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shrewd hawk Aug 8, 2022, 1:23 PM

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Location/Region: city/suburb
Major: Biochemistry/pre-med/biology
GPA/Test Scores: I have no idea what my gpa is as I’m studying IB right now, and our school doesn’t provide GPA. But my predicted IB grade is 43/45.
Curriculum: rigour as I love challenges. Okay, maybe not that much but I need a rigorous course in order for me to stop procrastination.
Size: small/medium sized classes
Costs: I would love to get a scholarship or merit-based aid. I mean US universities are so expensive 😭
Schools I’m currently looking at: Stanford, Princeton, Yale, Johns Hopkins, UC Berkeley, Carnegie Melon, University of Washington, U of Colorado, Texas A&M, , university of Texas Austin, ASU
Additional: weather is important to me. When it’s cloudy or raining, it makes me wanna sleep 🥲. Also I have no idea which school am I suppose to apply for ED.

Thank you so much for your time💓

next sedge Aug 8, 2022, 1:54 PM

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UCSD

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USC

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UPitt

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CWRU

shrewd hawk Aug 8, 2022, 1:58 PM

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Thanks I’ll look into that!

teal patrol Aug 8, 2022, 2:34 PM

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you might want to look into some LACs if youre interested in that kinda thing :D

wind basin Aug 9, 2022, 3:04 AM

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Pomona, Swarthmore, WIlliams, Amherst, Bowdoin

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top 5 colleges

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of LACs

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kinda biased for Pomona, but def add them

rapid coral Aug 9, 2022, 8:13 AM

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rice?

shrewd hawk Aug 9, 2022, 11:34 AM

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teal patrol you might want to look into some LACs if youre interested in that kinda thing :D

What’s the difference between lac and research uni?

shrewd hawk Aug 9, 2022, 11:34 AM

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wind basin kinda biased for Pomona, but def add them

Thank you!!

shrewd hawk Aug 9, 2022, 11:35 AM

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rapid coral rice?

Ahh good one

narrow lynx Aug 9, 2022, 12:27 PM

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shrewd hawk What’s the difference between lac and research uni?

Research unis all have a graduate school and usually tend to have a much larger population than a LAC, while a LAC tends to be pretty small in student size (usually below 3000 students) and not have a grad school.

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I second a lot of the people's recommendations here, though! Especially since you're interested in a smaller school, I recommend checking out LACs.

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I recommend Macalester for you as well! It's a small school located directly in a city that offers up to $100K in merit aid and meets full demonstrated financial aid.

empty smelt Aug 9, 2022, 2:42 PM

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premed intl u should probably go for the lowest cost

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UMass amherst gives like $16k a year for their highest merit scholarship

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grinnell, connecticut college and ithaca college offered me some pretty good merit/need based scholarships (around half cost off)

narrow lynx Aug 10, 2022, 3:12 AM

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empty smelt grinnell, connecticut college and ithaca college offered me some pretty good mer...

I second the Grinnell recommendation a lot!

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I went there for a year and really loved it.

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