I did very minimal research, ill admit. In between now and the time I was last online, I visited Lafayette (which I liked) and went on a short trip with my cousins. But I like how they seem to have a close-knit campus, beautiful atmosphere etc while also offering a rigorous curriculum and having the resources to, well, do stuff. Those last 2 are important idk why on earth I didn’t mention it before. But again, emphasis on “seem” as I haven’t deeply looked into it nor visited the campus.
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Noted those, ill do more research tomorrow as it is late at night for me right now.
My list is a disaster. I feel like I can’t even decide what I like and I’m too busy with work and practice and stuff to be visiting colleges every other day. For now they are.
This will define Lafayette and many other schools…most other schools.
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Take a deep breath.
Put premed to the side and start/continue to do some research on the schools that have been recommended: costs/possible merit, location, size, clubs, etc.
Run the NPC on Colgate. Does it appeal to you to the same degree as UF, for example? Only you know- we don’t.
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I do not see a disaster. I see it taking a bit of time to decide on your list, but you have time. I also see a strong high school student who is thinking over the possibilities. This is a good thing.
I think that you are getting some good ideas from this thread. My suggestion is that you apply to a variety of schools, do not apply ED anywhere, and see what offers come in. You are a strong student and you will get some very good opportunities.
The list in your original post includes Providence College and U.Pitt. I expect that you will get accepted to both. It appears that you have added UVM to your list. Good choice. Again another acceptance. Other answers have suggested that you add U.Maine. Again another acceptance. I think that you will be looking at merit aid at several of these schools, which will put at least some of them under budget (save $$$ for medical school). Any of these schools will prepare you very well for medical school (and a daughter has seen at least two UVM graduates that she knows personally get MD’s, with one more MD and one or two DVM’s expected this coming Spring).
Your list includes some solid safeties which will be in budget, and that will prepare you well for medical school, or for some other career if you change your mind about medical school (which most premed students do). If it were me, I might personally sneak in an application to one or two SUNY’s, and see how the finances compare once the offers come in.
You do not need to apply ED anywhere. By not applying ED at all anywhere, you get the option to compare multiple acceptances, with known financial offers, before you decide which school to attend. This gives you time. Another advantage of not applying ED anywhere: Once you have an acceptance in hand with known financial aid, it becomes very real. You can visit (possibly during February break for example) knowing that you really can be here next September if you want to.
You have a lot of time before you need to figure out which school (out of multiple acceptances) you will actually attend.
You are doing fine. Relax. Take a deep breath. Have some ice cream. You will figure this out.
One more thing that I might mention:
On this thread there are a lot of us commenting who do have college degrees. This gives us a slightly different perspective. Some of us have graduate degrees. Some of us have degrees from highly ranked universities. We have done this before, and in many cases our kids have done this also (or are currently doing this).
One thing that comes up a lot: There are a lot of very good universities and colleges in the US, hundreds of them. MIT graduates and Stanford graduates routinely work alongside UNH graduates and SUNY graduates and San Jose State graduates and in the vast majority of cases no one cares where anyone got their degrees. Some of us, and some of our kids, have attended very highly ranked graduate programs (some medical, some not) and have found ourselves studying alongside very smart people who have graduated from a huge range of colleges and universities.
In this thread you are considering and thinking about a range of colleges and universities that have very strong professors, some very strong students (many of whom you will meet in your premed classes), and that can prepare you to do very well in life. It sounds like you are thinking about which of these many schools would be a good fit for you (and would be affordable). This is exactly the right thing to be thinking about, and you still have quite a bit of time to get this right. Also, if you get this “not quite right” that is okay also. A LOT of schools will prepare you very well to get where you want to be in life, whether than be medical school or somewhere else.
You are a strong student. You are thinking about the right questions. This will work out.
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Thank you❤️
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