<p>Pretty good ec's (Harvard-MIT Math Competition, Math leader, 4 Globally recognized Computer certifications, the rest average ec's)</p>
<p>Cost is extremely important but id rather go to a school id be happy at and be in dept then the opposite.</p>
<p>Looking for:
School with a good male/female ration (No IT schools)
School (preferably) offering a Math and Computer science joint major, as well as an Astronomy or Astrophysics major (However I understand theres only two schools that offer these exact 2 majors including yale and uiuc). I intend on double majoring.
School that parties.
School with research opportunities</p>
<p>Yeah I'm picky...</p>
<p>Also I have a legacy at Indiana University - Bloomington</p>
<p>Thanks for the help guys</p>
<p>Here is the list im looking at but i am open to ANY school that you think i should consider. Not one that necessarily fits the trend on my list. Thanks!</p>
<p>Schools I should add/remove/replace, anything!! JUST POST SOMETHING</p>
<ul>
<li>Indiana U Blooming</li>
<li>U Arizona</li>
<li>U Illinois Urbana</li>
<li>U Maryland Coll Park</li>
<li>U Mass Amherst</li>
<li>U Minn Twin Cities</li>
<li>U Washington</li>
<li>U Wis Madison</li>
</ul>
<p>I'd dump UMass (even people in Mass. don't want to go there). I'd also dump Maryland if you're not from Maryland, Illiniois if you're not from Illinois, and Minnesota if you're not from Minnesota. UMd, UIUC, and UMinn are places that are a decent deal if you're paying instate tuition, but otherwise don't seem to be worth the out-of-state tuition. I'd replace them with U of Kansas and U of Iowa. I also like U of Alabama as a warm-weather safety over U of Arizona because it's about half the size. Indiana, Washington, and Wisconsin would all seem to be worth the out-of-state tuition.</p>
<p>why would the schools you said not be worth the out of state tuition if theyre the same as the ones you said would be worth it? Specifically UIUC which is so highly ranked</p>
<p>I'd have to recommend michigan state. Double majors are plentiful there, for all majors. And they do have an astrophysics major, along with math and computer science majors. There's also a major called "computational mathematics," but i have no idea if that's what you want. From what I know there are lots of research opportunities (if not with the honors college, there's a lot of different programs that allow students to do undergrad. research). It's a huge university, and it's definitely known for it's partying and has a close to even male/female ratio. Plus they give pretty decent scholarships to out-of-staters.</p>
<p>Your decent SAT's and very low GPA speak volumes. You asked what you should do................uhhhhh, go to a community college and get that GPA up. I doubt a 3.2 would cut it at any of your choices.</p>
<p>since when does a B+ student mean that you cant get into University of Arizona..lol..dude average gpa's at these schools are like 3.5 .3 difference in gpa really doesnt mean that much..its an unweighted gpa by the way.</p>
<p>There are some pretty dramatic differences among big state schools...differences in weather, campus size, on-campus social life, % of undergrads who live on/near campus, class size, campus beauty, academic reputation, party atmosphere, athletic programs, etc. You will surely value some of these characteristics more than others. A place like Minnesota would seem to come up short on several of these factors...it's really cold, it's big even for a big school, lots of commuters, etc. UMass has the unfortunate distinction of being the top public university in a state with a lot of the best private colleges in the country, so it doesn't get much respect in New England...and it's not very attractive, sports are mediocre, etc.</p>
<p>I'd look for state schools that are on the smaller end of the spectrum...a place like Iowa has only about 20,000 undergrads, and Alabama has only about 14,000 undergrads.</p>