Match Schools?

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Hi! I am a Junior having trouble finding match schools, and have mostly far reaches and safeties. Would love a little help from the CC community.

Stats:
GPA: 4.14 (school only goes to 4.3)
ACT: 34C
SAT II: US history 730
APs: AB Calc, 5; US history, 5; BC Calc (current)
IBs (current): Chemistry HL, English SL, History SL

ECs
Tier 1 travel ice hockey, 4 years
Varsity and “gold” level softball: 4 years
Mental Health Awareness Club: Founder and Pres 4 years
GSA: most likely will be pres senior year 4 years
Competetive robotics team: 2 years
DNA sequencing lab thing: 2 years
QSAR modelling internship: 2 years
Held a job as a busser for a summer: 1 year
Volunteering:
Kenya based soccer league administrative stuff
Tutor to foster kids
Soup kitchen work over summer
Will travel to china and work in a hospital for a month in the summer

Safety:
UConn
UVM
Rowan
Rutgers

May apply?
Michigan
Amherst
Williams

Reach/Far Reach:
Columbia (sibling attends)
Harvard
Brown (will most likely ED and apply to PLME)
UPenn

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These statistically based lists will help you order your potential choices roughly by their selectivity:

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-610-smartest-colleges-in-america-2015-9

If part of Brown’s appeal to you resides in their flexible curriculum, look into Hamilton, Grinnell, Smith and Vassar as potential matches. Amherst, one of your listed colleges, offers a flexible curriculum as well:

http://www.hercampus.com/life/9-most-flexible-colleges-country?page=3

For further ideas, you may also want to read through here:

http://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/lists/list/the-experts-choice-colleges-with-great-pre-med-programs/199/

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@skatergirl27 Here are some based on where I think you’re located:

Lehigh
Lafayette
Bucknell
Villanova
UDel
Drexel
TCNJ
UMD

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thanks!

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What is your budget?

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William and Mary, U Rochester, Brandeis

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Seconding URochester as a match, though their REMS program, if interested, would be a reach.

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Lafayette college
university of pittsburgh
nova southeastern

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You may want to check the Net Price Calculators for each school also - make sure your family can afford them…