#cooked college prep junior with even more cooked gpa looking for ed/rd recs

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mossy pendant
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Location/Region: instate arizona, definitely trying to go OOS. U.S. schools only please and i prefer a middle grounded setting but don't mind too much.
**Major: **bio/neuro --> premed path
**GPA/Test Scores: ** 3.6/4.0 uw, 4.1 w. 1480 SAT (retaking) 31 ACT (not retaking)
Classes & Clubs: i don't have an exact preference but i would like to have clubs and communities associated to my major and/or research opportunities related to my major as well
Size: i don't have a preference but i would lean towards a larger class size than a smaller one.
Costs: little to no budget, looking at around 10k a year maximum. I will need financial aid.
**Schools You're Currently Looking At: ** WashU (would be THE dream and my ed priority) , UCs, UofA if instate, UT, JHU (huge reach sigh.)
Additional: a lot of family extenuating circumstances, had a dip soph. yr due to mental health sigh

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notes: i go to a very rigorous catholic college prep school where most if not all classes are dual enrollment. a lot of the AP classes are locked through a lot of prereqs. i had a really bad sophomore year as well as a C in a freshman summer class which dropped my gpa due to depression and really bad family extenuating circumstances

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ECs: CCMA certified, 300+ hours as a CCMA + CMAA extern at a family clinic, summer job as an MA, 400+ hours/3 years teaching Vietnamese/theology to sunday school students, neurosurgery shadow, summer program at midwestern (HCI), student ambassador, student council treasurer, 2 silver key scholastic poetry awards, 3 poetry publications

cold ruin
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To clarify, by premed are you wanting to go to medical school?

mossy pendant
cold ruin
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Ok cool! Premed isn't actually a major, it's just a state of being, but for med school you can major in whatever you want as long as you take the required prereqs.

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Do you meet the finance criteria to apply to QuestBrdige because if so, you should also apply through there

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cold ruin
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The UCs don't give good financial aid to no californians. There might be like one or two competitive merit scholarships they offer. Otherwise if you need aid applying to out of state publics without good merit stats are very low odds of getting the amount of aid you'd need.

raven laurel
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it's not as selective as a lot of other generous private schools and you might get a better financial package than out of state publics

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the premed stuff is ofc pretty good

mossy pendant
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im looking to do scholarships to clutch if i can even get into my top picks :,D

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i know some friends doing kessler scholars but i havent looked into anything extensively as of rn

cold ruin
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Yeah basically you would need schools that meeet full deonsntrated need (ideally without loans). Some that could be good options for you to consider include schools like Emory, Grinnell, Pomona, Rice, Smith, Swarthmore, Vanderbilt, Washington & Lee, Haverford, Lafayette, Duke, CWRU, University of Notre Dame, Macalester, University of Richmond, Occidental, Skidmore, Univeesity of Rochester, College of the Holy Cross

You should check the Net Price Calculator for all the schools you're interested in. I recommend starting by looking into the ones I mentioned you haven't heard of to see if you like them.

lucid compass
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lucid compass
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majoring in bio gives you a leg up for like 5 minutes in medical school

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And for the MCAT, people who major in Bio actually have lower scores on average than humanities majors

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The highest scores are pure math majors

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You’ll be devoting your whole life to bio, college is the time to explore other interests too. You have to take certain premed courses regardless but you can opt to do something in the humanities or CS and be more well rounded and impressive in interviews

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lucid compass
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for schools that don't have you apply to specific majors you can just apply as bio

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and then switch

keen rune
cold ruin
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raven laurel
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but study what you like