kind of a tough Freshman year but has done great since then taking lots of AP and Honors classes). She is in PLTW biomed program and participates in 1 sport. She got a 1400 SAT at the end of her sophomore year, so hoping for approx 1450 (which is about what her practice tests show she should get). She would like to do some research as an undergrad, if possible. If possible, she’d like to go to a school that is known as at least somewhat academically competitive. Those are the only constraints for her.

Unfortunately, we would not quite qualify for financial aid but also can’t afford to pay full cost at a private school unless she gets some merit aid. Not sure though with her stats if she would qualify for much merit aid.

Any thoughts???