Anonymous
Post 02/02/2026 15:14     Subject: Safety school for Asian DD who is LGBTQ/stem/neurodivergent and wants to go to medical school?
Anonymous wrote:The ideal pathway for your DD is the Virginia Commonwealth University's guaranteed admission program to med school. It is perfect for her.



Anther vote for VCU. Awesome school !
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2026 15:01     Subject: Safety school for Asian DD who is LGBTQ/stem/neurodivergent and wants to go to medical school?
Smith is a great suggestion. I would put Rochester, macalester, and Carleton as targets as well. Safeties: reed?
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2026 14:46     Subject: Safety school for Asian DD who is LGBTQ/stem/neurodivergent and wants to go to medical school?
Emory? Vanderbilt? Should replace Tufts on your list.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2026 14:44     Subject: Safety school for Asian DD who is LGBTQ/stem/neurodivergent and wants to go to medical school?
Smith
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2026 14:44     Subject: Safety school for Asian DD who is LGBTQ/stem/neurodivergent and wants to go to medical school?
Oberlin is not overtly artsy if you're a STEM major.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2026 13:55     Subject: Safety school for Asian DD who is LGBTQ/stem/neurodivergent and wants to go to medical school?
Anonymous wrote:Rhodes has great med school admissions. and merit money


Rhodes is the whitest school mentioned so far. And the alma mater for Amy Coney Barrett, who is anti-LGBTQ AND anti-women AND anti-medical science (i.e. doctors who want to provide the best care for their patients).
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2026 13:45     Subject: Safety school for Asian DD who is LGBTQ/stem/neurodivergent and wants to go to medical school?
Anonymous wrote:Pitt as safety, Emory for an additional reach that is good for premed


This is the conventional wisdom, but its the conventional wisdom for a reason.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2026 13:11     Subject: Re:Safety school for Asian DD who is LGBTQ/stem/neurodivergent and wants to go to medical school?
Search to see which privates have the best med school acceptance rate in blue states. Avoid large top 20 state flagships as they will be filled with cut throat pre med students willing to do anything to stay at the top of the curve.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2026 13:00     Subject: Safety school for Asian DD who is LGBTQ/stem/neurodivergent and wants to go to medical school?
Anonymous wrote:Cut the identity labels and go to the best school you get into that you can afford.


the rare "prestige over fit" take.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2026 12:59     Subject: Safety school for Asian DD who is LGBTQ/stem/neurodivergent and wants to go to medical school?
Rhodes has great med school admissions. and merit money
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2026 12:58     Subject: Safety school for Asian DD who is LGBTQ/stem/neurodivergent and wants to go to medical school?
The ideal pathway for your DD is the Virginia Commonwealth University's guaranteed admission program to med school. It is perfect for her.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2026 12:26     Subject: Re:Safety school for Asian DD who is LGBTQ/stem/neurodivergent and wants to go to medical school?
Lehigh is a good target for health/bio/pre-med. +1 to the PP who mentioned Rochester, Carleton, and Pitt.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2026 12:24     Subject: Safety school for Asian DD who is LGBTQ/stem/neurodivergent and wants to go to medical school?
Anonymous wrote:We already have Rice, Tufts, Brown, Northwestern, U Chicago, and Wash U on the list. Obviously, it's hard to get into these places. Case Western, U Wisconsin, also on the list. Possible safety schools: Fordham and Pitt. What would be loo some other decent safety or even target schools? It would be great if (1) there's some kind of merit aid; and (2) near a major airport).

We live in a Red state and she doesn't like our state. I don't know if it's wise to pay $90K for some of the safeties that don't offer merit aid. GPA is 4.0; SAT is 1520; extracurriculars with focus on gender studies/public health type, community-oriented theme.

School counselor is mentioning as safeties: Skidmore and Connecticut College, but these schools do not seem particularly diverse, racially.

DD is at a girls' private so not loving as safeties: Bryn Mawr and Barnard. Oberlin is too artsy and maybe Wesleyan also too artsy.


Left-handed?
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2026 12:22     Subject: Safety school for Asian DD who is LGBTQ/stem/neurodivergent and wants to go to medical school?
Brandeis, Kenyon. Also, what about William and Mary?
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2026 12:06     Subject: Safety school for Asian DD who is LGBTQ/stem/neurodivergent and wants to go to medical school?
Cut the identity labels and go to the best school you get into that you can afford.