i want to stay on the east coast because of family concerns...can't be more than 3-4 hours away from MD. my gre scores are average (155V, 159Q, 4.5W) and i am planning to take the chem gre in september, but not doing too well on the practice tests right now. i am interested in organic chem. currently working in a lab and i am learning about drug delivery. are they any school that focus on drug delivery or synthesis or medical stuff chemistry? organic synthesis would be nice because i might do patent law after grad school. i apologize if this sounds vague, but i really don't have specific interests as of now. i just like organic chem and think i would do well in that area.
i am thinking of georgetown, jhu, harvard, yale, penn state, princeton, and upenn, but almost all of these schools are so hard to get into, esp when i don't have any publications yet and probably won't by the time i graduate next year. any "safe" schools?