Thoughts on these colleges?

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<p>Hey guys, I’m a junior and have compiled a list of colleges (scroll to bottom)…tell me what u think! I’ll probably be applying to the lower-caliber ones because of the financial aid opportunity (aka scholarship). Here is my profile first of all:
SAT I (taken once)- 2250 (770 M, 730 CR, 750 W)
SAT II- 800 Bio m, 800 Bio E, 800 Spanish, 790 Math IC
PSAT- 220 (nat’l merit commended guarantee)
APs: world history (4), Bio, English language, USH, Macro, english lit, Spanish
Grades: 97.52 UW, 98.8 Weighted
Frosh:
Algebra i- 99
Earth sci- 95
Global history- 96
English i- 92
Spanish 2H- 98
Band- 98
Soph:
Geometry- 97
Spanish 3H- 99
AP world- 88 (yuck)- got a 4 on the AP somehow
English 2H- 95
Biology- 94
ASR- 100
Band- 98
Junior:
Trig/A2 honors- 98
Spanish 4H- 100
AP US- 94
ASR- 100
AP bio- 97
AP english- 95</p>

<p>Awards: Bausch&Lomb Honorary Science Award, National Spanish Exam Gold medals (2x), National Merit commended, NYSSMA Music Festival “outstanding” score (6x)</p>

<p>ECs: 3 sport varsity athlete (XC, swimming, track) since frosh year, NHS, Science NHS, Math NHS, Spanish NHS, Latin club (president), Jazz band, Hebrew Culture Club</p>

<p>Summer activity: research intern 360 hrs last summer at the top cancer hospital in the country, began research project on Ovarian cancer stem cells…will submit to Intel/Siemens next year!!!
-lifeguard on weekends
-volunteer work</p>

<p>Volunteer- Summer research (will have accumulated over 750 hrs), VA kitchen volunteer (40 hrs), Soup kitchen volunteer (45 hrs), tutor at school in spanish</p>

<p>Colleges:
University of Delaware (distinguished scholars program)
UNC Chapel Hill (robertson scholarship, etc)
UPitt (guaranteed med school?)
Boston U
UVa</p>

<p>others that also applying to:
JHU
Brown
Duke
Yale
Georgetown</p>

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<p>I think University of Alabama Birmingham has some sort of guaranteed medical school program.</p>

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<p>I think you should apply to Harvard, Stanford, Washington University in St Louis, if med/research is what you’re interested in. You’re SAT score and grades are good enough. </p>

<p>I’d scratch off Georgetown.</p>

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<p>floridad you are correct uab has a program called EMSAP… you need a 34 act to even be considered , they only take about 8-10 students per year. However, even without EMSAP UAB is a very strong school for sciences, and the op would be a great candidate for sci/tech honors (research oriented honors program). UAB is home to a top 10-30 ranked med school. 7 hospitals on campus, unlimited research opportunities, volunteering opportunities… </p>

<p>also if psat was 220 …may be a nmf which would mean a full ride (minus food) at uab, saving alot of money for med school later!</p>

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<p>On another thread, you wrote that you have a 225 on the PSAT. Which one is right?</p>

<p>You’re from Long Island. If you you do have a 225, then you’ll be a NMSF no matter what state you’re in. If you have a 220, then it will depend on NY’s cutoff.</p>

<p>Since it seems that you’re looking for scholarships, then the question is…how much will your family pay? This will determine how much scholarship money you need. </p>

<p>If you need money to afford college, then you need to include a couple of schools that will give you assured large scholarships for your stats in case those other competitive scholarships or the FA at the elite schools doesn’t work out.</p>

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<p>Grabbit, I wonder why you snatch off Georgetown?</p>

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<p>If financial aid is what you care about, you’d be better off applying to top colleges. All of the Ivies (except maybe Penn, you’d have to check) offer excellent financial aid, usually without loans if your income is low enough.</p>

<p>If guaranteed med school acceptance is important to you, I know Georgetown had this when I was applying for colleges 2-3 years ago. Also, Dartmouth (where I go) is starting this in the fall, beginning with the class of 2014. A certain number of students will get guaranteed admission to the Dartmouth med school as juniors in college.</p>

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<p>Are you applying to Brown PLME? I think you’d have a chance, especially with your research background.</p>

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<p>I’d rather be in a college where im in the top % of students, that’s why I dont want to go to the top colleges so much.</p>