<p>I've finally narrowed down my colleges choices to these three schools. I have visited all of them and there are things I love about each of them! I want to apply to one of them ED in the fall, but I just don't know which one yet. I think I want to major in Computer Science, but I have other interests as well (IR, Economics, Cognitive Science). I also want to go to a school strong in undergrad research (I plan on going to grad school and I love doing research). Other than the academics, I want to have a decent social life. Also, being an URM, I want to go to a school that is accepting and doesn't tend to self-segregate. Which school do you think is right for me?</p>
<p>You haven’t gotten in to any of them.</p>
<p>I know, but I just want opinions of what school would be right for me.</p>
<p>That answer can be different for any number of URM, social life seeking, computer science majors that like other subjects. It really depends on which school YOU liked the best in terms of atmosphere. If you cannot get enough of a handle yet on which you like the best, you may want to forego applying early to one of them, giving yourself the year to see which one stands out after getting peer feedback, maturing another year, dealing with the school over the course of the year. If all seems equal by app time, and you REALLY feel that any of the 3 would make you happy, then apply to the one with the highest ED acceptance rate, because on a RD basis, I can tell you that getting accepted is not an easy go.</p>
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While this is often true of this kind of thread, the OP is looking for an ED school, so the question is valid, I think.</p>
<p>How are the undergrad research opportunities at each of these schools? I know Hopkins is #1 for funded research, but how much of the money goes to research in the health fields and graduate students?</p>
<p>There are significant social and cultural differences between them. Hopkins is the most research-focused; it’s part if its DNA, but all of them will provide you with undergrad research opportunities. Tufts is known for its IR, but, so is Hopkins. Brown has all of that plus the highest mean grades in the country.</p>
<p>Personally, unless your numbers are below average, I wouldn’t recommend a URM apply ED. Wait and compare the offers.</p>
<p>How do you know that “Brown has the highest mean grades in the country”? I’ve never heard that before.
Note that at Brown grades are “optional” :-)</p>
<p>Brown’s mean gpa is a 3.6+.</p>
<p>Try visiting the CC sub-forums for each of these schools. Visit the various other sites that claim to provide student reviews of schools. Look at the data posted on Princeton Review.</p>
<p>In other words . . . do your own research!!! It’s four years of YOUR life - isn’t that worth spending just a little bit of your own time?</p>
<p>You might also want to investigate what kind of financial aid you’d be eligible for at these schools . . . it will not be the same at all three. (And, if you need financial aid, you could really cause yourself some problems by applying ED to a school that does NOT guarantee to meet full need!)</p>
<p>First, I am very curious as to where the 3.6+ number was obtained. I can’t imagine that Ivy league schools post that info, especially Brown (see below).
Second, Brown has a pretty unusual grading policy: grades are optional. I imagine that has a dramatic effect on average GPA.
Third Brown has no GPA’s! See <a href=“http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Dean_of_the_College/faculty/documents/gpaStatement.pdf[/url]”>http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Dean_of_the_College/faculty/documents/gpaStatement.pdf</a></p>
<p>Sorry, for this thread going off-track.</p>
<p>Brown is D1 college. Not only does Brown calculate gpa’s, Brown reports them to the NCAA.</p>
<p>Think about it.</p>
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<p>Maybe from gradeinflation.com?
([Brown</a> University](<a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com/Brown.html]Brown”>Brown University))</p>