Good Target Schools with Good Pre-Med Programs

sybbie719
Sat, 23 Sep 2017 13:39:34 +0000

What constitutes low income?
Does your family income make you EOP/SEEK/ or HEOP eligible

See income guidelines here

https://www.mmm.edu/offices/higher-education-opportunity-program/eligibility-requirements/

You will not be academically eligible for EOP/SEEK, but you will be financially eligible and probably academically eligible for HEOP schools

Run the net price calculators at schools that you are interested in attending

Also run the TAP estimator to see how much NYS aid you are eligible for

https://www.hesc.ny.gov/pay-for-college/financial-aid/types-of-financial-aid/grants/estimate-your-tap-award/tap-award-estimator.html

Are you in NYC, Long Island or Upstate?

If you are in NYC, you definitely need to apply to CUNY so that you could have a financially feasible option.
I would even recommend tossing a application at the Sophie Davis @ Hunter College (it will be a reach because you are right below the midpoints of 1400 and 95 GPA, but it could be part of your 6 school CUNY application along with tossing an application to Macauley honors).

Remember, pre-med is an intention, not a major. pretty much every school has a pre-med advisor and you do not have to major in biology to go into medicine.

You should definitely toss applications at SUNY (if you are fee waiver, EOP eligible, you will get 4 free applications through the SUNY portal)

Your scores are right on the edge for honors colleges at SUNY

https://www.suny.edu/attend/academics/honors-programs/

If you are a young woman, you should definitely toss an application at Barnard, because you are in the range.

Also don’t sleep on the Womens colleges- Smith and Mount Holyoke where you will be a match for admission, they meet 100% demonstrated need, are part of the 4 college consortium. Toss an application at Wellesley and Bryn Mawr.

If you are HEOP eligible, I would recommend checking out and tossing applications for HEOP programs at Columbia, Cornell, NYU, Fordham (they will not pay for dorms if you are in NYC), Hamilton, Colgate, Skidmore and a host of other HEOP schools.

hope this helps