#Premed in need of a few more reaches

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pastel zephyr
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Location/Region: City, preferably on the coasts (West and East), open to Midwest/South, but only liberal schools there
Major: Biochem or cell/molecular bio and hope to double major in polisci
GPA/Test Scores (optional): 4.0 UW gpa, 4.41 UC gpa, unsure about my normal weighted gpa but I have taken 8 APs in my first 3 years of high school, 1520 (770 math and 750 English) SAT, 1470 psat (750 math and 720 reading$
Curriculum: I would prefer an academically rigorous school, but a school where it’s possible to get an A if I work very hard. In terms of curriculum, I’d want a semi-open curriculum (not one as strict as Columbia’s core curriculum, but not one as loose as brown’s open curriculum)
Size: School size wise, I’d want about 5-9k undergrads, class sizes to be about 20-30 on average
Costs: No budget atm and no aid required
Schools you're currently looking at (if any): All UCs but merced (I’m in state), Johns Hopkins, tufts, upenn, Yale, Emory, Stanford, wake forest, binghamton, Vanderbilt, and Duke
Additional: I would prefer a politically liberal/moderate school - not somewhere extremely conservative. I would also like somewhere accepting in terms of LGBTQ+ and extremely strong for premed/my major, and also has school spirit in regards to sports. I also definitely do not want to go to Texas and would like to avoid the midwest altogether

Preferences:
Medium size school with a lot of academic support and also mental support - just a lot of resources I could use, some place more collaborative rather than cutthroat competitive, easy access to research/clinical opportunities, some place with a decent social scene, but it’s not required nor is it the entire school’s culture, some place with some school spirit if possible, relatively friendly people, not super into schools with formats like northeastern/nyu/Boston university, but I would like to be in/close to a city, weather isn’t a huge concern, but I like weather similar to Seattle’s/SF’s (I am extremely flexible though).

crystal jetty
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harvard uwu

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I think hits everything you're looking for except school spirit for sports (outside of a handful of events per year like Harvard-Yale, the beanpot, and head of the charles regatta)

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oh and the weather is nothing like seattle/SF

pastel zephyr
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crystal jetty
quiet spire
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columbia

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brown

pastel zephyr
pastel zephyr
loud portal
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How is Georgetown at premed? It hits all the other boxes

quiet spire
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Maybe also look jnto some LACs but unsure if theyd have your major

pastel zephyr
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lofty garden
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rice hits everything, basically

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ah saw you're anti-texas but like. 🤷

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it fits every single one of your descriptions

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if you have any questions ab living in texas though i'm happy to answer @pastel zephyr

pastel zephyr
# lofty garden ah saw you're anti-texas but like. 🤷

I’m not anti Texas but I’ve visited about 5-6 times in the last 4 years and it’s just not for me as a Californian 😭 I’ve visited the Dallas suburbs and Austin, but I haven’t been to Houston (that’s where rice is, correct?)

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The weather was a bit extreme for me in the summer and the culture felt very different

pastel zephyr
lofty garden
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yup rice is in houston

lofty garden
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summer weather does suck but school is done by april anyways. i just make a point to find summer plans that aren’t in texas

pastel zephyr
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