What are my chances of getting into UNC Chapel Hill? I have a 32 on the ACT, 4.0 GPA (Weighted), pretty appreciated essay, and a decent number of athletic achievements? Should I take the ACT again?
Don’t take the ACT again. You have a great score and making a 33 or 34 likely won’t sway admissions.Instead, focus on your story. Why UNC? What do you want to do? If you don’t know, how do you plan to discover what it is you want to do? How will you add to the community at UNC? Why is UNC such a unique experience that you won’t find it elsewhere?And if you don’t get in, be sure to apply to other great schools. I’m 3.5 years out of UNC and wish I would’ve applied to UVA, Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA, etc. UNC is an amazing school with a lot of smart people — but in no way to they have a monopoly on bright and motivated students with a great campus atmosphere.
Help! My parents don't want me to leave my state for college!?
Well the thing is, the decision of where to go to college should be your decision. As a young adult who's about to enter college, your parents should understand that the decision should be yours, not theirs. With that being said, you should sit down and have a serious talk with your parents, and perhaps reach some sort of compromise. Meanwhile, show them that you can be independent and would be able to go to an out of state school. Also make a list of pros and cons and show the list to them. An obvious pro would be self-development (since being away from your parents will allow you to development more independently). A con would be you wouldn't be able to visit your parents/your parents wouldn't be able to visit you whenever they would like and the cost of the plane tickets associated with the visits.
What are some good colleges to go to for a pediatrician?
According to US News and World Report here is the listing for the top 10 US medical schools. Best Medical Schools Best Medical Schools Specialty Rankings: Pediatrics Ranked in 2009 1 Harvard University Boston, MA 2 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 3 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 4 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 5 Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX 6 University of Washington Seattle, WA 7 Stanford University Stanford, CA 8 University of Colorado--Denver Aurora, CO Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 10 University of California--San Francisco San Francisco, CA
What are the best colleges for Political Science majors, and can I get in?
I am currently a Junior in NJ and searching for the top schools for political science and was wondering if I can get in. I want to either go into the government or continue my education and earn a Law Degree. I currently have a 3.6 GPA unweighted and a 3.9 weighted. I have just recently taken the SATs and have not received my scores yet. I have taken AP US History this year as well as all Honors classes besides English, and plan on take AP Gov and Politics, AP Euro, and AP Calc next year along with Honors Physics. Outside of school, I participate in BSA and I am an Eagle Scout. Thanks for your help.
Best financial aid for non-ivy league colleges?
what are some of the best financial aid schools that are NOT ivy-league or even semi-ivy-league something the average person could get into without having to worry about how much money they had (none.) preferably with the following majors: computer science and political science, i guess a liberal arts college would be the best.
What are the best schools in the US for biomedical engineering?
This was based on US News according to the person I copied it from in College Confidential (its possible US News has one thats more updated)Undergraduate engineering specialties: Biomedical / Biomedical Engineering (At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate) (perhaps 2007 or 2008)1 Johns Hopkins University (MD)2 Duke University (NC)3 Georgia Institute of Technology *4 Univ. of California–San Diego *5 University of Pennsylvania6 Massachusetts Inst. of Technology7 Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH)8 Boston University9 Rice University (TX)9 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor *11 Northwestern University (IL)12 University of Washington *13 Stanford University (CA)14 University of California–Berkeley *15 Vanderbilt University (TN)16 Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison *16 University of Virginia *16 Washington University in St. Louis19 Tulane University (LA)19 University of Texas–Austin *21 Cornell University (NY)21 University of Utah *23 Columbia University (NY)http://talk.collegeconfidential....Ranks for engineering programs as ranked by recruiters from the Wall Street Journal (note these are generic rankings--but they are by recruiters, which is a key distinction vs. having a peer based ranking--ie other departments ranking you) Ideally, I would want a school that perhaps did well on both.:1. Georgia Tech2. Purdue (Indiana)3. University of Maryland4. University of Illinois-Champlaign5. Virginia Tech6. University of Michigan7. Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)8. MIT (Cambridge, MA)9. Penn State University10. University of Minnesota11. Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)12. University of California at Berkeley13. Ohio State University14. Iowa State University15. North Carolina State University16. Texas A & M17. Clemson18. Cal Tech19. UCLA20. University of Wisconsin21. Carnegie Mellon22. RPI23. West Virginia University24. Arizona State University25. Texas Tech UniversityFor graduate education for biomedical engineering straight from US News:1. John Hopkins (Baltimore MD)2. Georgia Tech (Atlanta, GA)3. UC at San Diego4. Duke University (Durham, NC)5. University of Washington6. MIT (Cambridge, MA) [Tie]6. U Penn (Philly, PA) [Tie]8. Boston University [Tie]8. Rice University (Houston, TX) [Tie]8. Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) [Tie]http://grad-schools.usnews.ranki...Hopefully this will provide a decent range of schools to look at for your biomedical engineering degree as well as provide at least 2 relevant filters for evaluating your options.