What colleges can I get into with a 3.75 weighted gpa?

I have a 3.75 weighted GPA and should be getting a 1350 on my SAT… based on any of your experiences, where did you go with these stats, and where else were you accepted?

What is your unweighted GPA? Financial situation? Home state? Planned major? Preferred college size?

I live in NJ, want something in a City, income a little less than 100k as of now, planning for bio major ( want to go to med school ), and my unweighted GPA is going to be around 3.55-3.60 or so after junior year.

Drexel

+1 for Drexel. Ursinus for pre-med with great merit (but a small town).

Yes to Ursinus. They give out a LOT of merit to students with much worse stats.

URochester

If you are OK with Catholic colleges I would Google “Jesuit colleges.” Most are urban and many are right in your academic range.

Are you a junior? When are you taking the MCAT?

Ask your parents how much they’ll spend each year on college.

Med school? What grades are you getting in Bio, chem, physics, math? Are you taking any APs?

Oops!!

Above should say… when are you taking the ACT/SAT?

Sorry for any confusion!!!

I am taking the SAT in March, taking ap Bio should end with a B but my school is known to have a hard bio class but prepares us for the exam. (Also taking AP spanish). Got a B+ in chem academic and will take physics academic in senior year(i am a junior right now). Also the price of the college doesnt matter too much according to my parents. In senior year I am planning on taking physics and AP environmental science (along with AP Stat), and english/calc Honors. I was told that you pick your major once you are in college and so they dont check specific science grades in highschool, because they wont know exactly what my major will be at that point. I just wanted to know what colleges I could get into in general.

Some schools in the NE for you to research: Seton Hall, Manhattan College, Union College, Ithaca College, University of Vermont (smaller town), Clark, Drexel, Temple, Quninnipiac

At some schools, you apply to the university and can major in whatever you want. At other schools, admission into some majors is highly competitive and happens at admission. For instance, if you want engineering at UCLA, you apply as an engineering major as a senior in high school. And admission into eng’g is very competitive.

That said, I asked about your math and science grades because you want to be premed. You’d be surprised how many high school students who aren’t strong in math/science try to be premed, and then get weeded out.

I agree with the Jesuit suggestion. For example, Loyola Chicago seems to be a popular premed choice and you might get merit money there (plus tuition there is a little lower than some other privates). For something a little warmer, look at SCU, USD, though affordability is always a question – run the Net Price Calculators everywhere.

And don’t count your SAT chickens before their hatched. Take the official test this spring and possibly again in Aug/Oct - higher is always better, both for scholarships and for adding more competitive colleges that meet financial need. Good luck!

Also, I advise against trying to major in Biology. The premed sequence only requires 2 bio classes v. 5 chemistry classes, and BIO has the worst ROI out there because so many bio majors don’t make it into med school and flood the job market.

Rhodes College in Memphis TN.

University of Rochester in Rochester NY

Tulane University in New Orleans LA

“I live in NJ, want something in a City, income a little less than 100k”

You have great choices in-state. You should seriously consider your in-state public universities.

“want to go to med school”
“unweighted GPA is going to be around 3.55-3.60”

With an unweighted GPA of 3.55, you can probably get into a university with a good premed program. However, more than half of the students who start off as premed change their mind when they discover how difficult premed classes are. Of those students who do stick with a premed program through getting their bachelor’s degree, the majority of them never get into any medical school. Of all of the above, most started with a high school GPA that is higher than 3.55.

You should be thinking about whether you can pull up your GPA in very difficult premed university classes, or if you should be considering other possible majors / career paths. You have plenty of time (years) to think about this.

Absent significant information you haven’t shared (wealthy grandparents?), the price may matter more than your parents realize. Are they aware that many OOS public universities cost ~$40k-$50K/year (and don’t give much if any need based aid to OOS students)? Do they realize that private colleges typically cost $55K-$70K year (or that the best need-based aid typically is available only at selective schools)?

Given the likely financial realities, and your stats, your best options probably start with in-state public schools. If those don’t appeal to you, then check out colleges in the USNWR ~30-60 range (national universities or LACs). Those are not so selective that you wouldn’t have a shot. Some private schools in that range may offer decent need-based aid for your income bracket (though they probably won’t cover 100% of demonstrated need). Run the online net price calculators for any that interest you.

Some of the higher-ranked USNWR “regional universities” (like Loyola U. MD) also might be worth a look.
Or look through the Kiplinger “best value” lists for schools with admit rates >= 30% or so and relatively affordable net prices.

Your stats may not be quite high enough to qualify for big merit scholarships (unless maybe you consider schools much less selective than the ones indicated above). However, some private LACs with roughly 35%-60% admit rates might offer you more in merit money than n-b aid (places like Rhodes or College of Wooster, maybe).