what pre-med school's should I apply to?

[simba464]

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I'm currently a senior in high school and I'm debating on what school's to apply to for pre-med. I want to become an orthopedic, my back up plan is physician assistant.
I'm looking to apply to schools in NY, NJ, PA, MA,CT, DE, MD, and RI.
GPA: 93% or 3.7-4.0
ACT: 26
SAT: 1670
SAT Writing: 610
SAT Math: 570
SAT CR: 490
My current list of colleges is Stony Brook university, albany, university at buffalo, mcphs, university of delaware, penn state, siena, geneseo, scranton, western Connecticut state university, arcadia, SUNY buffalo, university of hartford, Hofstra, st. John's university, and university of the sciences.
I really need to narrow down my choices and maybe add a few new ones in. Can you please suggest any schools for pre-med or give me any information on any schools on my current list. Thank you so much!

 

[WedgeDawg]

Moving to hsdn

 

[simba464]

Moving to hsdn

thank you! do you have any advice?

 

[efle]

You might find this helpful, shows what universities have the most sizable premed proportions applying to MD school each year

 

[deleted393595]

You might find this helpful, shows what universities have the most sizable premed proportions applying to MD school each year

Downside is that a higher # of Pre-Meds means more competition. Upside is that you'll have a lot more resources to help you along the way.

 

[efle]

Downside is that a higher # of Pre-Meds means more competition.

How so? Def agree with the latter though, massive % premed = pretty established setup for getting lab experience, clinical volunteering time, shadowing, tons of people to study with, etc. But since classes are curved, it will be just as tough to get those A's whether there are 200 premeds or 1000

 

[deleted393595]

How so? Def agree with the latter though, massive % premed = pretty established setup for getting lab experience, clinical volunteering time, shadowing, tons of people to study with, etc. But since classes are curved, it will be just as tough to get those A's whether there are 200 premeds or 1000

From my experience at a state school, I've had a much easier time than others at say - Yale - at getting A's because the curve is biased in my favor because we have so few Pre-Meds. So I guess if we're comparing schools by strata, the OP is very likely going to have an easier time at a state school. But I'm not sure how well this holds up when you're comparing school within strata with similar types of students - Eg. Hopkins (25%) vs Georgetown (10%)

 

[efle]

From my experience at a state school, I've had a much easier time than others at say - Yale - at getting A's because the curve is biased in my favor because we have so few Pre-Meds. So I guess if we're comparing schools by strata, the OP is very likely going to have an easier time at a state school. But I'm not sure how well this holds up when you're comparing school within strata with similar types of students - Eg. Hopkins (25%) vs Georgetown (10%)

Ah I think I get what you're saying, so like at a less premed school there will be a greater proportion of people in Ochem that are there just for their chem/biochem major, and will not be fighting as hard as the premeds for spots in the top couple deciles

 

[mpsu2014]

I am a Penn State grad, so my vote will always go there as I know their excellent academics.
It is a very large school, so you have to prepared for that. My intro Bio class as a freshman was a lecture hall of over 700 students.
I was a biology major, I thought that it gave me more flexibility to study a great variety of biology choices, as well as electives.
The pre-med faculty will help you along the way, as long as you go to them for help. (This is a such a large university, you will just be another face in the crowd unless you make yourself known.)
The faculty is great, but again, you have to stand out and be known. If you do so though, it will open so many doors.
Tons of research opportunities in various specialities. Tons of ECs (including THON!)
Penn State's alumni population is the largest in the US which can also help you out in the long run!

Best of luck choosing a school! If you want more info on Penn State, feel free to direct message 🙂

 

[super-scribe]

I'm a Rice grad so I will say that I am a little biased but Rice prepared me very well for the application process. We're also right across from the Texas Medical Center so there are plenty of research and clinical opportunities to be had. We're a small private so it's also really easy to get to know professors and get LORs. I will say that because there were so many pre-meds, there were a lot of annoying pre-gunners as well.

 

[Dreamstoo]

I'm currently a senior in high school and I'm debating on what school's to apply to for pre-med. I want to become an orthopedic, my back up plan is physician assistant.
I'm looking to apply to schools in NY, NJ, PA, MA,CT, DE, MD, and RI.
GPA: 93% or 3.7-4.0
ACT: 26
SAT: 1670
SAT Writing: 610
SAT Math: 570
SAT CR: 490
My current list of colleges is Stony Brook university, albany, university at buffalo, mcphs, university of delaware, penn state, siena, geneseo, scranton, western Connecticut state university, arcadia, SUNY buffalo, university of hartford, Hofstra, st. John's university, and university of the sciences.
I really need to narrow down my choices and maybe add a few new ones in. Can you please suggest any schools for pre-med or give me any information on any schools on my current list. Thank you so much!

GPA is fine, ACT and SAT low are quite low. May be too low for Stony Brook. I got accepted at Stony Brook with a ~1900 or something along those lines and a 3.5 GPA (early 2010s). Generally SAT wise, I don't know anyone at Stony who had below a 1800 on the SATs.

Is it too late to retake the SATs?