<p>Hey guys I’m a senior in high school whittling down my list of colleges to apply to. I have a 4.65 gpa and a 2190 on my SAT. I’m looking to go to a school on the east coast. Money is not TOO much of an issue, so I have some flexibility. What do you guys think would be some schools in the target range (not safe, not reach)? I’m looking for a good science school, thinking about going on a pre-med track. Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>plug your data into super match. find the button on the left side of this page. this will give you a start. narrow it down and come back to us.</p>
<p>Okay, I plugged some data into super match and got back a decent number of results.
I know it’s a lot, but here are some:
Stony Brook
NYU
Binghamton
Boston U
Johns Hopkins
Pitt
UMD
UMBC
UNC
Northwestern
Virginia
Emory
Carnegie Mellon
Ohio State
Notre Dame
NC State</p>
<p>What’s your state of residence? As a start you may want to skip out-of-state publics. They are generally as expensive as private universities, and often lesser values than equivalent private universities. Your instate flagship should be high on your list.</p>
<p>Northwestern is a reach for most all applicants.</p>
<p>Maryland. What’s the reasoning behind that?</p>
<p>The target schools on that list (not safety, not reach) are</p>
<p>NYU
Boston University
Carnegie Mellon (Unless your applying for engineering)
Emory
Virginia (ONLY If you are in state)
UNC (ONLY if you are in state) </p>
<p>Emory might be a bit of a reach though, it really depends on your EC’s</p>
<p>UMD and UMBC will perhaps be the least expensive to you because you’re in-state costs are lower than OOS costs at other states’ publics. In addition, you’re probably into some merit range at both schools, probably $5000 at CP. This would bring your COA at CP to 19K. They are also likely to want to take you, and they are very good in the sciences and engineering. CP is top-notch in STEM, so these schools could be academic and financial safeties if they have your major and you like them enough to go there should all else fail. Pretty nice deal.</p>
<p>Having said that, Pitt, a public school in some ways, will likely have at least $5K for you, perhaps more. Making it also a good bargain at 33-38K because it is strong in STEM, too. NC State, Stony Brook, and Binghamton may even be cheaper than Pitt. Ohio State is another good OOS bargain. You’ve shopped well for public schools. Virginia will cost more than Pitt.</p>
<p>Hard to say what the privates are going to offer you. NYU, JHU, and BU are stingy. Run the npcs for each.</p>
<p>Virginia, UNC, NU, JHU and even CMU and ND are reaches. Emory is a high match. NYU and BU are matches. The rest are safeties. I think I got that right %-( </p>
<p>I don’t think you’ll have any trouble getting into Tulane. My son got in with lower stats, but he did not receive any financial aid; you might get something. They are very good in sciences. </p>
<p>Looks like you are mostly focused on larger schools, but what about Dickinson? </p>
<p>Tulane will be a low match if you apply early. They are very good with merit. You may be in for 30K, but that still will leave you with nearly 30-35K, depending on household income and assets.</p>
<p>For great pre-med schools on the east coast-Hopkins, Holy Cross, Tufts.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone, really helpful stuff! It is true I’m looking at larger schools. How about I add some more? Maybe Case Western, Boston College, Penn State, Rutgers, Delaware, Virginia Tech, Georgetown?</p>
<p>Should get into Honors College at UMD. Might have a shot at one of the Banneker Key scholarships depending on SAT breakdown.</p>
<p>But we all know Georgetown is better. 
Not a large school though, so I don’t know why you’d group it with those. CWRU and BC also aren’t large by any means.</p>
<p>Regarding Tulane, their admissions people look for “level of applicant’s interest”, so if your stats are significantly higher than the typical range of Tulane frosh, be sure to show them that they are a relatively high choice, not a last-choice “safety”.</p>
<p>yes, write the “Why Tulane?” essay and show them some love.</p>
<p>A side note on Tulane (and case western): apparently it’s free to apply to those colleges, but do I have to pay money to send my transcript?</p>
<p>Your school sends the transcript. I never had to pay for that, but some schools might charge (never heard of any doing it, but seems possible). Tulane has a free application. </p>