Pre med schools with 20-40% acceptance rates

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Anonymous wrote:My high stats 4.5 gpa kid wants to major in chemistry most likely. It is very easy to identify reaches and dream schools that have single digit acceptance rates. Looking to add some safeties.

His ideal school is a not too huge school in the east coast in an urban setting. His dream school is UPenn. Not sure if he will ED. I have heard from older parents that they wished their kid did not waste their ED on a school that was unlikely to gain acceptance.

Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Rice and BU/BC have highest acceptance rate for medical schools.


https://www.medschoolcoach.com/best-non-ivy-league-schools-pre-med/

All of these “non ivy” schools also have very low acceptance rates for undergrad, is what OP is trying to avoid

Yes, these are all on DS’s list. BU/BC/Tufts/NEU are on his target list. I think he will get in to at least one. He is legacy at one.

Be careful. My kid didn’t get in to several of their “likelies” and had stats above their ranges etc. these schools all have very low acceptance rates.

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Anonymous wrote:My high stats 4.5 gpa kid wants to major in chemistry most likely. It is very easy to identify reaches and dream schools that have single digit acceptance rates. Looking to add some safeties.

His ideal school is a not too huge school in the east coast in an urban setting. His dream school is UPenn. Not sure if he will ED. I have heard from older parents that they wished their kid did not waste their ED on a school that was unlikely to gain acceptance.

Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Rice and BU/BC have highest acceptance rate for medical schools.


https://www.medschoolcoach.com/best-non-ivy-league-schools-pre-med/

Hopkins, Vanderbilt, and Rice all have single digit acceptance rates. BU/BC acceptance rates are in the teens. None of these schools are safeties for anyone.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My high stats 4.5 gpa kid wants to major in chemistry most likely. It is very easy to identify reaches and dream schools that have single digit acceptance rates. Looking to add some safeties.

His ideal school is a not too huge school in the east coast in an urban setting. His dream school is UPenn. Not sure if he will ED. I have heard from older parents that they wished their kid did not waste their ED on a school that was unlikely to gain acceptance.

Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Rice and BU/BC have highest acceptance rate for medical schools.


https://www.medschoolcoach.com/best-non-ivy-league-schools-pre-med/

All of these “non ivy” schools also have very low acceptance rates for undergrad, is what OP is trying to avoid

Yes, these are all on DS’s list. BU/BC/Tufts/NEU are on his target list. I think he will get in to at least one. He is legacy at one.

Those are reaches for all, even legacies. If he gets in, you celebrate his good luck in overcoming the odds. But it's foolhardy to think of BU/BC/Tufts/NEU as targets.

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Anonymous wrote: 20-40% acceptance rate isn’t a safety school

It might be for a kid with great numbers, depending on the school's GPA/SAT range. It won't be for a B+ student.

Nope. My daughter was accepted to Princeton and MIT and waitlisted at American (and I’m an alum). No true safeties in that range.