What other schools should I look at? LACs?

tsbna44
Fri, 30 Apr 2021 20:46:42 +0000

You mention skiing - so why Texas State? You have a mix in there of small and large - for example, why not Boulder?

Do realize that few who are pre-med go to med school and the major you have chosen is low paying. You could find another major and still get the classes in needed to be pre-med. It’s GPA and MCAT. How bout the other coast - Virginia Tech is in nature - are you interested in smaller schools - you mentioned LACs so Colorado College, Washington & Lee - both are stretches for you. But maybe Sewanee, Franklin & Marshall, Dennison, Dickinson, Whitman, Whitworth, etc.

PS - stuff like Natl Honor Society schools don’t look at - it’s great you got in - but it’s just sort of a fluff piece on the resume.

Your targets - not sure of UT - if you were OOS, no way. Cal Poly - will depend on major. Your high reaches are out of reach…unless you are from a very low earning income family and can do questbridge. I’m not saying not to apply - always chase the dream - but I would say your reaches would be more like a Florida (forgetting skiing), Wake Forest, Rochester, NYU, Tulane, BU - that 30 to 50 level.

Hiking and skiing - why not UC Davis (a stretch), Oregon, Oregon State, UW, a school in Idaho, Montana, Colorado State, Wyoming, etc.

Good luck.