Match Me: High School Student involved in Community Service

Ok, so it looks like Cornell and JHU aren’t affordable…but Cornell is closer to budget and if you took the $5,500 Federal student loan for first year it would be close to affordable. Show these numbers to your parents, and do the NPCs for all your schools.

If your parents have to take out loans to pay $50K per year, they shouldn’t do that. Med school is very expensive, and generally 100% funded with student loans so it is imperative to minimize undergrad loans (or take none).

Brown and Swat academics are so very different. Swat is an intensely academic school, one that generally I don’t recommend for pre-meds because it’s difficult to earn a high GPA. Same for JHU. Brown has an open curriculum, and does not have grade deflation so can be a good choice for pre-meds…but it is a high reach.

Regarding Caldwell…why is that on the list? Does the religious aspect appeal to you? I took a look and can’t see that they have pre-health advisers, and if that is the case, I would encourage you to take it off the list.

It sounds like Rutgers is probably a highly likely admit for you, and will be affordable…does your HS use Naviance? If so, does it show Rutgers as a likely admit for you?

You have received a number of good school suggestions so far…do some research on these schools and some virtual admission sessions to see if any appeal. Run their NPCs too.