<p>I have about a 3.7 gpa and slightly over 2000 SAT. I was wondering if someone suggest some schools that wouldn’t immediately reject me…I think that rules out Duke, the Ivies, etc. for sure.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Go to any school where you can get close to perfect GPA and actually enjoy your undergrad experience. Everybody recommends to take prep classes for MCAT no matter where you go. No top school will guarantee you a spot at Med. School, still have to have high GPA/MCAT. The combined programs that have some quarantees reguire higher GPA/SAT.</p>
<p>Have you tried taking the ACT? The ACT tests what you have learned not how smart you supposedly are and, judging from the fact that you have a 3.7 GPA, you seem to have learned a good amount.</p>
<p>Also, you probably should post more: like AP classes, ECs, etc.</p>
<p>That said, almost any school is a “good” pre-med school.</p>
<p>^Agree, many are getting significant higher ACT than SAT. Still 3.7 will prevent you from some acceptances. Which is OK, no need for frustration. Try hard, enjoy your experiences and you will be where you want to be.</p>
<p>i think there’s a reason behind universities preferring the SAT over the ACT…even though it might be unstated…</p>
<p>There is no remaining preference. Many students are accepted to elite schools on the basis of ACT scores without any SAT scores being submitted. I know of two kids on this board who got into Yale RD with ACT only. SAT superiority in admissions is a myth.</p>
<p>Go to whatever school fits you well in terms of academics, sports, Greek life or whatever you’re interested in. Premed is what you make of it. You just have to rock the prerecs and excel in whatever you decide to major in. Don’t pick some school with a good reputation if you’re going to miserable there because it will impact your grades.</p>
<p>It’s a bit late for me to take the ACT as I will be applying early (I live in China so my parents must make plans over half a year before.)
But that’s besides the point.
What I’m really asking for is the Names of these less famous schools. I have no clue where to start looking.
Newjack88: By the time I graduate I will have taken 7 AP classes. As for ECs, mostly just community service roughly every other week with orphanages for 3 years, and I’m actually leaving for Si Chuan tomorrow to help out with earthquake relief.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice.</p>
<p>i think what you want to major in matters a little. if we’re talking about the standard bio major, then apply to…</p>
<p>washu st. louis
northwestern
uc schools
many more?</p>
<p>mylesm:</p>
<p>What was the breakdown of your SAT score? Is English your first language?Also, did you take any subject tests?</p>
<p>I’m American living in China, so yes my first language is English. Math:700, Critical Reading: 650, Writing: 660. (By the way, I’ve never gotten this high of a math score or this low of a critical reading score, and I’m going to retake.)
As for subject tests I took Biology (800), US History (750) and Math II (670).</p>
<p>MolSysBio: I don’t know exactly what it takes to prepare myself for med school but I do know that bio is by far my favorite subject.</p>
<p>My school has provided students with a college search program called Naviance Family Connection. This tool shows scattergrams of schools past students applied to, showing their SAT scores vs. gpa and whether they were accepted or rejected.
Washington Univ. St. Louis and Northwestern are well out of reach. (2200+ and 3.9+ on average for both of them. Not to mention that about 80/200 seniors from my school apply to those two schools.)
I think with my substandard grades and the overachieving Asian environment I’d have to look for schools no one here has heard of…</p>
<p>Thanks again though,
Myles</p>
<p>i forgot you were international(right?)…it’s pretty tough then. well, see how you do when you retake the exam. what about emory, vanderbilt, ucsd, berkeley, ucla, nyu, tufts, uchicago, unc, johns hopkins…i’m sure there are more but i’m drawing a blank right now.</p>
<p>Yeah I’m international, but have residence in Florida.
Thanks a lot MolSysBio, I’ll be looking those up. </p>
<p>Any more suggestions?</p>
<p>Go to Princeton Review.com and use the Counselor-O-Matic tool.</p>
<p>Any thoughts on Vanderbilt, University of Michigan, Carnegie Mellon, or University of Florida?</p>
<p>carnegie mellon is known primarily for its electrical engineering and computer science programs. michigan is a great school for basically everything, although it’s a large public (i don’t know if you care about that or not). vanderbilt = good medical school. dunno much about florida.</p>
<p>Thanks again MolSysBio</p>