Hey guys! I have been doing a significant amount of research on colleges. However; I feel that many of the schools that I am looking at are reaches. Could any one suggest some matches?
Weighted GPA: 4.3 (Unweighted hasn’t been provided)
ACT: 31
New SAT: 1450 (Out of 1600)
ECs: President of National French Honor Society, VP of HOSA, Student Council Member
Ranking: Top 5% of Class, Cerified Nurse Aide
Race: African American
Major: Biology (Pre-med) with a possible minor in public health
I would prefer a warmer climate, as I am from Texas. I would also like to go to a school with a lot of research opportunities. I know that it is important to have a good GPA, in order to get accepted into med school, so I am considering this as well.
Some of my reaches are:
Emory University
UNC Chapel Hill
Washington University in St. Louis
Thank you!
UT Dallas
What schools are your safeties? Those would be schools that you know FOR SURE that you have all costs covered with assured grants, etc.
At the moment, my safeties are UT Austin and Texas A&M. If possible, I would like to go out of state for college.
To elaborate on some of my ECs, I am in a clinical rotation program, which allowed me to shadow different departments at 2 hospitals in my area. I also volunteered in a nursing home to allow me to become a CNA (certified nurse aid). Next year, I will be training to become an EMT.
“The Experts’ Choice: Colleges with Great Pre-med Programs” (online) may offer you further ideas.
American University has a great community health program.
If you’re a young woman (your name seems to indicate that), Spelman College is a good match/safety for you and they have a public health minor, lots of research opportunities, and a strong biology department and pre-med program. They’re the number two producer of black female doctors in the country, after Howard. I went there for undergrad, so if you’re interested and have questions, let me know. My stats were similar to yours and I had a full scholarship. (If you’re a young man, Morehouse College across the street offers the minor too.)
Another women’s college, Agnes Scott College, has a good public health minor (also a major).
Elon University has a major and a minor in public health studies.
The University of Miami has a public health minor as well. So does Boston University, although that’s not in a particularly warm place.
The Five Colleges are also not warm, but they offer a certificate in Culture, Health, and Society. Smith, Hampshire, and Mount Holyoke would be matches for you. (Hampshire might be a safety.)
Some schools that are sort of in-between matches and reaches for you that have public health majors/minors are, Tulane and the University of Richmond (it’s called healthcare studies there).