I am currently a sophomore in high school and I am hoping to become a doctor. I have been thinking about schools on the Northeast but out of my state. I work decently hard in school and I want to go to a good undergrad school but I am questioning if it is worth it. I am considering schools like Northeastern, BU, UWash, and maybe UNC. My dream schools would be Georgetown, Berkeley, and, Northwestern. So I have two questions...how realistic are my hopes and also is it worth getting into these schools just for undergrad or should I go to schools such as Rutger's, TCNJ, and UPitt if they will be cheaper bc of in state. I really don't want to stay in the same area as the rest of my high school peers and those are popular among my town. Also, this sounds a little egotistical, but I don't want to be working so hard in high school just to end up going somewhere where I could go by doing mediocre is school. So I guess my official question would be do you think it is better and more practical to go to those in-state schools, or the "better" ones? Please consider al factors such as chance of med school acceptance, how good the program is, research opportunities, social scene, and price?
BTW for my question on if my hopes are realistic here are my stats:
Freshman Year(did pretty mediocre)
Academic English
Honors Physics
Academic Government
Orchestra
Business
Advanced Algebra II
French
GPA W:3.8
Sophomore Year:
Business II
Honors Biology
Honors French
Honors Chemistry
Honors History
Academic English
Honors Pre-AP Calc
GPA:4.37
Junior Year(next year classes)
Honors Anatomy
AP Chemistry
Honors French
Honors World History
AP English
AP Calc AB
GPA:no idea hope for 4.6 or 4.7
Senior Year
no idea lol but similar
Extracurricular (planned to be)
3 years cultural club
3 years volunteer club
3 years marching band
4 years as red cross member
2 years as NHS member
1 summer research at college(Monmouth college program or something similar)
2 years job at tutoring place
BTW for my question on if my hopes are realistic here are my stats:
Freshman Year(did pretty mediocre)
Academic English
Honors Physics
Academic Government
Orchestra
Business
Advanced Algebra II
French
GPA W:3.8
Sophomore Year:
Business II
Honors Biology
Honors French
Honors Chemistry
Honors History
Academic English
Honors Pre-AP Calc
GPA:4.37
Junior Year(next year classes)
Honors Anatomy
AP Chemistry
Honors French
Honors World History
AP English
AP Calc AB
GPA:no idea hope for 4.6 or 4.7
Senior Year
no idea lol but similar
Extracurricular (planned to be)
3 years cultural club
3 years volunteer club
3 years marching band
4 years as red cross member
2 years as NHS member
1 summer research at college(Monmouth college program or something similar)
2 years job at tutoring place
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