<p>hey guys I am looking for one last school that might be a bit of a reach for me but still possible.
Stats:
GPA:3.5
SAT:2000(1370 2 part)
Excellent EC’s and essays
really interested in medicine
So i am looking for a school that has a really good reputation of getting kids into medical school and one that I can hopefully get into
So far I’m deciding between
Vassar
William and Mary
Hamilton
Wesleyan
Colgate
any advice greatly appreciated
thanks!</p>
<p>bump please</p>
<p>Lots of threads here on CC related to pre-med. Do a search. </p>
<p>As for finding schools, do we assume you can afford to pay the full freight? Medical school is very expensive and you don’t want to enter with a load of debt.</p>
<p>Based on your current list, are you only looking in the NE and mid-Atlantic? Don’t see a safety on your list either.</p>
<p>LACs are great places for pre-meds and you seem to have have number of them on your list. A few more reaches? Middlebury, Bowdoin, Haverford. Slightly less reachy? Bates and Colby.</p>
<p>If you are male, your chances are slightly better at some of these places and if your grades show an upward trend that would help you too. If you are female, take a look at some of the women’s colleges - Smith, Barnard and Wellesley.</p>
<p>Thanks for the response and that isn’t my full list so far for LAC’s I have applied to
Union
University of Rochester
College of the Holy Cross
and Geneseo
I was looking to apply to one more school that is maybe a little bit better academically most likely meaning a little bit more difficult to get into. I am leaning towards Vassar considering its location and good FA reputation. You think I have a chance? and btw I am male</p>
<p>The best way to chance yourself at any school is to look at the Common Data Set (google it for that specific school) and go to Section C where you can compare your stats to those of the admitted students. At a LAC (especially Vassar), if you are male, you can assume that you have a bit of an boost there. Also check what factors the school considers important in their admission decision - some care about ECs, religious affiliation, or demonstrated interest, others don’t.</p>
<p>Remember too that for purposes of applying to medical school, it’s not necessarily to your advantage to be at the most academically competitive school you can get into. You want to be at the top of the class academically and a less selective school may help you get there. Med schools care a great deal about GPA and your MCAT score and much less about brand name - especially your state medical school(s), which is where you have your best chance of admission always.</p>
<p>Are you in-state for William & Mary?</p>
<p>Thanks for the help M’s Mom and I hear what your saying regarding “brand name” I just worry that if I dont get accepted to medical school I have a decent back up I guess. and nah silicon I reside in New York</p>
<p>The 5 listed in your original post are long shots for your stats.
For Wesleyan, your GPA is in the bottom 25th percentile and your SATs are a little below average. Below average is not where you need to be for a school with a 24% admit rate (unless you have some hook or really exceptional ECs). The other 4 are nearly as selective. </p>
<p>If you want to pile on another reach, consider Davidson. It’s about as selective as those 5. I’ve seen strong claims about the strength of its premed program.</p>
<p>It might be prudent to add another “match” rather than one more reach. Among LACs on the East Coast, possibilities include Connecticut College, Richmond, Trinity, Gettysburg, and Dickinson.</p>
<p>tk:yeah I know what you mean I think i might go for vassar and see what happens. I visited a lot of LAC’s on the east coast and chose to apply to Union, Rochester, Holy Cross and Geneseo. I think those are the best fit for me in terms of match schools(unless you disagree that they are matches) but I recently visited Vassar and really loved the campus. I also spoke with a mentor of mine and he spoke very highly of Vassar in terms of pre med and financial aid so I think I am going to apply there. Plus M’s Mom turned me towards some stats that read that they accept like 38% of the male applicants which is a plus. Honestly though Geneseo is a viable option considering its in-state tuition I just hope its reputation with medical schools is decent. Thank you though</p>
<p>Why do people apply to 10+ schools? Do they really all fit you, personally?</p>
<p>I’d say that with those scores I’d say that some of those are reaches…</p>
<p>I’ve visited almost all of them and feel that all of them do fit me I mean I applied to 9 and feel that I will get into most of them but we’ll see! In all honesty I will prob end up at either Binghamton or Geneseo because of money but who knows maybe financial aid will help</p>
<p>Applying to 10+ schools makes sense when you are applying to LACs, especially when some are reaches. Remember the incoming class size at most LACs is around 500. Of course, they admit more than 500 since they don’t get 100% of those students accepting, but if only 50% were to accept, they’d still only make 1,000 offers. If you are applying to state Us with 20,000+ students, you can do with fewer, assuming your stats are in the ball park an you have a definite safety or two.</p>