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Hi everyone,
I've been having trouble choosing which schools I want to apply to. What factors should I be looking for? The biggest thing that comes to mind for me is location, as I've always wanted to be in or at least near a city. I'm very partial to the east coast because it's near home, especially New York and Philadelphia. I'm also interested in specializing.
State of residency: NJ
cGPA and sGPA: 3.5, could be as high as 3.6 after this semester, at a small state school in NJ
DAT (AA/TS/PAT): 26/25/25, no scores below 21
Shadowing: 100+ hours with a general dentist and have been working for them as an assistant since September 2019.
Volunteering: 100 hours total doing ESL/math tutoring and in a food pantry. I'd like to get more but coronavirus has my whole state and surrounding states on lockdown
Research: ~200 hours in an ecology lab
Extracurriculars: 2 years on executive board for a cultural organization at my school, 1 year on executive board for a cultural organization outside of my school
Schools I definitely want to apply to:
1. Rutgers
2. UPenn
3. Columbia
4. NYU
5. UConn
Here are schools I'm strongly considering but am not completely sure of:
6. Stony Brook
7. UMaryland
8. UPitt
9. UMichigan
10. UChicago (my girlfriend lives in Chicago, but I know they don't take many OOS)
11. Temple
I'm also considering some California schools like UoP, UCLA, UCSF, and Western because of location but I'm not sure on those.
Are there any schools on my list that I should reconsider or absolutely not apply to? Or are there any schools I'm missing that I should consider? Thanks
I've been having trouble choosing which schools I want to apply to. What factors should I be looking for? The biggest thing that comes to mind for me is location, as I've always wanted to be in or at least near a city. I'm very partial to the east coast because it's near home, especially New York and Philadelphia. I'm also interested in specializing.
State of residency: NJ
cGPA and sGPA: 3.5, could be as high as 3.6 after this semester, at a small state school in NJ
DAT (AA/TS/PAT): 26/25/25, no scores below 21
Shadowing: 100+ hours with a general dentist and have been working for them as an assistant since September 2019.
Volunteering: 100 hours total doing ESL/math tutoring and in a food pantry. I'd like to get more but coronavirus has my whole state and surrounding states on lockdown
Research: ~200 hours in an ecology lab
Extracurriculars: 2 years on executive board for a cultural organization at my school, 1 year on executive board for a cultural organization outside of my school
Schools I definitely want to apply to:
1. Rutgers
2. UPenn
3. Columbia
4. NYU
5. UConn
Here are schools I'm strongly considering but am not completely sure of:
6. Stony Brook
7. UMaryland
8. UPitt
9. UMichigan
10. UChicago (my girlfriend lives in Chicago, but I know they don't take many OOS)
11. Temple
I'm also considering some California schools like UoP, UCLA, UCSF, and Western because of location but I'm not sure on those.
Are there any schools on my list that I should reconsider or absolutely not apply to? Or are there any schools I'm missing that I should consider? Thanks