<p>I've been wandering the forums for quite a while now, looking at the posts and they've been really helpful. So thanks for those. So, I'm currently a Junior and now that as the year's drawing to an end, being that the APs and SATs and those are over, I thought I'd asked about a few colleges that may be good and ideal places to apply to and maybe through the summer visit a few of them. So here it goes.</p>
<p>As of now, I don't really have any real lists, just a few names floating in my head. I don't have any specific area that I wish to major in, although I'm considering mathematics, economics, international relations or the sciences. [I know that's like 50% of all the majors out there] I'd prefer a city, since I live in New York City, but I'm also willing to experience rural or suburban colleges as well. My interests are Model UN, photography, rowing and baseball. I'm also in science olympiad, math team, and the stock market club, but I don't think they have those in college. I'm really hoping for the college to have a Model UN club or organization, but I'll live if they don't. For the summer, I might get a job. </p>
<p>I'm Asian American, Chinese to be specific, and I have a 94 average right now. Yea, I hope that's enough information?</p>
<p>Well, on the basis of what you've described, I'm afraid we can rule out only about 1% of the colleges in the country. :-) How'd you do on those SATs and APs? How do you feel about liberal arts colleges vs. universities? How large or small a school are you willing to consider? What's important to you in the college experience - Quality of campus life? Name recognition of your Alma Mater? Sophistication level of your peer group? Do you want to live on campus and get the full 24/7 college student experience?</p>
<p>Onward towards the 99%! :]
Thanks for the reply. On the SATs, I scored a C-640,M-740,W-650, [2050] then a C680 ,M-770,W730 [2180] on the second retake. On the SAT IIs, I have a 760 for Biology E, 640 for Biology M, and 690 for chemistry. I got 5 on the AP Chinese Language and Culture I took last year, and this year I took Physics B, Calculus BC, English, and US History. I think I did okay on those.
For schools, I looking for somewhere in the East Coast, in the mid-Atlantic, or New England states, so that I can come home once or twice a year. I'm most likely going to be dorming at the college, so hopefully a student body that's active. I'm also hoping for the school to be large enough so that there's a wide variety of opinions and that I can hold a decent conversation with the people there. I'm also looking for the place to be challenging, academically wise. And Alma Mater isn't important since my parents went to college back at China.
Sorry about being a little messy with the information.
Thanks for all the help!</p>
<p>OK - If you're looking at urban schools, how about this:</p>
<p>Boston - Harvard's a reach, but it's a reach for everyone. Tufts would be a great option. Boston College is probably not as diverse as you've said you'd like. As for Boston U, you might as well stay in NYC and apply to NYU if you're going to consider BU.</p>
<p>Providence - Only quasi-urban, but Brown would be worth checking out.</p>
<p>Amherst College - not urban at all and a small LAC, but being one of five colleges in a consortium offers unusual flexibility.</p>
<p>NYC - Columbia (reach) and NYU, which should be a solid option. If you play baseball, you're probably male, but if you're a female, Barnard College is worth considering.</p>
<p>Philadelphia - Penn</p>
<p>Pittsburgh - Carnegie-Mellon, and Pitt could be a safety as well as a potential financial safety is they offered you one of their big scholarships</p>
<p>Baltimore - Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>Washington - Georgetown; George Washington and American would be safeties</p>
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I wouldn't get too caught up on location like that. Looking for a school located in a city is one thing because that makes up atmosphere but what part of the country it's in isn't really that important. </p>
<p>Also, you should try to see if anything that Cornell offers in its state schools interests you. It's a great school that will probably save you money unless you know you're really eligible for need-based aid that would cause other equally good schools to be cheaper.</p>
<p>I would look at University of Dayton. Small school in downtown Dayton. They have a rowing club and the top finance students get to invest part of the schools endowment. You would be competitive for some scholarships.</p>
<p>lgellar makes a great point about Cornell. If you chose to apply to its College of Human Ecology (with majors in Design and Environmental Analysis, Nutritional Sciences, Fiber Science & Apparel Design, Human Development, Policy Analysis and Management, Human Biology Health and Society, Health Administration); College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (Agricultural Sciences, Animal Science, Applied Economics and Management
Atmospheric Science, Biological Engineering, Biological Sciences, Biology and Society, Biometry and Statistics, Communication, Development Sociology, Entomology, Environmental Engineering, Food Science, Information Science, International Agriculture and Rural Development, Landscape Architecture, Natural Resources, Nutritional Sciences, Plant Sciences, Science of Earth Systems, Science of Natural and Environmental Systems, Viticulture and Enology; or School of Industrial and Labor Relations (Collective Bargaining, Labor Law, and Labor History; Human Resource Studies, International and Comparative Labor, Labor Economics, Social Statistics, Organizational Behavior), you'd be attending a state-supported college as an in-state student with a total price tag, before financial aid, in the low to mid 30Ks rather than around 50K. For the last entering class, Cornell's median SATs were around 700 for each of the three subsections, so you'd look very competitive.</p>
<p>Oh, there are so many possibilities. Do you need financial aid? The easiest part of picking schools are listing the obvious ones. That will be so much fun. More important is getting schools that you know that you can get in. For financial and admissions, the SUNYs are great. Buffalo, Binghamton, and Albany are all good locations. The catholic schools are also good possibilities. Once you find some pretty sure bets, and hone in on them, you can then look at the Tufts, BU, GW, NYU, etc.</p>